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Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a raster image editor that handles photo retouching, compositing, colour work and print preparation on desktop, web and mobile. It is the professional standard for layered editing, with generative AI tools for filling, expanding and removing objects.

#49 in Image & Design ToolsPhoto EditorsNo free plan

Who it's for

Best for

  • Prepress specialists who need precise inkjet colour and output control
  • Studios already working in PSD files and Creative Cloud workflows

Not for

  • Hobbyists who want a one-off purchase instead of a monthly subscription
  • Editors on older laptops short of RAM and disk space for current builds

Pricing

Free planNo
Photoshop$22.99/moBilled annually
Creative Cloud Pro$69.99/moBilled annually

Features

  • Rotate Object tool

    Rotate Object, Combine images and Transform images are the flagship tools promoted for rearranging and merging content within a composition.

  • Desktop, web and mobile

    Photoshop runs on desktop, web and mobile, and the mobile app can be downloaded for free without a paid plan.

  • Monthly generative credits

    The standard Photoshop plan carries 25 monthly generative credits, while Creative Cloud Pro carries 4,000 for premium creative AI video and audio features.

  • Crop, expand and remove objects

    Images can be cropped and expanded, colour adjusted, and objects added or removed with the editing tools on desktop, web and mobile.

  • Adobe Express included

    A Photoshop plan also carries Adobe Express, with one-click image edits and thousands of free templates for social content and flyers.

What users say

Pros

  • Inkjet and prepress printing work better in Photoshop than in other editors, with precise control over final output.
  • Content-aware fill and generative expand add bleed to uneven artwork edges across any canvas size in a few steps.

Cons

  • Subscriptions are the only way to use current versions, with no perpetual licence to buy outright.
  • Cold starts take around thirty seconds, and newer builds feel slower than older releases on fast hardware.
  • Updates have wiped custom settings and switched file associations, costing a morning spent restoring them.
  • Running current versions needs a lot of free disk space and RAM, with low-memory machines crawling or failing.
  • Startup and new-document screens push AI templates and popups ahead of a plain blank canvas.
  • Generative fill runs on a capped monthly credit allowance, so heavy AI editing runs into extra cost.

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Alternatives

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Free planNoYesYesYes
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Weaker atPixel-level photo retouching, complex multi-layer compositing, and precise prepress print controlWorking reliably offline in a native desktop applicationIntegrating into established studio and Creative Cloud workflows