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Adobe has launched a public beta version of its AI Assistant for Photoshop, allowing users to edit photos simply by describing desired changes in natural language. The feature, available now on web and mobile platforms, aims to make image editing more accessible for creators ranging from students to professional marketers and illustrators.
Building on demonstrations from Adobe MAX earlier this year, the company is integrating conversational AI deeper into its suite of creative applications. This includes the new AI Assistant in Photoshop, alongside similar tools already in Acrobat and Adobe Express. The technology also extends to third-party services such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft 365 Copilot, fostering a seamless workflow across apps.
Users can instruct the AI Assistant to perform tasks like eliminating distracting elements, swapping backgrounds, tweaking lighting or adjusting colors. Options include automatic application of changes or guided, step-by-step prompts to help users discover the process. On the mobile app, voice commands enable on-the-go edits without typing.
In the web version of Photoshop, a companion feature called AI Markup enters public beta as well. This tool lets users sketch directly on an image and attach text prompts to specify alterations in targeted areas, such as adding floral elements or scenic mountains. Results appear in seconds, offering precise control over generative edits.
Practical applications highlighted by Adobe include transforming vacation snapshots by removing crowds and enhancing hues, refining portraits with glow effects and background overhauls, or styling road trip photos as vibrant album covers through descriptive instructions.
Complementing these advances, Adobe’s Firefly Image Editor receives updates that consolidate AI-powered editing in a single interface. New capabilities encompass generative fill for adding or replacing objects with contextual awareness, generative remove for erasing unwanted items, generative expand to resize images smoothly, generative upscale for boosting resolution, and one-click background removal to isolate subjects.
Firefly now supports over 25 leading AI models, including Adobe’s own commercially safe options, Google’s Nano Banana 2, OpenAI’s image generation, Runway’s Gen-4.5 and Black Forest Labs’ Flux.2 pro, enabling users to generate and refine content fluidly without switching tools.
To encourage experimentation, Adobe offers unlimited image generations in Firefly and via the Photoshop AI Assistant on web and mobile for paid subscribers until April 9. Free users of Photoshop web and mobile start with 20 generations. These features roll out globally today, with access through the Photoshop platform and Firefly web app.
