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Adobe Photoshop adds optional ‘AI Assisted Editor’ mode for fully prompt-based image editing
Adobe today announced a beta for AI Assisted Editor, a new optional editing mode within Photoshop with a simplified, prompt-based interface for image editing. Here are the details.
Adobe announced AI Assisted Editor, a new beta experience that replaces Photoshop’s detailed, intricate image-editing tools with a prompt-based interface and a simplified menu.
AI Assisted Editor can be accessed from a new toggle on Photoshop’s menu bar, which users can also choose to hide at any time from Settings.
Once the user enters AI Assisted Mode, they see a simplified interface with tools including:
The Markup tool is particularly interesting for users who are new to image editing or for experienced users working on a rough concept or needing to quickly sketch out a tweak. With it, users can just roughly draw, or click on any region of the image, and add a natural-language instructions such as “Add more clouds,” “change this shoe,” or “Add a banner with the text ON SALE NOW.”
Adobe Firefly will then make the adjustments, and users can further tweak the results either in AI Assisted Edit mode or by continuing to the traditional Pro Editor.
In addition to the new, optional AI Assisted Editor beta, Photoshop added support for prompt-based masked edits, which let users roughly select just the portion of the image they want Firefly Image 5 to edit.
Adobe says this addresses much of the criticism of the current prompt-based editor, which can occasionally reduce image quality or generate results that aren’t always globally aligned with the lighting or angle of the subject being edited.
Another new feature making its way to Photoshop today is a new non-destructive layer tool for light adjustments. That includes adjustments for Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, and Blacks, “so you get Camera Raw-level results without ever leaving your Photoshop layers workflow,” says Adobe.
One new tool that is the complete opposite of mask-based editing tools is “Prompt to Edit,” which allows the user to write a prompt to change the entire image, rather than just a segment.