Adobe Photoshop New Features 2023!

 

New Feature #1 – Sky Replacement

There is no doubt that Adobe is taking on Luminar 4 by introducing this new feature of Sky Replacement and it can replace the sky in just one click. What I like about this feature is whatever the settings we made to replace the sky it preserves all those settings as layers and allows you to refine them further. Basically, it is non-destructive, exactly what we want!

To access the Sky Replacement Feature, you can go to Edit > Sky Replacement.

Once you are in the Sky Replacement dialog box, just select a new sky from the Sky List and boom you are done!

If you are not happy with the results, especially with the edges of the sky you can shift them either one way or another way using the Shift Edge Slider. You can even fade in or out edges using Fade Edge Slider. If you see fuzzy edges you can use these sliders to fix those edges. In the Sky Adjustments, you can adjust the Brightness & Temperature as well.

We can also use Foreground Adjustments Sliders to match the coloring and lighting of the foreground. Keep in mind that you have two Lighting Mode: Multiply & Screen which you might want to choose wisely. If you are working on a sunset sky you might want to go for Multiply Blend mode as it produces a dark moody effect. On the other hand, you can use choose Screen Lighting Mode for a bright sunny effect.

Color Adjustments will match the color of the sky with the foreground, basically, it gonna take the color from the new sky which happens to be most in the new sky, and then simply adds it to the foreground.

If you don’t like the included skies in the Sky Library, no worries – you can add a custom sky image or any sky image that you think might go well with the image. To add your custom sky, you can click on the Tiny (+) icon at the bottom then select a new sky from your computer and you are done!

Once you are happy with the results you can produce the results by going to Output To: New Layers. Make sure you select New Layers to get all the applied settings as layers.

Once you hit ok, you’ll see a group of layers, masks, and adjustment layers containing the settings that we applied to replace the sky. Now you can work individually on these for more precious refinements.

As a photo manipulator, I am loving this filter.

New Feature #2 – Skin Smoothing: Neural Filter

Photoshop added a new filter library known as Neural Filters. These filters use the Adobe Sensei A.I. approach to do editing to your images and they are darn good! Skin Smoothing Filter one of the Neural Filters that will help you get smooth skin in just one click.

Go to Filter > Neural Filters > Featured Filters > Skin Smoothing.

You have 2 sliders to work with Blur & Smoothness. Blur controls the texture of the skin and Smoothness softens the skins. My preferred way is to be on the lower side of Blur and increase the Smoothness slider to soften the skin tones.

Here you can see the before and after results:

Not big improvements but good to begin with at least!

New Feature #3 – Smart Portrait: Neural Filter

This filter is fun to work with and it is self-explanatory. You can make people look old, young, angry, happy, and surprised. We also have options for hair, light, and head. I recommend that you play around with the settings to see what is possible.

Here what I did with the subject:

New Feature #4 – Colorize: Neural Filter

Another cool feature in New Photoshop 2021 is Colorize Filter. It promises to colorize black/white photos in just one click and it is really good at coloring black/white photos. If you have a vintage photo give this filter a shot.

As soon as I turned on the Colorize Filter it colorized the photo and you can see the results below.

Also, make sure that you are working on RGB Mode, otherwise, this filter may not work.

See the before & after results:

If you wish to colorize a certain area, you can do so by clicking the Color Box. First, click on the color box and then select a color from the color picker, once you selected the color, click on the area of the image which you’d like to colorize with your chosen color. You can see the dot icon appearing in the image telling you the location where the selected color has been applied.

To add more coloring points, you can press ALT/OPTION + Click on the image.

New Feature #5 – Reset Smart Objects

Now Photoshop CC allows you to reset smart objects with its new feature called “Reset Transform”. This is a lifesaver for me. I usually use Warp Filter a lot and I did the same with the below image to change the shape.

I can reset the Warp Filter by right-clicking on the image then select Reset Transform....

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