Adobe started 2025 with new expectations Photoshop part. Adobe announced Tuesday that the newest feature in the Photoshop beta will be live co-editing, a tool that lets you and your team collaborate on a project. Live co-editing makes it easy to collaborate with multiple people, organize feedback and implement changes without having to save and share the same file over and over again.

“We know this is a huge technical challenge, and we want to make sure we’re doing it right,” said Stephen Nielson, senior director of product management for Photoshop, in an interview. in an email exclusive to CNET. “We’ve heard from many customers that they want editing capabilities so they can better collaborate with their teams, clients, students, teachers and more.”

Two or more designers can actively edit a project at the same time and see changes made in real time. (Nielson said there is no “hard limit” on how many editors can work together.) This feature levels Photoshop’s collaboration ability; other editing software such as Canva and Figma has had similar multi-user editing functionality for a while.

If you’re editing with multiple people, it’s similar to Google Docs, where each user has a different colored avatar that lets you know where other users are and what they’re editing. You can see a full log of changes made by each user in the History panel. A small group of Photoshop users have already tested the feature, with Adobe reporting that they are enjoying much smoother collaboration.

You can register to join the private beta today to test it and provide feedback before the upcoming release.

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The tool is intended to help creators streamline their work, especially if they have multiple people providing feedback and recommendations on a project. You can adjust permissions on files to limit who is allowed to edit — a useful caveat for creators who need to solicit feedback from large groups of people. For example, creators can share projects in progress with clients and allow them to view and leave comments (not edits) even if those clients don’t have a Photoshop subscription.

Last year, Adobe went all-in on AI across its Creative Cloud programs, and Photoshop gets a lot generative AI tools and updates. While AI won’t be behind every update this year (including live co-editing), AI is “absolutely” going to be a continuing trend, Nielson said. He also explained that a particular AI-powered tool, project perfect blend Demoed last fall at Adobe Max, is one of the AI ​​innovations they will be doing this year.

“We have really exciting plans for 2025, with some amazing capabilities made possible by generative AI. We’re always pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, which will push what we’re releasing this year and in coming years,” Nielson said.

“This year we’re committed to continuing to make Photoshop the best creative app and making it more intuitive, accessible, and powerful than ever.”