At the MAX conference in Miami, Adobe announced a major update to its products, including Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator and InDesign, adding new features based on artificial intelligence. In addition, the company has expanded the capabilities of its Firefly creative tool and introduced the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which will allow third-party chatbots to use Adobe functionality.
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Adobe continues to actively implement AI features across all of its applications. Photoshop now includes tools for changing lighting and sliders for customizing generative styles based on text queries. Premiere adds a professional color correction system and the ability to remove objects from videos. In Lightroom, you can now fix closed eyes in your photos and remove image defects.
Adobe already provides access to models from third-party developers such as Google, Runway, ElevenLabs, Black Forest Labs, OpenAI, Kling and ByteDance. Previously, the company implemented integration with ChatGPT and Claude. Now, thanks to the introduction of MCP, users will have access to even more capabilities of Creative Cloud applications through third-party AI tools.
Adobe Vice President Deepa Subramaniam said the company is exploring what functionality it should provide to users: “We currently offer a range of […] tools included in Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere. We will watch how people use these opportunities […] and gradually open access to new functions. We have no need or desire to limit in any way what can be accessed through the MCP interface.”
Firefly has a new prototyping tool called Builder, which is currently available in closed beta. It allows you to create design layouts to visualize ideas, essentially competing with the Figma platform. There are also tools for creating graphics in the brand’s corporate style and an image editing function that allows you to change individual elements of the picture without affecting other objects.
Another new tool in Firefly allows you to assemble videos from individual fragments, complementing them with images and sound effects. Proactive AI agents, according to Adobe, should better understand the context of the user’s work and are ready to help at any moment. The company has also made many everyday tasks easier, like removing backgrounds or creating thumbnails for videos.
In turn, Topaz Labs, recently acquired by Adobe, introduced two models: Wonder 4 for increasing resolution and noise reduction, and ImageHDR for converting regular images to HDR format.
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