Adobe Photoshop 2024 version 25.9.1 , released in June 2024, is a maintenance update that focuses on minor bug fixes
Roland Barthes, in Camera Lucida, famously defined a photograph’s noeme as “that-has-been.” The camera, for Barthes, was an emissary of the real—a mechanical witness. Photoshop 2024, particularly version 25.9.1, severs that umbilical cord. When Generative Fill can invent a background that never existed, or when the Neural Filter’s “Harmonization” can perfectly match the color temperature of a subject pasted from a different continent, the photograph ceases to be evidence. It becomes a proposal.
While introduced slightly earlier in the 2024 cycle, the performance of the Selection Brush in this version is buttery smooth, making it easier to "paint" selections without the lag seen in previous iterations. Pros and Cons Unrivaled AI Power: Adobe Photoshop 2024 25.9.1
Generative Text Effects: Users in the 2024 cycle began using Adobe Firefly to generate text-based backgrounds and textures directly from prompts, a massive shift from traditional manual compositing.
Type Tool: Select the Horizontal Type Tool (shortcut: T) from the toolbar. Adobe Photoshop 2024 version 25
Content Credentials: To ensure transparency in digital art, this version embeds metadata that identifies images created or edited with AI. System Requirements for 25.9.1
While 25.9.1 serves as a maintenance release, it inherits the major productivity tools added in the 25.9 branch: OS: Windows 10 (22H2) or macOS 11
The Select Subject and Refine Edge brush utilize a new caching mechanism in 25.9.1. For photographers editing high-res wedding photos (45MP+), the selection time has dropped from approximately 12 seconds to 3.5 seconds on M2 Max chips.