The Big List of New Features in Photoshop CC 2015

12. Lots of 3D Imaging Improvements

Also improved are the 3D imaging tools. Photoshop has been consistently improving its 3D capabilities.

• The new Simplify 3D Mesh tool (3D > Simplify Meshes) can be used to reduce the number of triangles in your mesh to something more reasonable.
• The Export Properties UI has been improved.
• Ability to export a single mesh instead of the entire scene.
• New Generate Bump/Normal Map filter to tweak bump maps.
• Create bump/normal maps from diffuse textures.
• Convert a vertext color to a texture color in PLY files.

13. Real-Time Healing Brush Preview

Previously, using the Healing Brush tool required a lot of clicking, undoing, and reclicking. Now you can see the changes in real time as you paint.

14. Transform on Drop with the Content-Aware Move Tool

A new option in the Content-Aware Move tool lets you transform/resize the area after moving it. For example, in the image below, we can enlarge the hiker to match the perspective of the new location.

15. Up to 80% Less Energy Usage While Idling

This is a huge improvement for laptop users. In previous versions of Photoshop, leaving Photoshop running while your system is idle could drain your battery. The Photoshop CC 2015 update reduces energy usage by up to 80% while idle.

16. Content-Aware Fill for Photo Merge

Fill empty areas automatically with the new Content Aware Fill Transparent Areas option. The results aren’t perfect for panoramas like the one below where there are huge gaps. But for small gaps, it works very well and the results are seamless most of the time.

17. Apply Adjustments as Smart Filters

Using Smart Objects makes even more sense now that adjustments can be applied as Smart Filters. You no longer have to add adjustment layers and clip them to your layer.

18. Layer Organization Tweaks

When you move a layer to a group, it now moves to the top of the list instead of the bottom. Also, undoing/redoing or stepping backward/forward will no longer change your current layer selection.

19. Press ESC to Discard Your Text Entry

In previous versions of Photoshop, pressing ESC will apply your text entry. Now pressing ESC does what it should do and discards your text entry. If you want to turn this feature off, you can disable the option in your Photoshop preferences (Edit > Preferences > Type > Use ESC key to commit text).

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