Adobe updated its 14 Creative Cloud desktop programs—including new versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Premiere Pro—on Wednesday, and launched some free mobile apps as well. Adobe says the 2014 update is its biggest software release since CS6 back in 2003.

In the latest version of Photoshop, users get new "blur gallery" motion effects and a "focus mask" that can be used to create a shallow depth of field look in an image. Photoshop has also been updated with new pinch and zoom touch input...