Adobe releases Photoshop 27.5
Adobe has released Photoshop 27.5, the latest version of the image-editing software, widely used in the entertainment industry for concept art, texture editing, and retouching renders.
The release makes it possible to open Photoshop cloud documents in Firefly Boards, Adobe’s online mood boarding tool, and transfer edits back to Photoshop.
Transfer images to and from Firefly Boards as Photoshop cloud documents
Photoshop 27.5 introduces tighter integration between Photoshop and Firefly Boards, Adobe’s “generative AI-first” online mood boarding and reference image platform.
Although you can use it in a conventional way, collecting and importing reference images and arranging them manually on the board, Adobe intends it to be used with Firefly’s AI features.
Users can edit images with AI options like Generative Fill, ‘remix’ existing images to generate variations, or just generate entirely new images from text prompts.
Firefly Boards already integrates with Photoshop – it supports Photoshop PSD files, and has an ‘Open copy in Photoshop’ command – but the update adds support for cloud documents.
You can now open Photoshop cloud documents in Firefly Boards, then send edits back to Photoshop.
Other than that, the only changes in Photoshop 27.5 are bugfixes, including fixes to the new Clarity and Dehaze adjustment effect introduced in Photoshop 27.3.
Price and system requirements
Photoshop 27.5 is compatible with Windows 10+ and macOS 14.0+. In the online documentation, it is also referred to as the March 2026 release.
The software is rental-only, with Photography subscription plans that include access to Photoshop costing $29.99/month or $239.88/year.
Single-app Photoshop subscriptions cost $34.49/month or $263.88/year.
Firefly Boards just requires a free Adobe account to use non-AI features, but AI features consume paid-for generative credits.
Read Adobe’s release notes for Photoshop 27.5
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