I’m excited to announce several new features and enhancements in Adobe Camera Raw including Generative Remove (Early Access), enhancements to Lens Blur, and support for Content Credentials (Early Access).
Generative Remove (Early Access) — You can now easily remove distractions and unwanted elements even on complex backgrounds with Generative Remove (Early Access) powered by Adobe Firefly generative AI. Early Access gives you the chance to explore Generative Remove while it’s still in development. Note: Generative Remove requires Internet access.
The video below demonstrates updates to the Remove tool including Generative Remove.
• The Remove tool (previously “Healing”) has three different modes: Clone, Heal, and Remove.
Clone – selects a source from within the image and creates an exact copy of information.
Heal – selects a source from within the image and adjusts color and tone to match.
Remove – creates completely new information to patch the area. Note: Remove doesn’t show icons for the source area like the other two modes.
• By default, Generative Remove will be disabled, allowing you to work more efficiently on small blemishes or dust spots. Disabling Generative Remove allows you to work without an Internet connection.
• With Generative Remove enabled, as soon as you paint, you are put into Refine mode where you can use the Add or Subtract Brush to adjust and refine the mask.
• The Object-Aware option makes it easier to remove distractions by using AI to detect objects in images. Object-Aware adds a buffer around the detected object to make the removal look more natural.
• Generative Remove creates three Variations. Use the arrows to toggle through the Variations. To create additional Variations, click the Refresh button or tap “/” (the forward slash key).
• To adjust a Remove Area at any time, select the desired Refine pin in the image area and click the Refine button (in the Remove panel).
• With Generative Remove disabled, Command -drag (Mac) | Control -drag (Win) over an area to manually select the source area.
• Command -click (Mac) | Control -click (Win) any of the mode icons to deselect the selected spot and quickly enter new spot mode.
• Right -click (Control -click on Mac) on the pin icon in the image area to change the Remove mode.
• When you copy and paste settings between images, use Apply Previous, or when Auto Sync is enabled, Camera Raw will copy the Generative Remove spots but doesn’t auto update them. This allows the repositioning of spots if something has moved in the image. You can also update the spots all at once by clicking on the Update All button in the Remove panel.
Note: Generative Remove is designed to clean-up images, not create fantastical composites.
Lens Blur — Several enhancements have been made to Lens Blur including improved subject detection, the ability to include Lens Blur within presets, new Adaptive Blur Background presets, and batch editing capabilities (Copy/Paste, Apply Previous, and Sync). The video below demonstrates these features and more.
Support for Content Credentials (Early Access) — When saving JPEG files from Camera Raw, you can choose to Apply Content Credentials and publish the credentials to the cloud, attach the credentials to the file, or both. When Applying Content Credentials, Camera Raw will sign photos with a GenAI signature if Generative Remove was used on the photo. You can also choose to include the producer, connect social media accounts, and include Edits and Activity. To check an image that has its Content Credentials attached to the file, use the Verify website: Click here to learn more about using Content Credentials to obtain proper recognition and promote transparency in the content creation process.
Geometry Nested with Crop — The Geometry settings have been moved to the Crop panel. Note: when using Camera Raw as a filter in Photoshop, the Geometry settings are accessed using the Crop icon (even though Crop settings are not available in Camera Raw as a filter).
This release also includes bug fixes and new camera and lens support.
