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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

Photoshop offers flexibility and rock solid performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

I wish I could control whether new layers are placed above or below other layers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Adobe Photoshop:

Hands down, It's the best app for graphic design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it to create graphics for web design projects and social media posts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Adobe Photoshop?

Software delivers even more imaging magic, new creative options, and the Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine for blazingly fast performance.

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Software delivers even more imaging magic, new creative options, and the Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine for blazingly fast performance.


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A very complete software, offering multiple options for our daily-needs when it comes to manage our photos and website graphics.
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Products used within Adobe Creative Cloud: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe XD
What do you like best about Adobe Creative Cloud?

Adobe CC is helpful for designers like me who have multiple niches in terms of media. It consists of tools I need for my everyday tasks for my different clients. You don't need to create an account for each tool, unlike other software limited to one function, because one account can be used across different platforms under Adobe CC, which is a time-saver for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Creative Cloud?

Generative AI is not yet polished, especially when I use Photoshop. Additionally, there are no proper prompt guidelines on how to use it, so generating images inside Photoshop is kind of hard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Creative Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me (thanks to AI) when there's a specific ratio or size required for creating an asset and the provided image cannot fill the entire space, leaving blank areas. But generative AI fills in the blank spaces, saving me a lot of time by eliminating the need to edit those areas manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Creative Cloud?

I've been using Adobe for more than a decade now, from my college days and now a working professional, i never really had any training for their products but due to the vast number of tutorials online i managed to make a living out of creating social media post up to 2d animations. Being the industry standard, a lot of companies use adobe as their benchmark in hiring graphic design services, and because adobe's program is compatible to most every file format out there, you can use their product with almost anything design related projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Creative Cloud?

The only problem i have with Adobe Creative Cloud is sometimes when new updates roll out it crashes the program, mostly indesign and photoshop and it uses too much RAM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Creative Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

High demand for engaging social media and animation, motion graphics, im earning a living through various clients that hire my services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

I like Photoshop because of the limitless capabilitys of it I started Learning on Photoshop CS6 and to see what it has become since then is Amazing but at the same time I have to puppydog tilt my head at some of the changes made. to it like them removing the Render Lighting feature that was in it. i used it all the time to help Light my images the way you would in 3d. they added alot of features like Nueral filters that rival Remini.ai for photo. restoration. I have been using the skin smoothing feature. for som recent work done with a Local Sorority. overall photoshop has been the leader and is still leading when it comes to creative expression when building digital art and creating image composites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

I disliked that they took away my render lighting feature. I find my self using layer blend modes more often now to compensate for the lost feature. over the years its just become so expensive i had to move away from it for my freelance. just because i don't need the stress of another monthly bill. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

it solves the lack of flexibily when it comes to just creating a project from start to finish. its easier to create a project and organize layers better with the auser interface. also having the ability to save specific Hotkeys for different workspaces has been a blessing when jumping between a compositing workwflow where i use the liquify and transform tools more, versus in a photo editing space where i will jump into the camera raw filter plugin tools more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

What I'm loving about Photoshop now is the integration of AI. Photoshop has improved over the years. In the past, no one would even like to open it and chose Illustrator or Fireworks (back in the day) instead. Most people only used Photoshop for photography edits. Now, when I'm not using InDesign for print projects my most-used software from my subscription is Photoshop. I can generate images using AI, remove backgrounds, and most anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

I would say it seems tricky to generate any .pdf files from Photoshop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

Integration of AI with photos. Other software has this ability, but if you're using mainly color photos this is the only software to use! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

At CPO Experts LTD, we rely on Adobe Photoshop as our primary editing tool due to its unmatched precision and versatility. It enables our team to deliver high-quality results across a wide range of services — from background removal and color correction to advanced retouching and shadow creation. For example, when working on jewelry photo retouching, Photoshop’s advanced masking and clarity tools help us highlight fine details while maintaining a natural, polished look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

Some advanced features can be overwhelming without proper training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

At CPO Experts LTD, we rely on Adobe Photoshop as our primary editing tool due to its unmatched precision and versatility. It enables our team to deliver high-quality results across a wide range of services — from background removal and color correction to advanced retouching and shadow creation. For example, when working on jewelry photo retouching, Photoshop’s advanced masking and clarity tools help us highlight fine details while maintaining a natural, polished look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

It is very capable at editing my photos. It has many features that work well with Adobe Lightroom Classic (I'll call that "Lightroom" from here onwards). I tend to use Lightroom for most of my photo editing and organising, and switch to Photoshop for more significant amendments, such as removing larger distracting objects, or applying colour gradients. I found that Lightroom was fairly intuitive to learn, but that Photoshop has a much steeper, less intuitive, learning curve. It was quite easy to implement. Customer support is OK, but not especially good compared to other software. There are many reources available on YouTube that are, in my opinion, better than Adobe's own customer support. I am a regular user of both Photoshop and Lightroom. Lightroom and Photoshop work well in conjunction with each other, and also with other software as plug ins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

It seems to be way too heavily focused on making their customers pay more and there's too much AI involved for my liking. They regularly asked me to provide feedback about why I wasn't prepared to recommed their product to my friends. I told them in every survey that they are too expensive and I'd only recommend their product if it was significantly less expensive. They completely ignored my feedback and are now about to increase their prices even further. I think I will soon stop subscribing and swith to Affinity instead. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

Photoshop provides a wide range of photo editing tools that, once learned, are very helpful to have. Although Lightroom can do most of the routine editing more efficiently, it is good to be able to take a photo from Lightroom to Photoshop in a pretty seamless fashion where more signinfican edits can be appiled. I also use Photroshop to design my logos, favicons and mock-ups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

I love the freedom of using combinations of tools and effects to get a desired result. I can create almost any new photo in Adobe Photoshop that looks real. I can adjust lighting, take out objects, extend backgrounds, or even create a totally styled effect that looks like a painting. Anything is possible really!

Also, if I ever want to learn something new, many tutorials are at my fingertips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

Photoshop requires a long time and many many tutorials to create anything desirable. It looks very daunting to new users. Also, I think it has too many features it doesn't need - like video editing. I like to leave that to Premier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is integrating AI Features that is essential and speed up the work process if used correctly, but there is a learning curve like with anything new. New cloning tools make for an easier and quicker work flow as well. Also it has many tutorials that are easy to access for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

I love the possibilities with PS are endless, whatever you imagine you can make it happen with this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

I wish the cloning stamp tool would be smarter, it does exactly what you are telling it to do/clone but I wish it would be smart enough to understand the concept and improve the experience.

I also would like to see more inbuilt presets to edit photography, I use lightroom to do this prior editing in PS but if PS had more preset for quicker editing it would be the dream software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

I work a lot with 3d ui assets, and this is the only tool that allows me to manipulate photos using realistic perspective grids. Also fab for mocking up assets as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

Just being able to edit and create seamlessly with little to no experience. I love the way it allows me to tweak something small easily or completely transform an idea into a masterpiece. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

One thing i did dislike about photoshop is how overwhelming it can be when you first start out. So many tools and shortcuts can be a bit much at first until you really get the hang of it. I remember feeling like " sheesh, i may have to take a college course to navigate this software". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

Manipulating photos to exactly how i want to see it. The different typography solves my 3D text problem when i cant figure out what kind of text i would like on a project or even just on a mockup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Adobe Photoshop?

It's like having a digital Swiss Army knife for visuals. For my YouTube thumbnails, Photoshop is a lifesaver. I can take a boring screenshot and transform it into something eye-catching. I can add text, cool effects, and even cut out elements from different images and combine them seamlessly. Photoshop lets me take my pictures and give them that extra oomph. I can adjust the lighting, fix blemishes, and even get rid of unwanted stuff in the background. It just makes my photos look more polished and professional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Adobe Photoshop?

The learning curve can be steep. When I first started, I felt completely overwhelmed by all the tools and menus. For a casual user like me, the subscription fee can be a bit of a burden. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Adobe Photoshop solving and how is that benefiting you?

Photoshop solves the problem of taking raw, sometimes uninspiring visuals and turning them into something engaging and professional. Photoshop helps me present my best self and share visually appealing content with my followers. It allows me to create a consistent aesthetic through my pictures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.