New in Photoshop Beta: Generative Fill

Tuesday 23 May 2023, 16:32 by Nando Harmsen | 4,801 views | 8 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Adobe has released an update for the beta version of Photoshop. Generative Fill lets you add objects to your photos using artificial intelligence. The option goes a long way. Scott Kelby gave a live presentation about this new feature on 23 May 2023.

Generative Fill lets you generate content with just a few words. You select part of a photo and tell Photoshop what you want there. For example, you can add sheep to a landscape.

A simple task for Generative Fill. Add sheep by simply entering the instruction 'sheep'.
It even goes so far that you can generate content when you want to turn a portrait photo into a landscape photo. Three results are generated and you can choose which one you want. Or you can generate a few more.

A portrait photo has been turned into a landscape photo. Everything was generated by the computer.
You can take it very far. You can generate parts of the body that weren't in the frame, replace clothing, or add jewellery. There are limits, though. You cannot replace a face to prevent misuse, and hands are still a problem.

Generative Fill generated half of the body, a new dress, jewellery and a tiara.
One option that could be interesting for many people is removing tourists from photos. This was a difficult task when you had to do it manually. With Generative Fill, it takes about a minute.

The tourists have been removed from the photo using Generative Fill. A rough selection around the people is enough to create a realistic fill.
For now, these options are only available in Photoshop beta. They are not available in the normal version of Photoshop. They will eventually become available in the normal version.

What do you think of these new options in Photoshop Beta? Does editing and generating a photo go too far? Let us know in a comment below this article.

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Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.

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8 comments

Robert Huygens wrote on Friday 26 May 2023 at 15:26 | reply
This is fabulous but means the end of the photographer's credibility
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Elja Trum wrote on Friday 26 May 2023 at 15:57 | reply
In itself, everything was of course already possible, but now it has become very easy for everyone.
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Peter van Dinther wrote on Friday 26 May 2023 at 15:44 | reply
I've already tried it, fantastic! Sometimes you have to search a bit for the right terms.
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Peter van Dinther wrote on Friday 26 May 2023 at 16:14 | reply
Oh, I don't care about that. In the end, it's all about the image to me. I've already gotten used to the fact that anything can be manipulated. After all, most photographers lie the truth, don't they?
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kok.f@ziggo.nl wrote on Saturday 27 May 2023 at 10:04 | reply
It’s now easier, faster and much better than the manual way, but if you’re handy with PS then everything was already possible the old way too. Let’s not forget that every photo is history and a manipulation of reality. Your choice of focal length, aperture, camera profile, and so on all give their own interpretation of the context as it was at the time the photo was taken. So don’t fear for the future of photography. The toolbox once again contains entirely new possibilities and you are free to use them or not.
Of course, unfortunately, very wrong things can also be done with them, but that applies to every invention. That’s what we owe the Nobel Prize to, for example.
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Donald Willemsen wrote on Saturday 27 May 2023 at 21:26 | reply
I find Generative Fill quite a useful tool. I like photographing old buildings in cities. Often, people are constantly getting in the way or there are vehicles blocking the view. For removing people and vehicles in this example, I welcome this tool.
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Peter wrote on Sunday 28 May 2023 at 09:51 | reply
I also discovered that you can create fantastic abstract images with it. It's not perfect yet but that will undoubtedly get better. Indeed a welcome addition to the possibilities that already exist.
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Donald Willemsen wrote on Saturday 3 June 2023 at 22:59 | reply
I observe that creating images based on texts with the help of AI has nothing more to do with photography in any case. In itself, creating images that way is of course not wrong, but then don't call it a photo.
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