Adobe's new Photoshop AI Assistant can automate repetitive tasks (www.engadget.com)

Adobe unveiled a conversational Photoshop AI Assistant at Adobe Max 2025 that can automate repetitive creative tasks, give personalized recommendations, and offer step‑by‑step tutorials. In an "agentic" mode the app exposes a simple prompt interface that executes sequences like color correction and resizing, while letting users jump back into the full Photoshop UI to fine‑tune results with sliders. The company also added partner generative models (Google Gemini 2.5 f!ash, Black Forest Labs FLUX.1 Kontext) alongside Adobe’s new Firefly Image Model 5 for Generative Fill, a Topaz‑powered Generative Upscale to turn low‑res crops into 4K, and a Harmonize tool that matches light, color and tone for realistic compositing. The release signals a shift toward agentic, interoperable toolchains in creative workflows: agents that orchestrate multi‑step edits, plus specialized third‑party models for niche tasks (upscaling, generative fill) that plug into Photoshop. Premiere gets AI Object Masking and faster vector/shape masks to avoid manual rotoscoping, and Lightroom introduces Assisted Culling to flag best shots by focus and sharpness. Generative Fill with partner models, Generative Upscale and Harmonize are available now; Premiere’s features and Lightroom’s culling launch in beta today; the Photoshop AI Assistant is rolling out via a private beta waitlist.