Adobe recently introduced an intriguing new feature in Photoshop's beta version, promising easier, more precise color adjustments. Here's a look at how it performs.
Coming to you from Anthony Morganti, this balanced video addresses what this new color adjustment feature actually can and cannot do. Morganti points out that while the new color adjustment option makes shifting specific colors simpler, it isn't the revolutionary upgrade some suggest. With an easy-to-access "Adjust Colors" button, Photoshop displays the prominent colors of any image, letting you quickly tweak hue, saturation, and brightness. While this method streamlines the workflow, Morganti highlights that similar results are achievable using current Photoshop tools, specifically the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.
Morganti also addresses a realistic limitation: the new adjustment doesn't always handle close or overlapping colors cleanly. When colors in an image are very similar, such as hair tones and skin tones, altering one might inadvertently affect the other. To illustrate, he shows an example where changing a model’s hair color unintentionally shifts her skin tones too. He offers an efficient masking workaround to limit edits exclusively to targeted areas.
Expanding further, Morganti contrasts the new feature's effectiveness by showing two identical images edited in Photoshop's beta and current versions. Changing the background color behind a model using Photoshop 2025 leads to imprecise results. Conversely, the new beta version achieves cleaner, more accurate results with less effort, particularly on backgrounds where color variations pose a masking challenge. Overall, the beta version's new color adjustment tool promises faster, simpler, and more precise color editing capabilities, though Morganti emphasizes that although the new tool simplifies many tasks, achieving professional results still requires thoughtful judgment and occasional manual intervention. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Morganti.
