search, and the Wallet, which now includes official
government IDs for some locales. As with macOS,
privacy and security features take another step forward
as well.
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GRAPHIC DESIGN S
SOFTWARE
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
$19.99 EDITORS’ CHOICE
Adobe does not sit on its laurels when it comes to its
industry-standard Illustrator design software. The 2022
update adds some nifty integration with the company’s
newly acquired Substance 3D modeling software, a
Discover panel for tutorials, and collaboration and
review tools such as Creative Cloud Canvas, Spaces,
and Share for Comments. And you can use Illustrator
on an iPad now. That’s all in addition to Illustrator being
the most powerful collection of vector-editing tools in
the business.
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PHOTO EDITING
SOFTWARE
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
STARTS AT $9.99 PER MONTH EDITORS’ CHOICE
Adobe Photoshop is the tool of record for raster images
such as digital photos. With every release, it keeps
getting better. New neural filters let you turn frowns
upside down, make old black-and-white pictures
convincingly look like they were shot in color, and
transfer the colors of one landscape photo to another.
One new feature lets you import documents from
Illustrator to Photoshop, complete with layers, vector
shapes, paths, and masks. Photoshop’s masking tools
have become more powerful, too, so you can select
multiple subjects simply by hovering the cursor. The
software is available in an increasingly impressive iPad
version and a beta web app.
