Refined the Mercury Graphics Engine to better utilize GPU acceleration, reducing "stuttering" when panning across large, high-resolution canvases.

A breakthrough tool that automatically masks the sky and allows users to swap it with a preset or custom image.

Powered by Adobe Sensei , these allowed for non-destructive edits like "Skin Smoothing" and "Smart Portrait" (changing expressions or age).

This update was part of the final series of patches for the "Photoshop 2021" cycle before the transition to the 2022 (v23) major release. It served primarily as a "bug-fix" build to ensure professional workflows remained uninterrupted.