Adobe is expanding its editing and design tools with features that automate common cleanup tasks. The updates span video, photography and creative workflows, with tools for removing distractions, adjusting lighting, retouching portraits and building repeatable processes.
Premiere targets unwanted objects and messy audio
A new Generative Remove tool is arriving in Premiere in beta. Editors can mask and track an object in a video, then ask the tool to remove it. Adobe says generative AI fills the space with realistic detail while leaving the surrounding footage untouched.
The feature is aimed at distractions such as boom mics and background clutter. Bringing removal directly to the editing timeline gives video creators a way to address those elements within the project instead of treating them as a separate cleanup task.
Premiere is also gaining sound tools for cleaning up recordings and separating sources into individual tracks and elements. Dialogue, music, ambience and sound effects can be handled separately, which may make it easier to refine a mix when those sounds overlap in a recording.
Two other Premiere features have reached general availability: the Generative Media tool Adobe introduced earlier this year, and Color Mode, the color editing experience that launched in beta in April.
Photoshop adds removal, comparison and lighting controls
Photoshop’s updated Remove Tool is designed to better detect and reconstruct details connected to erased objects. That includes nearby reflections, shadows and footprints, which can otherwise make a removal stand out from the rest of an image.
Quick Compare gives users a split-screen slider to review a before-and-after view on the canvas. The comparison is available without moving between layers, making it easier to inspect an edit in context.
Another new feature, Relight, lets users place light sources around the canvas and adjust an image’s lighting dynamically. Hue and brightness can be customized, adding a way to change how a scene is lit after the image has been captured.
Lightroom expands portrait retouching
The blemish removal tool already available in Lightroom on mobile is coming to the desktop version. It lets users retouch skin with a single tap, extending a quick mobile workflow to desktop editing.
Lightroom is also getting Open Eyes in public beta. The feature addresses photos where a subject is blinking by matching a reference photo of that person from the user’s image library, then replacing closed eyes with results Adobe describes as natural-looking.
Both updates focus on small corrections that can affect how a portrait reads. The desktop blemish tool simplifies skin retouching, while Open Eyes offers a way to fix a missed expression using another image of the same subject.
Firefly adds workflows for creative projects
Adobe’s Firefly suite is gaining tools for image and video editing. Quick Actions, a set of ready-to-use workflows for tasks such as creating video thumbnails and product ads, are now generally available.
Several other Firefly experiences are launching in beta. Firefly Design brings illustration, image editing, animation, 3D and print into a combined creative space. Firefly Graph is intended to help creators build and refine custom workflows they can repeat.
Adobe is also testing Firefly Builder in private beta. The tool is designed for prototyping websites and apps. Taken together, these announcements extend Adobe’s focus from editing individual assets to organizing more of the work around a creative project.
The updates arrive across different availability stages: some tools are generally available, others are in public or private beta, and Premiere’s Generative Remove is also in beta. Adobe says the announcements highlighted at its Max event represent only part of the new AI and design features being showcased.