Photoshop has evolved by leaps and bounds over the years. Photoshop CS3 evolved into CS4, then to CS5 and the series marked a final evolution to CS6. Then Photoshop got significantly upgraded and out came the CC version. If you delve into the details, the entire plethora of use and how you like or dislike each of these versions, then it would take hours to assess. Broadly, there are many similarities and some substantial difference between Photoshop CS6 and CC.
It is needless to mention that everything you get in CS6 will be found in CC. The additional features are the primary difference between Photoshop CS6 and CC. Let us first talk about the similarities.
Similarities Between Photoshop CS6 and CC
Both Photoshop CS6 and CC have Content-Aware Move, Content-Aware Patch, Mercury Graphics Engine, New and Reengineered Design Tools, Intuitive Video Creation, All-New Crop Tool, New Blur Gallery, Preset Migration and Sharing, Improved Auto Corrections, Auto-Recovery, Background Save, Easy Complex Selections, Content-Aware Fill, Puppet Warp, HDR Imaging, Painting Effects, Automatic Lens Correction, Adjustments Panel, Masks Panel, Enhanced Auto-Alignment of Layers, Enhanced Auto-Blending of Images, Extended Depth of Field, Smoother Panning and Zooming, Fluid Canvas Rotation, Content-Aware Scale, Nondestructive Smart Filters, Quick Selection and Refine Edge tools, Automatic Layer Alignment and Blending, Asset Management with Adobe Bridge, Enhanced Vanishing Point, Enhanced Merge to 32-bit HDR, Black and White Conversion, Improved Curves adjustment and Adjustable Cloning and Healing.
Difference Between Photoshop CS6 and CC
Photoshop CC offers Cloud Libraries, Linked Assets, Adobe Stock Integration, Artboards, Asset Export, Adobe Preview CC Companion App, Device Preview, Multiple Instances of Layer Styles, Glyph Panel, Move and Extend with Scaling and Rotation, Real-time Healing Brush, Automatic Fill for Stitched Panoramic Images, Linked Smart Objects, Guide set Creation and Guide Set Presets, New Layer Comps, Focus Mask, Blur Gallery including Additive Noise and Motion Effects, New Smart Guides, 3D Printing Support, Desktop Fonts, Font Search with Instant Preview, Windows HiDPI Support, New Windows 8.1 Support (Touch and Stylus), Technology Previews, Mercury Graphics Engine Performance Boosts, Perspective Warp, Smart Sharpen, Adobe Generator, Improved Shake Reduction and Extended Features among others.
None of these features are available in Photoshop CS6. Photoshop CC is a much more advanced and feature rich tool compared to Photoshop CS6. However, proficient users will find Photoshop CC very helpful and ordinary users may not need the advanced features. You can pick the tool that you need for the kind of tasks you have at hand.
