Details of tools used to build Photoshop and the SDK examples

It is recommended that third party developers use the same tools that we use to build Photoshop.

Below is the information regarding the Windows and Macintosh platforms. This is also noted in the What's New section of the Photoshop SDK HTML documentation

Photoshop 22.0 - 2021

Windows was built on a Windows 10 64 bit machine using the 64 bit tool chain and the following version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 v142 Version 16.5.4 Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.18362.0

OS X was built on an OS X 10.14.4 machine Using Xcode 11.3 (11C29), Base SDK 10.15, OS X Deployment Target of 10.14

Photoshop 21.0 - 2020

Windows was built on a Windows 10 64 bit machine using the 64 bit tool chain and the following version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 v141 Version 15.9.11 Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.16299.0

OS X was built on an OS X 10.14.4 machine Using Xcode 10.2.1 (10E1001), Base SDK 10.14, OS X Deployment Target of 10.13

Photoshop 20.0 - CC 2019

Windows was built on a Windows 7 64 bit SP 1 machine using the 64 bit tool chain and the following version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.6.2 Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.16299.0

OS X was built on an OS X 10.13.3 machine Using Xcode 9.2 (9C40b), Base SDK 10.13, OS X Deployment Target of 10.12

Photoshop 19.0 - CC 2018

Windows was built on a Windows 7 64 bit SP 1 machine using the 64 bit tool chain and the following version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Version 14.0.25420.1 Update 3 Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.15063.0

OS X was built on an OS X 10.11.6 machine Using Xcode 8.2.1 (8C1002), Base SDK 10.12, OS X Deployment Target of 10.11

Photoshop 18.0 - CC 2017

Windows was built on a Windows 7 64 bit SP 1 machine using the 64 bit tool chain and the following version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Version 14.0.24720.0. Update 3

OS X was built on an OS X 10.10.5 machine Using Xcode 7.2.1 (7C1002), Base SDK 10.11, OS X Deployment Target of 10.10

Photoshop 17.0 - CC 2015.5

Windows was built on a Windows 7 64 bit SP 1 machine using the 64 bit tool chain and the following version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Version 14.0.25123.0. Update 2

OS X was built on an OS X 10.10.5 machine Using Xcode 7.2.1 (7C1002), Base SDK 10.11, OS X Deployment Target of 10.9

Photoshop 16.0 - CC 2015

Windows was built on a Windows 7 64 bit SP 1 machine using the 64 bit tool chain and the following version: Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Version 12.0.31101.00 Update 4

OS X was built on an OS X 10.8.5 machine Using Xcode 5.0.2, SDK 10.9, min target of 10.9 OS X 10.10.3 and Xcode 6.1.1 can also be used as an alternative

Photoshop 15.0 - CC 2014

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Update 4, 32 and 64 bit builds.

Xcode Version 4.6, Base SDK 10.7, Apple LLVM compiler 4.2, OS X Deployment Target 10.6, 64 bit only builds.

Photoshop 14.0 - CC

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 with Service Pack 1, 32 and 64 bit builds.

Xcode Version 4.6, Base SDK 10.7, Apple LLVM compiler 4.2, OS X Deployment Target 10.6, 64 bit only builds.

Photoshop 13.0 - CS6

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 with Service Pack 1, 32 and 64 bit builds.

Xcode Version 3.2.5, GCC 4.2, SDK 10.6, 64 bit only builds