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Photoshop and AI
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In the link I provided there are detailed instructions on how to join the beta program
Part of me is hugely excited by the possibilities… part of me is appalled at the prospect of where this might go.
Not sure if it is equal amounts. 🤨
I'm not excited at all.... I've already seen things done with IA in photoshop that takes away from, in my eyes, the artistic process. Already you see to much IA generated "art", which isn't art, and/or images that are more and more removed from reality. I think for a lot of young people it is already getting harder and harder to relate to one and other and to relate to the real world and with AI this is going to get exponentially worse at a very rapid rate.
An article in today's Washington Post from their tech news staff discusses this particular AI beta component in PS in some detail:
www.washingtonpost.com
Analysis | Anyone can Photoshop now, thanks to AI’s latest leap
A new “generative fill” AI capability can both create joyful Photoshop edits — and frightening deepfakes.
www.washingtonpost.com
I realize what's being discussed here is on a whole separate level, but Adobe has been adding more and more tools that they describe as "Powered by AI" that really are phenomenal but also don't do anything crazy.
As an example, not too long ago Lightroom replaced the noise reduction sliders with a new "Denoise" function that, again, they claim is AI powered. The old noise reduction had some parameters to play with, but it was basically a high tech Gaussian blur and always lost detail(to the point that I rarely used it, or would do so with a very light touch). The new one does an amazing job of preserving details, and the only setting is just a single 0-100% slider for strength of reduction, and I find the default 50% a great general purpose setting.
It sort of amazed me the first time I tried it. The only downside is it's computationally heavy. My 2019 iMac that I use for photo editing does decent, especially with an eGPU(RX580, internal is RX570). I have a 2015 15" MBP that only has a integrated GPU that I use sometimes for editing-my first attempt took 12 minutes on a 40mp image from my Fuji X-T5. It did drop down to ~45 seconds when I managed to get an eGPU working on that computer(not the easy job since it doesn't officially support it) which actually surprised me.
As an example, not too long ago Lightroom replaced the noise reduction sliders with a new "Denoise" function that, again, they claim is AI powered. The old noise reduction had some parameters to play with, but it was basically a high tech Gaussian blur and always lost detail(to the point that I rarely used it, or would do so with a very light touch). The new one does an amazing job of preserving details, and the only setting is just a single 0-100% slider for strength of reduction, and I find the default 50% a great general purpose setting.
It sort of amazed me the first time I tried it. The only downside is it's computationally heavy. My 2019 iMac that I use for photo editing does decent, especially with an eGPU(RX580, internal is RX570). I have a 2015 15" MBP that only has a integrated GPU that I use sometimes for editing-my first attempt took 12 minutes on a 40mp image from my Fuji X-T5. It did drop down to ~45 seconds when I managed to get an eGPU working on that computer(not the easy job since it doesn't officially support it) which actually surprised me.
If I were to use any photo editing app that has AI functions, I would choose the standalone OneOne Photo Raw 2023 over PhotoShop.