Adobe has recently introduced a series of powerful generative AI tools for Photoshop, aiming to significantly simplify complex image editing processes. The most notable among them is the "Harmonize" tool, which automatically matches the lighting, color, and shadows of image elements, achieving seamless composites. In addition, Adobe has also brought AI-driven image enhancement features and smarter object removal tools, enabling both professionals and non-professionals to easily create impressive visual works.
Photoshop AI New Features: Smarter Composition and Editing
Adobe is redefining the image editing experience in Photoshop through a series of new generative AI tools. These tools aim to lower the technical barrier, allowing users to more easily achieve professional-level image composition and retouching.
The core new feature is "Harmonize", which originated from Adobe's earlier experimental project called "Project Perfect Blend." This tool can automatically analyze and match the color, lighting, shadows, and overall atmosphere of image elements added to a photo, making them seamlessly blend with the background. Adobe emphasizes that this feature aims to solve the pain point of requiring deep expertise for synthetic images in the past. Now, users can get natural and realistic results by selecting just a few simple options. Currently, "Harmonize" is available in the web version and desktop beta of Photoshop, and offers an early preview on iOS.
Additionally, Adobe has brought several upgrades to Photoshop's AI features:
AI-Driven Image Enhancement: This feature can increase the resolution of images up to 8 million pixels without losing quality. It is especially useful for restoring old photos or adjusting images to meet the needs of different platforms.
Smarter Object Removal: The new tool provides clearer and more realistic removal effects, better filling the erased areas, and fixing the common issue of unintended object replacement found in previous versions.
Firefly Model Selection: When using the "Generate Fill" and "Generate Expand" features, users can now choose between the Firefly Image 1 and Image 3 models, giving them more control over the style and focus of the final image.
Balancing Innovation and Transparency: Introduction of Content Credentials
As AI tools make image editing increasingly easy, ensuring the authenticity of images has become an important issue. These new features in Photoshop allow users to easily compose any content, raising new concerns about the authenticity of images.
To address this challenge, Adobe has introduced the "Content Credentials"