12 Big New Photoshop Features Just Released

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Colin Smith shows you all the new features in the April 2026 release of Photoshop.

00:00 How to FULLY update Photoshop
00:44 Firefly 5 Edit
01:04 Prompt box improvements and new modes
05:00 Generative Credits usage
05:20 Layer Cleanup
06:13 Rotate Object
09:10 New Actions Panel
10:15 General Distraction Removal Tool
13:28 Reflection Removal in Photoshop
14:51 Dynamic Text Arch and Circle
15:38 Color Swatches in Filter Gallery

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This Photoshop Plugin Fixes Generative AI – AI LAB

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Ai Lab brings many desired features to Photoshop AI, including …

Output up to 4k and resolution warning.

Multi-line prompt window and prompt history.

Models include Nano Banana 2 and GPT Image 1.5, as well as flux and seedream 2 reference images.

A clear view of remaining tokens and how much it will cost to generate.

Unused credits spill over up to 6x monthly amount

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New Photoshop Updates Change How Generative Fill Works

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Photoshop’s new Reference Image feature lets you guide Generative Fill using images instead of prompts—and it completely changes what’s possible.

Plus …

Adobe updated Generative Fill model in Photoshop, new Fill and Expand model in the Jan 2026 update. Colin Smith explains the new firefly model in Photoshop, understand how resolution works in Gen fill, how to switch models and am honest comparison between the old and new using difficult to generate objects.

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New Adjustment Layers in Photoshop – Clarity & Dehaze and Grain

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“In this video Julieanne demonstrates when to use Clarity, Dehaze, and Grain to increase or decrease edge contrast, add or subtract atmospheric perspective, and create structure through grain to seamlessly blend layers.”

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Top Photoshop New Features Jan 2026 Update (Generative Fill Resolution Increase!)

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Colin Smith gets us up to speed on the new (January 2026) features in Photoshop.

00:00 Intro
00:14 Updating Photoshop
01:11 New Adjustment Layers
01:30 Clarity and Dehaze
04:24 New Fill and Expand Generative ai Model. Extending an image, Higher Resolution!
07:23 Generating a new background with Fill and Expand Model
10:24 Using Reference image to generate

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How To Use Photoshop In ChatGPT

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“How to use Photoshop Editing tools directly inside ChatGPT to transform your images with simple text prompts. In this video, Colin Smith will show you the exact workflow to fix, refine, and edit images. How to integrate Photoshop inside ChatGPT. Photoshop expert, Colin Smith, shows you how to set it up and use it for different edits and rates the results. They aren’t what you expect.”

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A Roundup Of All The Great New Features In Lightroom & Photoshop 2026

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New features in Lightroom & Photoshop 2026 keep changing the game.

Get up to speed with these great videos from trusted mavens.

All The New Lightroom Features

All The New Photoshop Features

5 New Features In Camera Raw

Generative Upscale

New Generative Fill Options

Photoshop’s New Hue/Saturation Invert Button

The New White Balance Tool

Photoshop’s New AI Harmonize

New AI Dust Removal

If you’re thinking, “Hey, this list doesn’t include the new AI image generators.” You’re right. More on that later.

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Generative Upscale In Photoshop

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“In this video, you’ll discover the advantage of using the new Generative Upscale feature in Photoshop when increasing the size of an image using Firefly Upscale, Topaz Gigapixel, and Topaz Bloom.”

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Photoshop’s Generative Fill Adds Two New Partner Models – Nano Banana and Flux Kontext Pro

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Julianne Kost walks you through the latest update in the Photoshop Beta—where you can now combine the power of two new partner models in Photoshop’s Generative Fill workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) and Flux Kontext Pro. You’ll see step-by-step examples of how to:

Change object colors with natural prompts
Replace backgrounds while preserving key details
Edit and replace text in a photograph
Explore creative style transfers like Cubism, Vector, Anime, and more
Composite multiple photos together for unique results

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