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2017 releases of Photoshop CC
The 2017 releases of Photoshop CC (November 2016 and December 2016) roll out exciting new features for designers and digital photographers. Read on for a quick introduction to these features and links to resources offering more information.
Learn how to work with the MacBook Pro Touch Bar in Photoshop.
Photoshop supports Touch Bar, the multitouch display at the top of the new MacBook Pro keyboard. Using the Touch Bar, you can access Photoshop features and controls right in the context of your current task on the main screen. The Touch Bar supports familiar gestures, such as tap, drag, and slide.
Touch Bar support in Photoshop is currently a technology preview feature.
By default, a part of the Touch Bar interface is reserved for macOS system controls. Controls for Photoshop are displayed in the app-specific area in the middle of the Touch Bar interface.
Default Touch Bar interface
A. Photoshop controls B. macOS system controls (Control Strip and Esc)
Note:
If necessary, you can configure the Touch Bar to display only app-specific controls. In this configuration, the middle and right parts of the Touch Bar interface (B on the right + A) display Photoshop controls. To do so, in the macOS System Preferences > Keyboard dialog, select Touch Bar Shows: App Controls.
Tap the
icon in the Touch Bar to choose one of the three available modes:
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) Default mode; lets you work with Layer properties and related functions
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) Lets you work with Brush and paint properties
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) Customizable mode to which you can add your favorite controls
In addition to the commands available in the three modes, several context-specific operations become available depending on what you're working on in Photoshop.
- When a modal tool, such as Text or Transform is active, the Touch Bar displays OK and Cancel.
- When the Select & Mask taskspace is active, the Touch Bar displays controls related to making selections.
Photoshop controls in the Touch Bar
| Default Mode | Icon | Control name | Description |
| All three |  | History Scubber |
Works much like the History panel in Photoshop. Use this control to jump to any recent state of the document created during the current session. Each time you apply a change to the document, a new document state is added.
Tap the History Scrubber icon to view thumbnails representing document states. Scroll through or tap the thumbnails to navigate the document history.
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| Layer Properties |  | Add Content | Imports a file into the currently-open document using the Place Embedded command. See Place files in Photoshop. |
 | Layer Visibility and Opacity |
Adjusts the layer opacity and visibility.
- Use the slider to adjust layer opacity (0-100%). The buttons at either end of the slider decrease or increase the value by a preset amount.
- Tap the
 icon to hide the layer altogether.
You can use this command by tapping or by simply pressing and holding over the tap gesture. The changes you make in the Touch Bar reflect instantaneously in the Layers panel.
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 | Blend Mode | Lets you scroll through the available blending modes—Normal, Dissolve, Darken, etc—and select the one you want. For more information, see Blending modes in Photoshop. |
 | Clipping Mask | Makes a layer a clipping mask or reverts it from that state. For related information, see Reveal layers with clipping masks. |
 | Select & Mask | Launches the Select & Mask taskspace. |
| Brushes |  | Color |
Displays a color picker for the foreground color. The first 16 swatches are displayed by default.
- Long-press any swatch to get hues.
- Click the
 icon to make finer adjustments by individually adjusting hue, saturation, and brightness (HSB).
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 | Brush Size |
Controls the size of the current brush. This command is active when a brush allowing for multiple sizes is selected.
For more information about brush options, see:
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 | Brush Hardness | Controls the hardness of the current brush. This command is active when a brush that allows multiple hardness values is selected. |
 | Brush Opacity | Controls the opacity of the current brush. This command is active when a brush that supports opacity is selected. |
 | Brush Flow | Controls the flow of the current brush. This command is active when a brush that supports flow is selected. |
| Favorites |  | Screen Mode | Toggles between the normal screen mode and full screen mode |
 | New Layer | Invokes the New Layer command |
 | Flip Vertical | Flips the contents of the current set of selected layers vertically |
 | Flip Horizontal | Flips the contents of the current set of selected layers horizontally |
| None by default* |  | Fill Mode | Invokes the Fill command with the Content-Aware Fill option preselected. For more information, see Use content-aware fills. |
 | Duplicate Layer | Duplicates the currently-selected layer |
 | Share | Shares a preview of the current document state in the JPEG format. The maximum shareable size is 1024 x 1024 px.
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