What's new in Photoshop Elements 2020

Discover what's new in Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020.

Effortlessly edit, create, and organize with new automated options powered by Adobe Sensei AI technology — there’s always room to add your personal touch. Revitalize your photos with automatic colorization. Auto-select your subjects with just one click. Make people look their best with automatic skin smoothing. Enjoy new Auto Creations: B&W Selection, Pattern Brush, Painterly, and Depth of Field effects. Plus, remove unwanted photo objects and brush on fun patterns with two new Guided Edits, and create and order photo prints and gifts right from Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Want to edit videos, too? See what's new in Adobe Premiere Elements 2020.

Note:

Adobe Photoshop Elements includes Elements Organizer which helps you organize your photos and videos. For information about new features in Elements Organizer, see What's new in Elements Organizer.

Automatically colorize your photos

Create a fresh look for any black-and-white or see how a color photo looks with different hues. Automatic colorization makes it a snap. Powered by Adobe Sensei.

See how it works - Change colors in a photo.

Colorize a photo in Photoshop Elements
Colorize a photo in Photoshop Elements

Select your subject with just one click

Selections just keep getting easier. Click once to auto-select the main subject of your photo, and then easily enhance it with an effect or cut it out and add it to another photo to create something all-new. Powered by Adobe Sensei.

See how it works - Quickly select a person or thing in photos.

Select the main subjects in your photo with a click
Select the main subjects in your photo with a click to edit them

Smooth skin automatically

Easily reduce wrinkles or blemishes to make the people in your photos look their best. Powered by Adobe Sensei.

See how it works - Smooth skin in photos.

Smoothen skin in photos
Smooth skin in photos

Enjoy new Auto Creations

Now an even wider variety of Auto Creations will be waiting for you when you launch the home screen. B&W Selection, Pattern Brush, Painterly, and Depth of Field effects are automatically applied to your photos, and you can always add your personal touch. Powered by Adobe Sensei.

See how it works - View and share auto-created collages, slideshows, and more.

Access Auto Creations such as Painterly effect, Depth of field effect, and more in Photoshop Elements
Access Auto Creations such as Pattern Brush in Photoshop Elements

Add creative sparkle with patterns

Jazz up any photo with a fun pattern like hearts or stars. The Pattern Brush Guided Edit makes it easy to create a photo that really stands out in print or online.

See how it works - Pattern Brush guided edit.

Add creative patterns to your photos using the Pattern Brush guided edit
Add creative patterns to your photos and create memorable keepsakes

Make unwanted objects vanish

Quickly remove power lines, pedestrians, or anything else that distracts from your main subject with the Object Removal Guided Edit.

See how it works - Object removal guided edit.

Quickly remove a person or thing from photos
Quickly remove a person or thing from photos

Find new things to try

Check out the Try This area of the home screen to discover fun photo editing tricks and techniques to try, like opening closed eyes in photos, restoring old photos, and more. Then just click to jump right to them.

See how it works - Try out exciting features.

Use Try this cards in the home screen to learn new features
Click the 'Try this' card of your choice to learn about the feature

Faster performance and expanded HEIF and HEVC support

Work faster and better in Photoshop Elements!

Now you'll experience faster performance for everyday tasks like adding and editing photos, and you can switch between large catalogs faster. Plus, import and edit HEIF photo files and HEVC video files on Windows as well as macOS. See system requirements.

Add photos faster including HEIF files in Photoshop Elements
Add photos faster including HEIF files in Photoshop Elements

Order photo prints, gifts, and gear (U.S. only)

Create and order beautiful prints and over 140 photo gifts and keepsakes like wall art, mugs, phone accessories, and more with the new FUJIFILM Prints and Gifts service right inside Photoshop Elements.

Order photo prints, gifts, and gear

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