How to Use Photoshop’s New AI-powered Image Tools

 Although AI pictures are nothing new to Adobe, the company that makes Photoshop, today represents a significant advancement in its attempts to provide ethical, accessible generative AI. Users may now create whole photos from scratch in the Photoshop app for the first time ever without ever having to exit the application. The Firefly picture 3 model, which the business just released, powers the innovation along with features like backdrop generation, reference picture uploading, and iterative AI art. 

 

 

What is Adobe Firefly?

Adobe's version of an AI art generator, Firefly, has been gradually incorporated into Photoshop since last year, allowing for features like aspect ratio stretching generative expand. However, up until now, the only place to create original artwork has been the Firefly web app (aside from a few tricks involving generative fill on a blank canvas).

By restricting its training data to stock photos and artwork owned by Adobe, Firefly sets itself apart from other AI art models in an effort to make it safer for usage in commercial applications. The most recent model upgrade, Firefly Image 3, promises "higher-quality images" with an emphasis on lighting and composition as well as improved rapid comprehension. 

How to start generating AI images in Photoshop

 

 Download the Photoshop desktop beta first, as these features are still in the testing stages. Next, launch a new project, select "Generate Image" from the Contextual Task Bar. If it's not there, try searching in your Tools panel or going to Edit > Generate Image.

Next, type your prompt. Additionally, there have to be buttons in the Contextual Task Bar that allow you to apply Style Effects to your output and switch between Photo and Art as the Content Type. These can be used both before and after generation; the Properties Panel should also display them.

 

 

How to use Photoshop to generate an AI image with a reference

 You are not limited to creating photos from scratch with Photoshop. To help the AI decide what to create, you may also utilize an already-existing image.

Create a foundation image using the preceding steps before utilizing it as a reference while creating AI art in Photoshop. Next, choose Reference Image from the Properties Panel or Contextual Task Bar. To make your image more in line with your reference, upload it and then run your prompt again. In addition, Photoshop has several built-in reference photos that you may use in place of uploads.

 

 

 

 

How to tweak AI art generated in Photoshop

 The most recent Photoshop beta has a function called "Generate Similar" that lets you make minor adjustments to AI pictures that have previously been generated. This function basically functions similarly to the "Reference Image" functionality, except instead of forcing you to download and re-upload photos, it lets you utilize newly produced ones.

To create similar AI art, start by creating an AI image from scratch using the instructions in the second subheading of this article. Next, pick your photo and select Generate Similar from the Variations Panel's three dots icon or the Contextual Task Bar. From the Properties Panel, you can see the variants that you have produced.

 

 

 

How to generate an AI background in Photoshop

 Additionally, you may change the backgrounds in current photographs with newly created ones produced by AI. In order to accomplish this, first choose Import Image on an empty canvas, and then in the Contextual Task Bar or Discover Panel, pick Remove background.

After that, choose Generate Background from the Edit Menu or Contextual Task Bar. From there, you may create a picture from scratch using a procedure that is similar to this one.

 

 

How to enhance detail in Photoshop

The final AI feature in the new Photoshop beta is the ability to Enhance Detail. This is an adjustment to Generative Fill, which you can select in either the Contextual Task Bar or Edit Menu. Unlike Generate Image, Generative Fill will generate objects only in specific parts of your canvas.

Once you’ve generated an object with Generative Fill, navigate to the Properties Panel and then Variations, where you can pick a specific version of that object and click the Enhance Detail icon to increase its sharpness and general detail.

 

New non-AI features in Photoshop

 

 

Joining this new suite of AI features is the Adjustment Brush, which can apply non-destructive, non-AI-powered color and lighting edits to specific parts of an image. For instance, turning a section of blue hair into green hair.

To use the Adjustment Brush, select it within the Brush Tool in the Tools Panel. From there, choose your adjustments and paint where you’d like them to be applied. They’ll show up in a new layer that won’t change the underlying image file.

Alongside the Adjustment Brush, the new Photoshop beta also includes an improved font browser that will allow direct access to fonts stored in the cloud without requiring the user to leave the program.