Photoshop Updates Smart Text and Adopts New HDR Formats
With version 26.8, Adobe once again positions Photoshop as the reference tool for those working beyond photography. This update targets the heart of VFX artists, concept art, texturing, and UI design, combining smart automation with support for modern formats 🔧.
Dynamic Text That Fits Without Drama
The new Dynamic Text system acts like a shrinkwrap for words. The content reconfigures within its box automatically, without the need for constant adjustments. This is especially useful for storyboards, posters, or video game interfaces where the text changes size more than your daily to-do list 😅.
- Automatically adapts text to the container.
- Allows multiple styles and fonts in the same block.
- Editable spacing between words and lines.
A true blessing for designers who already have enough fighting with layer styles 🎨.
AVIF and JPEG XL Formats for Those Thinking in HDR
Photoshop now supports AVIF and JPEG XL, two formats that outperform classic JPEG in almost everything: smaller file size, better quality, and best of all, HDR image compatibility. If you work with 8K textures for Unreal Engine or hyperrealistic renders, this fits you like a glove 💾.
Improved compression and support for high dynamic range data make these images ideal for VR, web, and modern render engines. Texturing artists can now squeeze the most out of Photoshop without sacrificing quality or space.
Cloud AI So Your Machine Doesn't Explode
Adobe continues betting on artificial intelligence in the cloud. Tools like Select Subject and Remove Background no longer load your machine as if it were mining cryptocurrencies. Now they are processed on Adobe's servers, freeing up memory for when you open that Blender scene with 400 nodes and procedural shaders 🚀.
Fewer local resources occupied, more free time to grab coffee while the AI does its magic. Creative balance at its finest.
Highlights of the Update
- Dynamic Text system that adjusts to content.
- Full compatibility with AVIF and JPEG XL with HDR.
- Cloud AI processing for heavy tasks.
- Multi-font support and better text style management.
- Optimized workflow for VFX, texturing, and technical design.
With so much self-adapting text, typographers will soon have to reinvent themselves... as Blender node supervisors 🤓🌀