NEW VERSION OF PHOTOSHOP FOR MAC PRO

In its breathless blog post and news releases around the new M1-Photoshop, Adobe (intentionally, I suspect) failed to mention that extensions weren’t working. The shift to UXP is visible with the M1-Mac version of Photoshop. According to Adobe, “UXP provides modern JavaScript, a curated selection of UI components, and a more streamlined workflow for plugin developers.” In the past, Adobe used CEP (Common Extensibility Platform), which used web-based technologies like CSS to make the extensions work. And none of them work with the new Photoshop.Įxtensions are not working because Adobe has shifted to a new way of writing extensions - specifically, using UXP. Other extensions for color grading (including Adobe’s own Color Themes) and additional tune-ups are also part of my flow.

For instance, I use some extensions that allow me to pursue highly granular masking via luminosity masks. The M1-Photoshop is pretty useless for those - like me - who use third-party extensions as part of their editing workflow. Many have been gobsmacked by the software’s performance on M1 machines. The application has garnered gushing reviews across the board. Adobe promised a brand new M1-version of Photoshop in March 2021.

NEW VERSION OF PHOTOSHOP FOR MAC PRO

Even the Intel-based Photoshop performed well on the 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 processor. What made my decision easier was that Adobe’s Photoshop Beta was spectacularly fast. With Apple ready to switch to its silicon, I decided it was time to sell those machines. My models were packed with memory and top-of-the-line graphic processors, and as a result, I could breeze through my photo edits. Photoshop was the solitary reason I owned an iMac Pro and a MacBook Pro. It gives me much better (and granular) control over my edits. I like the layer-based approach to editing photos. It didn’t have the bells and whistles of its desktop-based big brother - and since I didn’t need them, I don’t miss them. It offered easy access to all my digital negatives and edited files anywhere, anytime. I was an early convert to the cloud variant of the Adobe Lightroom photo library tool.

And one of those applications from the past I absolutely can’t live without is Adobe’s Photoshop.īarring minor adjustments to fix the vagaries of the lenses, I don’t use Lightroom. It will be a huge boost for desktop computing, which remains stuck in the past when it comes to applications. And most importantly, it has excellent battery life.

From the day I first laid eyes on the M1-based Apple’s MacBook Pro, I have been a massive fan of the machine.

New version of photoshop for mac