On the 2nd November Adobe release their latest CC suite, the 2017 release. A number of application were part of this roll out including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Animate (formally Flash).

With regards to the Photoshop CC 2017 release a number of enhancements

were made to the program including:

• An In-app search, which allows you search Photoshop tools, panels, menus, Adobe Stock assets, help content and tutorials from within the application.
• An Enhanced Properties panel, showing information about common layer types.
• New Creative Cloud Libraries , it now supports Adobe Stock templates.
• Support for SVG color fonts.
• Faster overall performance and improvements to the Liquify tool
• The ability to adjust eyes independently in the Face-Aware Liquify.
• Improved Match Font
• Redesigned New Document interface
• Numerous bug fixes

And lots more.

For full release note head to: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/release-note/release-notes-photoshop-cc-2017.html

And yes before you ask the easter egg splash screen has been altered with this release.

Issue 146 is out now, and it’s packed with all the best Photoshop tips, tricks and tutorials for all users!

•This issue, check out our 12 Practical Photoshop Projects: learn how to create photo collages, phone cases and much, much more!
•Follow our tutorials and learn how to create the cover image, a collage with layers, a mirrored reflection composition and learn how to retouch lighting in your portraits.
•Master Photoshop Elements with our Elements Creative section: this issue, we teach you how to retouch with the Recompose tool, create a custom wrapping paper and master pixel art.
•Delve deeper into Photoshop with Advanced Photoshop tutorials and discover our 10 pro Photoshop tricks.
•Check out your fellow readers’ artwork in the Readers’ Gallery, see what’s hot online with the Trending Gallery and read about how Marie Beschorner creates art in Photoshop with our Portfolio Interview.
•Win amazing prizes from Macphun with our Readers’ Challenge.
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