{"id":582540,"date":"2026-08-28T02:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582540\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:18:16","slug":"adobe-photoshop-adds-a-whole-new-ai-editing-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582540\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Photoshop Adds a Whole New AI Editing Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adobe is giving Photoshop users more AI tools for their work belt. A new feature called AI Assisted Editor lets you do a variety of things with your images using merely natural language prompts. It\u2019s not replacing the traditional Pro Editor; it\u2019s just another option.<\/p>\n<p>Adobe <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.adobe.com\/en\/publish\/2026\/08\/27\/new-photoshop-innovations-bring-you-more-choice-control-at-every-stage-of-your-creative-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">also announced<\/a> several other new features on Thursday \u2014 a light adjustment layer for more lighting controls, Instruct Edit with Masks for prompt-based editing, and Markup to let you visually communicate edits by drawing on an image.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/adobe-incubator-2026-finalists-ai-research-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This Year\u2019s Adobe Incubator Projects Are All About Full-Service AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adobe has been busy with new AI wrinkles in the past several months. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/photoshop-ai-assistant-edit-photos\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3147528\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI Assistant<\/a> arrived in March to enable editing with conversational commands, and in June, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/adobe-ai-assistants-creative-cloud-public-beta-news\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3766915\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added AI assistants<\/a> to Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Illustrator and\u00a0Frame.io.\u00a0Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/adobe-for-chatgpt-updated-plugins-editing-news-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4814693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI and Adobe teamed up<\/a> to integrate dozens of photo- and video-editing capabilities into ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>AI Assisted Editor is currently being tested in the beta version of Photoshop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/photoshop\/plans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">which costs $23 per month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AI Assisted Editor keeps it simple<\/p>\n<p>When you open Photoshop, you will see two editing interface options: AI Assisted and Pro Editor. AI Assisted is the new feature announced Thursday, and Pro Editor is Photoshop\u2019s classic workspace offering manual control over layers, adjustments and editing tools.<\/p>\n<p>Photoshop masters are likely comfortable with Pro Editor, but less-experienced users might gravitate toward AI Assisted for simpler editing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI-Assisted-Pro-Editor-menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4858439\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>If you go with AI Assisted, you can use a natural language prompt bar to request edits and changes. A vertical tool bar includes seven functions, including prompt to edit (using natural language prompts), remove background, generative expand (extend image dimensions), generative remove (eliminate unwanted objects), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/photoshop\/generative-fill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">generative fill<\/a> (add, replace, or remove content), generative upscale (increase image resolution) and AI markup (annotate images).<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/the-best-new-ai-features-in-photoshop-and-how-to-use-them-like-a-pro\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2629788\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These 5 Photoshop AI Tools Are Great for Beginner-Level Photo Editing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Prompt to Edit function could be the biggest game changer. You can change out the image entirely with a natural language prompt. Maybe you\u2019ve got an image of someone sitting on a beach, but want them in the mountains. A prompt of \u201cPut this person on a hiking trail in the mountains\u201d could do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>More new Photoshop features<\/p>\n<p>Adobe also announced three other new options for what the company called \u201cmore precise, sharper editing.\u201d The light adjustment layer lets you toggle through several lighting controls \u2014 exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Light-Adjustment-Layer-16x9-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop Light Adjustment Layer feature\" class=\"wp-image-4858487\"  \/>Photoshop\u2019s Light Adjustment Layer lets you toggle between several adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>With the Instruct Edit with Masks function, you can simply describe the edits you want in the masked areas \u2014 have the person smile, put the bird in flight, open the blue door \u2014 instead of having to mark every area on the image that you want to edit.<\/p>\n<p>With the markup tool, you can draw on an image to tell the AI your changes. 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