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Adobe updates Photoshop with new AI markup tools and Lightroom lighting controls
The Creative Cloud release introduces drawing-based AI prompts alongside non-destructive lighting adjustments and expanded stock integration.
The short version
- Adobe released an update to Photoshop on Creative Cloud that introduces the AI-driven Markup tool and Lightroom-style lighting controls.
- The new Markup feature lets users draw sketches and shapes directly onto an image to guide text-prompted AI edits.
- The update also adds a non-destructive Light Adjustment Layer, an integrated Adobe Stock panel, and an AI Assisted Editor in beta.
Key facts
- Adobe released a Photoshop update available on Creative Cloud featuring new AI editing tools and lighting controls.[Engadget]
- The Markup tool allows creators to draw rough shapes, arrows, or selection areas directly on an image alongside text prompts to guide AI image generation.[Engadget]
- A new non-destructive Light Adjustment Layer brings Lightroom-style exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks controls directly into Photoshop.[Engadget]
- The 'Instruct Edit with Masks' feature, powered by Firefly Image 5, allows users to apply specific text-prompted edits exclusively within masked areas.[Engadget]
- Adobe launched a beta AI Assisted Editor with a natural-language prompt bar that consolidates multiple generative tools in a dedicated interface.[Engadget]
- The update includes a dockable Stock Panel with access to over 900 million Adobe Stock assets and expands Dynamic Text functionality to custom shapes and paths.[Engadget]