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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    What is a photo? (mashup edition).

    Adobe snuck another experimental tool demo into its MAX event that can blend multiple photographs together by just clicking a button.

    The results look a little artificial, but it can take a while for “Sneaks” projects to actually appear in Adobe apps like Photoshop — so the capabilities may improve when (or if) it does get released to the public.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Adobe looks to a new era for generative AI.

    After joking about “AI” being a drinking game trigger at MAX, Adobe’s chief product officer Scott Belsky said the company is moving away from the “prompt era” of the tech — which “cheapened and undermined the craft of creative professionals” by generating anything from text descriptions.

    Instead, the new “control era” aims to improve creative workflows with AI in more specific ways within Creative Cloud apps.

    Scott Belsky on stage at Adobe MAX 2024
    Belsky says AI tools should help to remove frustrating labor-intensive tasks around content creation, and not produce a sloppy final product.
    Image: The Verge / Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    You can now use Lightroom mobile like Google’s Magic Editor.

    Adobe has added a bunch of new AI “quick actions” that automatically apply effects for retouching backgrounds, teeth, eyes, skin, and more.

    Lightroom’s mobile apps also now have the “Generative Remove” feature that was introduced to the desktop editor in May — making it easier to delete annoying objects from your images on the go.

    It’s kinda like a semi-professional version of the popular Facetune app.
    It’s kinda like a semi-professional version of the popular Facetune app.
    Image: Adobe