- Kyle Chua
Adobe Previews Object-Aware Editing Engine That Lets You Move or Remove Objects by Clicking On Them
Updated: Dec 18, 2023
Adobe continues to leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) to bring you more tools to enhance your creative work.
The software giant at its Adobe Max conference previewed a number of early-stage AI-powered innovations as part of its Sneaks showcase.
The highlight of which is Project Stardust, a new object-aware editing engine that enables you to select, edit and even delete elements in any image by simply clicking on them. The engine leverages generative AI to treat flat images like a file with layers, allowing you to easily edit elements individually. For example, you can select people in a photo, move them to a different place in the composition and fill the background where they were previously standing in just a few clicks. You can even change elements like the colour of a person's shirt or the position in which they're standing in.
Adobe touts that Project Stardust can make image editing more accessible, intuitive and time efficient for all users, even those who don't have much experience with its creative software.
Alongside it, Adobe also previewed 11 other AI-powered innovations across photo, video and audio use cases, as well as 3D, design and fashion applications.
One is Project See Through, another image editing tool that simplifies the process of removing glass reflections in photos.
Meanwhile, for video, there's Project Fast Fill, which is essentially the video equivalent of generative fill on Photoshop. The tool allows you edit visual elements on the video as if it were a still image, such as removing people from the background or changing the background as a whole, by simply typing text prompts.
In addition, there's Project Dub Dub, a tool that automates the dubbing process, Project Scene Change, a tool that makes it easy to composite subjects and scenes from different videos and Project Res Up, a tool that uses diffusion-based upscaling technology to convert the resolution of videos from low to high.
For 3D and design applications, there's Project Poseable, a tool that can create a 3D rendering from text input, taking depth and perspective into consideration. Another is Project Neo, a tool that lets you incorporate 3D shapes in your 2D designs.
If you're into fashion, there's Project Primrose, an interactive dress that demonstrates the potential use of "flexible textile displays".
On top of all these, there's Project Glyph, a tool that streamlines the design process of glyphs and Project Draw and Delight, a suite of tools that converts real-world doodles and scribbles into refined digital sketches.
As with the previous technologies that Adobe has unveiled as part of its Sneaks showcase before, the 11 innovations previewed this year are still in development. That means you won't be able to use them just yet, though they could eventually find their way into Adobe's suite of creative apps in the future.
Adobe at its Adobe Max conference previewed a number of early-stage AI-powered innovations as part of its Sneaks showcase.
The highlight of which is Project Stardust, a new object-aware editing engine that enables you to select, edit and even delete elements in any image by simply clicking on them.
The engine leverages generative AI to treat flat images like a file with layers, allowing you to easily edit elements individually.
Alongside it, Adobe also previewed 11 other AI-powered innovations across photo, video and audio use cases, as well as 3D, design and fashion applications.