A major local-processing upgrade. The 2020 version added a dedicated workspace where users could sample different areas of the image and preview the fill before committing. This feature works entirely offline and is fully intact in the preactivated build.
Distributing or using "v21.0.0.37 Preactivated Top" falls into a legal gray area (explicitly violating Adobe's EULA), but from a purely technical standpoint, there are specific pros and cons.
While modern Photoshop relies heavily on Neural Filters and cloud processing, v21 focused on core productivity:
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