Photoshop CS6 vs 2021! - 28 Reasons to Upgrade

Let's compare a Legendary Photoshop version, the last of its kind: Photoshop CS6 with the latest and hopefully the greatest: Photoshop 2021. Whether you are holding on to Photoshop CS6 because of Adobe's subscription payments or you feel CS6 is much better as it's a true bare-bones Photoshop without all the frills, this video's got you covered to figure out what you might or might not miss out by upgrading to 2021.

In this video, we will draw a comparison of everything, right from comparing the features to Adobe's offerings, along with essential aspects like compatibility and performance. This video will help you find out not only how far we have come, but also, whether all the new updates justify the cost of the subscription. I hope this video helps you. Thank you so much for watching :)

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► TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Why this Comparison?
01:28 Sections in the Video
02:22 Adobe's Offerings #1
03:12 Adobe's Offerings #2
03:24 Adobe's Offerings #3
04:37 Adobe's Offerings #4
05:06 Adobe's Offerings #5
05:25 Feature #1
07:38 Feature #2
08:03 Feature #3
08:36 Feature #4
08:58 Feature #5
09:09 Feature #6
09:45 Feature #7
10:46 Feature #8
11:30 Feature #9
11:57 Feature #10
13:17 Feature #11
13:37 Feature #12
13:55 Feature #13
14:31 Feature #14
15:01 Feature #15
16:16 Feature #16
16:38 Feature #17
16:51 Feature #18
17:12 Feature #19
17:41 Feature #20
18:23 Compatibility #1
19:01 Compatibility #2
19:22 Compatibility #3
19:49 Performance
20:40 Recommendation & Conclusion

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►LET'S CONNECT:

[Mijuki]

Glad to see so many people here still using CS6. I've been worried about having to update to a newer Photoshop, because i am missing out on feautres, but this comment section makes me feel good about keeping CS6 <3

[martintolley]

CS6 does what I need, when I need it. Stable and dependable with what I call a professional interface - way too much clutter in the modern versions.

[MandeepThakurOfficial]

I have just fall in love with your Tutorial ✌️🔥🔥🔥

[audioveins]

I'm using cS6 for last 4 years. I feel comfortable using this version.

[RyoSurrection]

Adobe: Pay us monthly and we'll make your non-upgradable laptop slower overtime!
Me: Meh, I'll stick with my CS6.

[johnmcnairn]

I have to say that Affinity is a real contender now, at a fraction of the cost it's worth having a or more features, such as astrophotography etc. I have both LR/PS 2021 and Affinity, if there was an Affinity version of Lightroom I'd drop Adobe.

[yoJgnaeHeaM]

The one and the only Channel I love the most ❤️
Thank for your every kind thing ! Every deep best explanation !! After done watching your video I never ever need to Question you to be more clear !!

[FlexTuneMusic]

printing studio here in my town are still using ps cs4 i think and the legendary windows 7. I believe they don't bother to upgrade the latest version because they are already familiar with the available tools in photoshop older version

[shaneg]

For people avoiding CS6 due to 4k making the interface tiny, theres a simple solution. In windows go to your CS6 desktop shortcut properties and under compatibility click the Change high DPI settings button. Turn on the High DPI scaling override and set it to system. That should scale the interface to whatever you have windows scaling set to on your 4k monitor (for me thats 150% in desktop display settings).

[animatewithdermot]

Hard NO for me. I've dumped the entire CC (I can't justify the cost given the increasingly buggy behaviour). 2020 PS update killed all of my PS CC versions, all would crash on opening files. Bug still unsolved after 1 year. Then, my Win 7 machine stopped working because of some new 'update'. So I finally found an old version of CS6 and am perfectly happy. Have all the things I need to draw (animation timeline; rotate canvas; smart filters). I really liked CC when it started, but in 2020 for some reason it fell off a cliff. Bugs, slower apps, and finally, no apps at all, either on my win10 machine or my win7 machine.
Never going back to CC hopefully. I'll keep the $700 a year thanks.

[sunriseandmemories]

Yeah the thing with subscription is that it's becoming too expensive with time, big companies can afford to pay that most of the times but most of single users don't have the budget for that, I'm a good example for that situation actually, I work for a record label and I do way more than graphic design, I also do videography, studio engineering/recording/editing/mixing/mastering, etc. so in the end, all the softwares and hardware I need becomes so expensive to a point where it can be ridiculous, I still think that it should be like it was, you get the versions you payed for than if you want more, you pay for updates or more recent versions, it's getting pretty annoying today that it's becoming subscriptions everywhere...
It is pretty much paying for something that you don't own, if it continues this way, soon we're gonna have to subscribe for hardware too! Imagine buying a "subscription" to own something like a hard drive and then when you stop paying they take it back from you, I wouldn't be surprised if that happens in the future loll

[lfcruzsierra]

It's worth the upgrade, but still don't approve of it. They should sell a license for each major release (CS4, CS6, 2021) for a fixed price with updates included

[Viviloo]

I love how he basically sold CS6 to all of us while trying to encourage us to upgrade. I get it, the updates are really nice and make the whole experience so much more easier, he even explained everything so nicely, I don't think I, too, simply cannot go back to CS6 after using the latest CCs for a couple years now, but... yeah, he opened with the money thing and it makes no sense, none of the things he mentioned make it worth the money in my humble opinion, but hey! There's always a way to get the thing without spending a penny, so that's good

[sahiljethwani]

My simpler reason to have CS6 with me even though i have Photoshop's latest version installed is that I have all my memories with it as it was the one that got me in to this editing arena and I still use it sometimes just for having fun or making something that reminds of the time I was novice and CS6 supported me to become who I am now.
So it's like CS6 is my home land that gave me birth and latest version is the work land that pays my bills

[saiduzubairu]

My daily tutorial master, Much love from Nigeria 🇳🇬

[karts]

My reasons for keeping my software was due to the subscription service that made it impossible for me to afford the post-versions. I miss the perpetual licenses.

[ursmanidhfm]

I've learned photoshop in CS6 and now using CC 2021, still I use cs6 for some projects

[jfmezei]

When Adobe announced it was going out of business (business of selling licences), I upgreaded to CS6, and fror me the package to upgrade to the Premium full suite was cheaper than buying 2 separate upgrades because of my mix of software (inDesign + graphics). For me to more to subscription based model would cost way too much.
So I am stuck on the Mac with Old version of OS-X that still supports 32 bits in order to continue to run CS6.
Yeah, some of the new featurees are nice, but big picture, once can usually get around without them. The "history" panel lets you undo actions so the "reset smart object" isn't truly a new feature. (though does have advantages).
If Adobe offered choice of subscription and perpetual, I woudl still be a customer spending money with them perhaps every 2 years. But as long as they are subscription, it's a no go unless I win the lottery. In they end they get $0 from me.

[HelenaCross]

Still using CS6 because I don’t use Photoshop often and, to pay for a subscription for a product that I use here and there, doesn’t make sense. Despite the new features, CS6 still does what I need it to. Plus I enjoy that I own the disk, the product physically. Not just a subscription. Maybe that’s just me.

[DAMIANTORO]

No matter what version of Photoshop you have, what matters is your creativity.