Feature
Last updated on
Oct 13, 2025
Learn more about the feature differences between Photoshop web and Photoshop on desktop.
Basic Image Resizing
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Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
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Move |
Yes |
Yes |
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Transform (Scale, Skew, Rotate) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Crop |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Warp |
No |
Yes |
|
Perspective Warp |
Yes (Available as Perspective under the Transform tools with limited functionality) |
Yes |
|
Puppet Warp |
No |
Yes |
Selection and Masking
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Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
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Object selection |
Yes |
Yes |
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Selection brush |
Yes |
Yes |
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Quick selection |
Yes |
Yes |
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Lasso |
Yes |
Yes |
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Polygon lasso |
No |
Yes |
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Magic wand |
No |
Yes |
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Rectangular marquee |
Yes |
Yes |
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Elliptical marquee |
Yes |
Yes |
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Layer mask |
Yes |
Yes |
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Select and mask workspace |
Yes |
Yes |
Draw and Paint
|
Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
|
Pencil |
No |
Yes |
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Pen |
No |
Yes |
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Brush |
Yes |
Yes |
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History brush |
No |
Yes |
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Custom brushes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Eraser |
Yes |
Yes |
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Paint bucket |
Yes |
Yes |
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Frame |
No |
Yes |
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Gradient |
Yes (Limited functionality) |
Yes |
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Smudge |
Yes |
Yes |
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Rectangle |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ellipse |
Yes |
Yes |
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Polygon |
Yes |
Yes |
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Line |
Yes |
Yes |
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Move shapes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Presets (Shapes) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Horizontal Type |
Yes |
Yes |
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Vertical Type |
No |
Yes |
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Add Right-to-Left text |
No |
Yes |
|
Add text on a path |
No |
Yes |
|
Glyphs |
No |
Yes |
|
Actions |
No |
Yes |
Retouch
|
Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
|
Remove |
Yes |
Yes |
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Spot healing brush |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Healing brush |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Blur tool |
No |
Yes |
|
Clone stamp |
Yes |
Yes |
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Lighten (Dodge) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Darken (Burn) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Saturation (Sponge) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Patch tool |
No |
Yes |
|
Timeline |
No |
Yes |
Color, tone, and lighting
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Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
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Adjustment layers (Brightness/contrast, Hue/saturation, Exposure, Vibrance, Color balance, Black & white, Gaussian blur, Levels, Curves, Light and color, and Solid color.) |
Yes (Levels and Curves adjustments work with limited functionality.) |
Yes |
Generative AI
|
Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
|
Generative fill |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Generative expand |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Harmonize |
Yes (Available as a beta feature) |
No (Available in Photoshop beta application) |
|
Generative upscale |
Yes (Available as a beta feature) |
No (Available in Photoshop beta application) |
|
Generate image |
Yes |
Yes |
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Reference image |
Yes |
Yes |
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Generate similar |
Yes |
Yes |
Layers
|
Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
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Layer styles (Drop shadow, Color overlay, Outer glow, Gradient overlay, Bevel & emboss, Stroke, Inner shadow, Inner glow, Pattern overlay, and Satin) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Layer actions (Lock layer, Delete layer, Copy layer, Duplicate layer, Select all, Load as selection, Group layers, Convert to smart object, Create clipping mask) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Layer mask |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Smart objects |
Yes (Limited functionality) |
Yes |
Filters and effects
|
Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
|
Effects (Stylize, Blur, Light, Texture) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Neural Filters |
No |
Yes |
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Smart Filters (Blur, Blur gallery, Distort, Noise, Pixelate, Render, Sharpen, Stylize, Video) |
No |
Yes |
|
Filter Gallery |
No |
Yes |
|
Camera Raw Filter |
Yes (Available as Light and color filter under the Adjust panel) |
Yes |
|
Lens correction |
No |
Yes |
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Liquify |
No |
Yes |
|
Custom |
No |
Yes |
|
High pass |
No |
Yes |
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HSB/HSL |
No |
Yes |
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Maximum |
No |
Yes |
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Minimum |
No |
Yes |
|
Offset |
No |
Yes |
Supported File Formats (Import and Export)
|
Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
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Import as PSD, PSDC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, HEIC, PSB, RAW, and WebP |
Yes |
Yes |
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Export as PSD, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and WebP |
Yes |
Yes |
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Export as RAW |
No |
No (Supports export to DNG) |
|
RAW specific editing |
Yes |
Yes |
Print
|
Feature |
Photoshop web |
Photoshop on desktop |
|
Order prints |
No |
Yes |
