Photoshop Utilizes Generative AI to Expand Images
Adobe has introduced a new feature called Generative Expand in the Photoshop beta, which utilizes AI-generated content to enlarge images. Users can now extend the image beyond its original size by dragging the crop tool, and this can be done with or without a text prompt. While this feature is particularly useful for enlarging small images, Adobe also suggests it can be beneficial for adjusting aspect ratios, rectifying incomplete subjects, or enhancing artwork.
Meanwhile, generative AI text prompts in beta now work in over 100 languages. You don’t need to use a very common language like English to produce your content.
Generative Expand and wider text prompt support should be available after you update the Photoshop beta. Adobe is teasing more generative AI features this fall, so you’ll have more creative tools before long.
Like Generative Fill, Expand is aimed primarily at content creators who are more interested in artistic expression than accuracy. The catch is, of course, that you can also distort or exaggerate the images. You can create a dramatic panorama of a pristine beach when the reality is, for example, much uglier. Although manipulating images in editing programs like Photoshop is nothing new, artificial intelligence makes it easier to spread false information or otherwise mislead viewers.
