# Adobe Photoshop

The raster editor the rest of the industry still measures itself against, now with generative AI retouching.

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- Category: [Design & prototyping](https://softbests.com/category/design-prototyping)
- Pricing: Paid
- Platforms: macOS, Windows, iOS

## Best for

Photographers, retouchers and designers who need the deepest layer, masking and compositing controls available.

## Why it deserves attention

Photoshop remains the reference for raster work: layer stacks with adjustment layers and smart objects, advanced masking and selection, content-aware fill, Camera Raw, extensive brush engines and a file format nearly every tool can read. Recent versions add Firefly-powered Generative Fill and Expand, AI selection and removal, and tighter links to Illustrator and Lightroom, while the iPad app covers lighter edits. The trade-offs are obvious and worth stating: it is subscription-only, the full interface is heavy for simple tasks, and a single wrong save can be costly without careful versioning — Affinity Photo and GIMP cover many jobs for far less.

## Can replace

- Affinity Photo

## Related and alternatives

- [Figma](https://softbests.com/software/figma)
- [Krita](https://softbests.com/software/krita)
- [Compositor](https://softbests.com/software/compositor)
- [GIMP](https://softbests.com/software/gimp)
- [Krita](https://softbests.com/software/krita)
- [Photopea](https://softbests.com/software/photopea)