Let’s compare a Legendary Photoshop version, the last of its kind: Photoshop CS6 with the latest and hopefully the greatest: Photoshop 2021. Whether you are holding on to Photoshop CS6 because of Adobe’s subscription payments or you feel CS6 is much better as it’s a true bare-bones Photoshop without all the frills, this video’s got you covered to figure out what you might or might not miss out by upgrading to 2021.In this video, we will draw a comparison of everything, right from comparing the features to Adobe’s offerings, along with essential aspects like compatibility and performance. This video will help you find out not only how far we have come, but also, whether all the new updates justify the cost of the subscription.
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