Adobe s Photoshop team says that transitioning the app over to Apple Silicon was initially intimidating but made easier thanks to Apple s significant investment in developer tools.
On Wednesday, Adobe officially updated Photoshop to run natively on the M1 chip. A couple of days later,
Computer Worldspoke with Mark Dahm, the principal product manager for Photoshop, to get further details about the transition.
From the start, Dahm said that the initial scope of the project was a little intimidating, since the team wanted to ensure that performance on Apple Silicon wasn t compromised in any way. However, since Photoshop existed through the Mac PowerPC to Intel transition, Dahm said there were some familiar considerations.
Adobe Photoshop for macOS now runs natively on the M1
Adobe has announced that the macOS version of Photoshop has been updated to natively support the ARM-based Apple M1 chip on the latest Mac models. Native support means that the application no longer has to run within the built-in emulation software (known as Rosetta 2), which improves performance.
According to Adobe, the native Apple silicon version of Photoshop runs on average 1.5x faster than similarly configured previous generation systems . This was tested over a wide range of tasks such as opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations like Content-Aware Fill and Select Subject. Adobe claims the updated version does these tasks noticeably faster than before, with some being substantially faster.
11 March 2021, 1:40 am EST By
On Thursday, March 11, Adobe officially released Photoshop for Apple s M1 chip. The company says that ARM-compatible versions would deliver significant performance gains for Apple s custom silicon users.
Photoshop is a much-needed software for any multimedia content creator. It is a powerful tool that utilizes your imagination in photo editing, digital painting, animation, and even graphic design. It has a simple interface that beginners can easily learn about and has enough functions that professionals use in their craft.
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Adobe had released the beta version for M1 Photoshop last November. Users have tested it and reported feedback on Photoshop s performance on the local computer.
Adobe released an optimized version of Lightroom in December that ran natively on the M1 Macs, and Windows on ARM machines too. Back then, Adobe also started beta testing M1-optimized builds of some of its more popular offerings such as Photoshop. Well, the product is finally ready for prime time. Adobe has released a
new version of Photoshop that runs natively on the new MacBooks powered by the in-house M1 silicon.
Preset Syncing and Invite to Edit Cloud Documents tools are yet to be ported for M1 Macs
Following internal testing, Adobe claims ‘a wide range of features’ offer
Adobe Photoshop now optimised for Macs with the M1 chip
Adobe Photoshop will now run natively on M1-based MacBooks bringing huge relief for creators globally.
India Today Tech | March 11, 2021 | Updated 14:19 IST
MacBook Pro running Adobe Photoshop app natively. (Image: Adobe)
Highlights
Adobe claims that its internal tests have shown that Photoshop delivers performance gains across apps on the new M1.
The company released a beta version of Photoshop for Macs with M1 chips.
Adobe also teased that it would add new features for customers using M1 Macs in future updates.
Adobe has announced that Photoshop will now run natively on Macs that are powered by the new M1 chip. This is the second app that s getting optimised for M1 Macs after Lightroom. Adobe s Lightroom was released in December and could run natively on Macs with M1 chips. We have to point out that Adobe did release a beta version of Photoshop for Apple s M1-based MacBooks last year. Though, the new Photoshop version