So much is new in Photoshop CC. Use all-new Smart Sharpen to make details stand out. Turn low-res shots into big, high-res images. Get all the advanced 3D editing and image analysis tools that were previously available only in Adobe Photoshop Extended. And more.
Photoshop CC / Features:
NEW All-new Smart Sharpen
Rich textures, crisp edges, and distinct details. All-new Smart Sharpen is the most advanced sharpening technology available today. It analyzes images to maximize clarity and minimize noise and halos, and it lets you fine-tune for high-quality, natural-looking results.
NEW NEW Intelligent upsampling
Enlarge a low-res image so it looks great in print, or start with a larger image and blow it up to poster or billboard size. New upsampling preserves detail and sharpness without introducing noise.
NEW NEW Extended features included
As part of Creative Cloud, Photoshop gives you all the powerful image and video editing features you've come to expect and it includes the advanced 3D editing and image analysis tools that were previously in Photoshop Extended.
NEW NEW Camera Raw 8 and layer support
Apply Camera Raw edits as a filter to any layer or file inside Photoshop, and then enhance them any way you want. And with new Adobe Camera Raw 8, you get more precise ways to heal images, fix perspective distortions, and create vignettes.
NEW NEW Editable rounded rectangles
One of your most requested features is here. Now you can resize shapes, edit them, and re-edit them before or after they're created. Even edit individual corner radiuses in rounded rectangles. If a shape is bound for the web, export CSS data from the file to save time.
NEW NEW Multi-shape and path selection
Get more done in fewer clicks by selecting multiple paths, shapes, and vector masks at once. Even in multilayered documents with lots of paths, you can easily target the path (and any layer) you want right on canvas using a new filter mode.
NEW NEW Camera Shake Reduction
Save shots you thought were lost due to camera motion. Whether your blur was caused by slow shutter speed or a long focal length, Camera Shake Reduction analyzes its trajectory and helps restore sharpness.
NEW NEW Expanded Smart Object support
Apply Blur Gallery and liquify effects nondestructively thanks to Smart Object support. Your original file stays intact as you add blur effects or push, pull, pucker, or bloat the image or video. Edit or remove the effects at any time even after saving your file.
NEW NEW Improved 3D painting
Live previews are now up to 100x faster and more responsive when you paint on 3D objects and texture maps. With the powerful Photoshop painting engine, you can make any 3D model look terrific.
NEW NEW Improved type styles
You spend hours getting text to look just right. Type styles let you save your formatting as a preset that you can then apply with just a click. You can even define type styles to use across all your Photoshop documents.
NEW NEW Copying of CSS attributes
When you hand-code a web design, you can't always get elements like rounded corners and colors to match your original. Now, let Photoshop generate CSS code for specific design elements, and simply copy and paste the code into your web editor to get the results you want.
NEW NEW Conditional Actions
Put routine processing jobs on autopilot with Conditional Actions. These commands use if/then statements to automatically choose between different actions based on rules you set up.
NEW NEW Improved 3D Scene panel
Make a smoother transition from 2D to 3D editing with a 3D Scene panel that has many of the options you already know from the Layers panel, like Duplicate, Instance, Groups, and Delete.
NEW NEW Workflow time-savers
Save time on common tasks, thanks to small but frequently requested features from users like you. Create paths more easily with new modifier keys, move a path with the spacebar, include ICC profiles in PNG formats, and more.
NEW NEW Improved 3D effects
Shadows and reflections can make or break your 3D artwork, and higher quality live previews help you get great looks faster. Plus, easily create better glow effects, scene illumination, and lighting for bumps and textures.
NEW NEW Color import from web files
Import color swatches directly from HTML, CSS, or SVG files for inspiration, or to easily match the color schemes of existing web content.
NEW NEW System anti-aliasing for type
Get a realistic preview of how your type will look on the web with an option that closely matches the anti-aliasing of your Mac or Windows system.
Content-Aware technologies
Retouch images with incredible control and precision and virtually no effort. Select an image object that you want to remove, rescale, or reposition, and Content-Aware technology fills, patches, extends, or recomposes your image for you.
Mercury Graphics Engine
Click, drag, and see your changes happen immediately  even on your largest image files. The Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine gives you unparalleled responsiveness in key tools like Liquify and Puppet Warp, so you can edit fluidly with near-instant results.
Powerful tools for design
Design in Photoshop with a toolset that makes it easy to create for any medium. Use type styles, editable shapes, vector layers that let you apply strokes and gradients to vector objects, tools for quickly creating custom strokes and dashed lines, and more.
Intuitive video creation
Bring your Photoshop editing skills to your video footage. Make any clip look better using the full range of familiar Photoshop tools, and create movies with an easy-to-use set of video tools. When you're ready to do more advanced work, edit with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Blur Gallery
Add photographic blurs using simple, on-canvas controls. Create tilt-shift effects, blur everything and then sharpen one focal point, or vary blurriness between points. The Mercury Graphics Engine gives you immediate results, and with Smart Object support your blurs are nondestructive.
Intuitive 3D tools and DICOM support
Get advanced features for 3D editing and medical imaging. Dive into 3D with an interface that gives you in-context and on-canvas controls, and easily analyze and work with DICOM files.
Background save and auto-recovery
Now you can keep working even while saving the largest of Photoshop files in the background. And let the auto-recovery option preserve your edits without interrupting your progress.
NEW Improved Min and Max filters
Create more precise masks and selections with more powerful Minimum and Maximum filters, which now include options to preserve squareness or roundness.
System requirements
Intel Core i5 or i7 processor with 64-bit support
Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 or Windows 8 (64 bit). Refer to the FAQ for more information about Windows 8 support.
4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
1GB of available hard-disk space for installation
1440x900 display required (1920x1080 display and second professionally calibrated viewing displayrecommended)
OpenGL 2.0 capable system
Dedicated GPU card with at least 1GB VRAM required for optimal performance (NVIDIA Quadro 4000, 5000, or 6000 recommended)
QuickTime 7.6.8 software required for QuickTime features
Optional: Tangent Element control surface recommended; Tangent CP200 family and Tangent Wave control surface also supported
Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
Mac OS
Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.7 or v10.8
1GB of RAM
3.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with OpenGL 2.0, 16-bit color, and 512MB of VRAM (1GB recommended)*
Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
3D features are disabled with less than 512MB of VRAM.
