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Photoshop Beta: Enhanced Before/After View and AI Dynamic Layers

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Photoshop Beta: Enhanced Before/After View and AI Dynamic Layers

Clip title: 2 New Photoshop Features: One Useful, One Wild Author / channel: photoshopCAFE URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWosWnbi6X8

Summary

This video tutorial, presented by Colin Smith of PhotoshopCAFE, demonstrates two new and practical features currently available in the Photoshop Beta application: an enhanced before-and-after comparison tool and a “Dynamic Layers” function that leverages AI for creative transformations. Smith highlights these as significant workflow improvements for photographers and graphic designers.

The first feature, a dedicated Before & After View, provides a streamlined way to compare an edited image with its original state. After performing edits, users can click a new icon on the toolbar to activate a split view, allowing a draggable vertical slider to reveal either the “before” or “after” version across the image. A single-view option also exists to quickly toggle between the two states. Crucially, this “before” state is established at the moment the image is opened, meaning users can apply further edits, save, close, and re-open to set a new baseline for comparison. This intelligent comparison tool offers a more efficient alternative to manually turning layers on and off, especially when dealing with complex layered files.

The second, more advanced feature is called “Dynamic Layers,” which uses AI to apply drastic changes to an entire image while maintaining positional elements. Starting with an image, users can input a text prompt (e.g., “add snow” to a summer farm scene or “make it nighttime” for a daytime cabin photo) into the “Prompt Edit” bar. Photoshop’s AI then generates a new “Dynamic Layer” incorporating these changes. The truly innovative aspect is a slider that appears in the taskbar for this dynamic layer. This slider allows for a smooth, gradual transition between the original image and the AI-generated transformation, effectively creating a “time-lapse” effect.

This dynamic slider enables users to select any percentage of the transformation, offering precise control over the intensity of the AI-generated effect—from a subtle dusting of snow to a full winter wonderland, or a twilight setting to deep night. While acknowledging that AI transformations may not always be perfect in every detail, Smith demonstrates how the flexibility of the slider still allows users to find visually appealing intermediate states. For specific results, the dynamic layer can be duplicated as a pixel layer at any point in the transformation. These new beta features signify a powerful integration of AI into Photoshop, enhancing both practical editing comparisons and expansive creative possibilities.

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See the most useful abd the most wild new features in Photoshop beta 2026 September, Dynamic layers and before and after preview. Colin Smith shows you how to use the new features in Photoshop.

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