Generative AI features across Adobe e+e- platforms from its launch at the Adobe Max conference on February 14 – 20 September 2015

The Generative Expand tool that was first introduced in Photoshop is now generally available for InDesign, allowing users to extend images to fit whatever layout they require. And Adobe’s new Firefly AI Video Model has introduced a new Generative Extend feature to Premiere Pro. It’s in beta for now, but the Video model will likely be used as the base for other features across Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps in the coming year.

Adobe Illustrator is being updated with a new “Objects on Path” feature that allows users to quickly attach, arrange, and move objects along any path shape, giving designers more flexibility when aligning areas of their work. The Mockup tool for staging designs on a 3D model is also now widely available, and the Image Trace feature that converts raster images (JPEG, PNG, PSD etc) to scalable vectors has been improved, too. Adobe’s new method of creating crisp, cleaner outputs is more accurate to the original image.

The latest Firefly image 3 Model, the latest version of which was released in April, has been updated with the Generative Fill, Generative expand, and Generate Similar tools now generally available. Adobe says this update improves the variety and photorealistic quality of generated outputs, and understands complex prompts better than the previous model. Photoshop’s web app also has a new AI feature that makes editing easier by automatically selecting all the objects in an image.

Distraction Removal is available now in Photoshop’s desktop and web apps, with “more to come later,” according to Adobe. Photoshop users can now also choose whether the Remove Tool uses generative AI — specifically Adobe’s Firefly image model — or non-generative AI tech, with a third option that automatically selects which tech to use “based on the image and scene” to produce the best results.

Adobe is kicking off its annual Adobe Max conference today with the launch of new AI-powered features across its Creative Cloud apps. New AI features for Photoshop, like automatic background distraction removal and a more powerful Firefly generative AI model, are the biggest announcements, with Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere Pro also getting new features that can help to speed up traditionally labor-intensive design tasks.

All of the tools have the same goal of giving creatives a more controlling role in content creation by allowing them to automate most of the boring, complex tasks. The idea is to enable people to create their own animation or video edits without the burden of time or experience.

Project Motion is a two-step tool that can be used to make animated graphics in a variety of styles. The first stage is a simple animation builder which allows creatives to add motion effects to text and basic images, without prior experience in animating. The second stage then takes this animated video and transforms it using text descriptions and reference images — adding color, texture, and background sequences.

“Project Clean Machine” is an editing tool that automatically removes annoying distractions in images and videos, like camera flashes and people walking into frames. It’s almost like an automated content-aware fill, only better as this also corrects any unwanted effects caused by the visuals you’re trying to remove. Clean Machine will make sure the color and lighting of the video remain the same when the firework background is removed.

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We were given an early glimpse of these sneaks, so we will get to see them later today. None of these tools are available for the public to try out yet, but that may change over the coming months.