Rightly regarded as the king of image-editing programs, Photoshop is the most powerful program there is for image enhancement, correction and manipulation, though it does not have the image cataloguing tools or the range of special effects offered by some rivals.
The latest version of Photoshop (January 2026) has a whole bunch of improvements which are not, for once, just about AI. Instead, there are new tools and features for photographers too (even if they are borrowed from Lightroom/Adobe Camera Raw).
Photoshop Elements 2025 verdict: 3.3 stars Photoshop Elements looks like the perfect family-friendly, subscription-free antidote to the complexities of Photoshop, with fun projects, easy Guided Edits and plain language. But underneath it’s cluttered, dated and confusing. There’s too much to see and do and too many ways of doing it, all on top of an old-fashioned workflow with limitations that quickly become apparent.
Adobe updates Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements every year, and this time around it seems to be focusing heavily on one-click effects and AI, which is where the industry is going right now. So what’s new in Elements 2024 and is it worth using as a photo editor?
Everyone’s raving about Photoshop’s new Generative Fill and Generative Expand features. So far these are confined to the Photoshop 2024 beta, but is this the future of photography, a world ruled by the imagination not reality.
Lightroom vs Photoshop, which is best? It’s not that simple, as anyone who uses them will know, because although there is some crossover (well, a lot of crossover), they have very different roles and very different strengths and weaknesses. One is not better than the other because it depends on what you want to do….
Choosing the best image editing software can be complicated. It all depends on what you look for most in your photo editing software. Here are 12 programs with their own distinct strengths.
Generally, those who object to subscription software do so on principle while those who embrace it do it out of practicality. That’s two different sets of reasons.