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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

Is it time to break up with old Photoshop tools like Unsharp Mask and the Healing Brush? These 7 former favorite Photoshop tools now have faster modern replacements

A closeup of Photoshop on a laptop.

I’ve been using Photoshop for the better part of two decades – and there have been more than a few occasions where I realized I could have saved a lot of time using a newer tool instead of reaching for my habitual favorites. Sorry, Lasso and Healing Brush, but I think it may be time to go our separate ways.

I recently sat down with Stephen Nielsen, Adobe Photoshop’s Senior Director of Product Management, to talk about the longtime tools that are habitual favorites of longtime Photoshop users – but actually have a modern tool that will often get better results in less time.

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