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History of Adobe Photoshop Version

  • Photoshop CS2

    Photoshop CS2, released in May 2005, expanded on its predecessor with a new set of tools and features.
  • Photoshop CS

    The first Photoshop CS was commercially released in October 2003 as the eighth major version of Photoshop.
  • Photoshop CS3 & CS4

    CS3 and CS3 Extended were released in April 2007 to the United States and Canada.
  • Photoshop CS5

    Photoshop CS5 was launched on April 12, 2010.
  • Photoshop CC 2014 (12.0)

    Photoshop CC 2014 (15.0) was released on June 18, 2014. CC 2014 features improvements to content-aware tools, two new blur tools (spin blur and path blur) and a new focus mask feature that enables the user to select parts of an image based on whether they are in focus or not.
  • CS6 (version 13)

    Photoshop CS6, released in May 2012, added new creative design tools and provided a redesigned interface with a focus on enhanced performance.
  • Photoshop CC (version 14)

    Photoshop CC (14.0) was launched on June 18, 2013. As the next major version after CS6, it is only available as part of a Creative Cloud subscription.
  • Photoshop CC 2014 (15.0)

    Photoshop CC 2014 (15.0) was released on June 18, 2014. CC 2014 features improvements to content-aware tools, two new blur tools (spin blur and path blur) and a new focus mask feature that enables the user to select parts of an image based on whether they are in focus or not.
  • Photoshop CC 2015 (Version 16 & 17)

    Photoshop CC 2015 was released on June 15, 2015. Adobe added various creative features including Adobe Stock, which is a library of custom stock images.
  • Photoshop CC 2017 (version 18)

    Photoshop CC 2017 was released on November 2, 2016.
  • Photoshop CC 2018 (version 19)

    Photoshop CC 2018 (version 19) was released on October 18, 2017. It featured an overhaul to the brush organization system, allowing for more properties (such as color and opacity) to be saved per-brush and for brushes to be categorized in folders and sub-folders.
  • Photoshop CC 2019 (version 20)

    Photoshop CC 2019 was released on October 15, 2018. Beginning with Photoshop CC 2019 (version 20.0), the 32-bit version of Windows is no longer supported.
  • Photoshop 2020 (version 21)

    Photoshop 2020 was released on November 4, 2019. Version 21 has many new and enhanced features like the new object selection tool for better automate complex selections, new properties panel, enhanced transform warp, new keyboard shortcuts for paint & brush and background image removal option.