My new favorite Photoshop AI tool lets me combine images in one click - and I can't stop (www.zdnet.com)

Adobe has rolled out Harmonize in the Photoshop beta — a one‑click AI compositing tool that automatically matches lighting, color temperature, shadows and even reflections between a pasted object and its background. Accessible from the Creative Cloud beta, Harmonize works after you remove a subject’s background (via the Contextual Taskbar) and then generates multiple variant harmonizations you can cycle through. In hands‑on tests — from pasting an Echo Dot Max on a kitchen counter to inserting toys, drones and models into varied scenes — the tool consistently softened mismatched highlights and cast believable shadows, making pasted elements look like they belong without manual dodge/burn work. For the AI/ML community and creators this matters because it automates a tedious, skill‑intensive part of compositing, speeding up workflows for product photography, social content and rapid prototyping. Technically, Harmonize focuses on appearance transfer (lighting, color and shadow synthesis) but does not reposition or rescale inserts; point‑of‑view mismatches and fine‑grained artifacts (fringing, slight resolution loss and imperfect shadow edges on close inspection) still occur. The net effect is a powerful time‑saver that will improve with iteration, while also raising questions about creative control and reliance on automated aesthetics.