Adobe has been making major product announcements this week at its annual Adobe MAX 2022(opens in new tab) event. We’ve previously covered the most recent updates to Photoshop and Lightroom, but last night Adobe gave us a glimpse into the future by revealing some of the upcoming advancements it’s planning to implement. It appears that photographers and editors of photographic works are in for a real treat.
If you want all the information, you can watch the 86-minute movie at the end of this article. In a nutshell, the upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) technology in Photoshop will allow you to perform highly complex tasks with your photographs using only a few simple controls.
Consider the portrait image where you wish you had backed up a bit to include more of the setting. You can’t retake the shot, so I guess that leaves you with no choice.
Wrong. With the new Project All of Me function, you can easily and realistically extend your scene with the help of some very smart AI. And we’re not just talking about some more grass; the AI in the image below has actually lengthened the subject’s legs and given them shoes.
We saw that the girl’s dress length, dress color, shoes, and clothing could all be changed with the press of a button and that she could even switch between several backgrounds.
Adobe is now striving to further reduce your workload in other areas. For instance, the compositing process is quite lengthy and laborious. However, with the upcoming release of a technology called Project Clever Composites, this should be as simple as dragging and dropping.
Adobe showed how it could be used to spice up an otherwise dull photograph of a deserted road. Inputting a point triggers the software to look for a suitable car image from its database and add it to the scene. It will also automatically alter the color, add shadows, and resize to fit the viewpoint. At least in the demonstration, this process appeared to be incredibly fast and simple.
While in the preceding example shadows were added automatically, a new tool called Project Made in the Shade will allow you to reposition a person or item within a photograph and cast realistic shadows in seemingly infinitely customizable ways. You may move the sun to a different part of the sky and make nonexistent objects create shadows. Once more, everything appears to be straightforward and simple to use.
Of course, no discussion of photography’s future would be complete without bringing up 3D. Adobe, in light of the fact that major corporations are investing billions in augmented and virtual reality, has been making great strides to simplify and streamline the development of 3D content so that artists of all stripes can benefit from it in the future. Likewise, photographers are not being ignored.
Project Artistic Scenes is a new function that will allow you to upload a series of 2D images of the same location and automatically convert it into a 3D panorama that can be viewed in 360 degrees using a VR headset, making it a standout in this field. Not only will you be able to automatically apply special effects to such situations to spice them up, but you can do so in a really intelligent way. Although the demonstration was a touch “out there,” it did show how a pointillism effect may be used in this context.
Project Beyond the Seen, an upcoming fascinating feature, lets you construct realistic and fully immersive 3D scenes for VR viewing by generating entire 360° panoramas from a single 2D photograph. Considering that real 360-degree cameras probably do a better job, we’re not sure how practical this will be. However, it could be a good compromise if a 360-degree shot isn’t feasible and just static images of a location or event are available.
The most important thing is not whether or if a potential future feature will be useful to you personally. What you can take away from Adobe’s Sneaks event is the promise of future photo editing tools that are more user-friendly, intuitive, and straightforward for the common person.
That might be terrible news for picture editors who make their living doing labor-intensive processes that take up a lot of time and space. Nonetheless, this could be good news for commercial photographers who need to make substantial alterations or changes to their photographs, perhaps to satisfy the unreasonable demands of clients, without having to reshoot entirely.
People also ask
Where do you see Photoshop going from here?
Artificial intelligence and machine learning will soon be able to replace Photoshop. For a long time, Adobe and others thought that another app on a Mac or Windows computer would replace Photoshop.
Is spending money on Photoshop a wise decision?
If you make a living as a graphic designer, artist, or photographer and can afford the monthly fee, then Photoshop is well worth it. Photoshop is the de facto standard in the industry, making it essential for any work that involves teamwork, file sharing, or editing across applications.
If Photoshop is so helpful, why is it even necessary?
Photoshop is the gold standard in photo editing software, and it is used for everything from minor touchups to abstract works of art. Editors use Photoshop to make any subject seem fantastic by cropping, recomposing, and adjusting the lighting.
Do photographers in the industry commonly use Photoshop?
All the way from little touch-ups to elaborate manipulations, photographers rely on Photoshop for their digital imaging needs. In comparison to other picture-altering programs, Photoshop’s more sophisticated features make it a must-have for any serious photographer’s toolkit.
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