Simple Photo Retouching Powered by AI

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Photo retouching is easier now than ever before, thanks to generative AI features.

These simple tips will show you how to quickly enhance the quality of your photos in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

Colorize

Black and white photos can be easily colorized with a simple filter.

  1. Choose the Filter menu.
  2. Select “Neural Filters.”
  3. Toggle on “Colorize”
  4. Choose “Output to New Layer” and click OK.
https://youtu.be/wdc5AdHIL4Q?feature=shared
Watch a video demonstration of these steps to colorize an image.

Generative Expand Canvas

It’s easy to extend photos so “more” of the image is shown.

  1. Click the Crop Tool.
  2. Drag to expand your canvas in any direction. 
  3. Choose “Generative Expand.”
  4. Click “Generate.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw1DwrXT2F4
Watch a video demonstration of these steps to use Generative Expand to extend a photo.

Isolate Subject

You can remove a subject from a background in just a few clicks.

  1. Open the image in Photoshop.
  2. Choose “Select Subject” from the Generative AI toolbar.
  3. Click into the selection and choose “Layer via Copy.”

 

https://youtu.be/zrNRLyaJDGs?feature=shared
Watch a video demonstration of how to isolate a subject from a background.

Super Zoom

Generative AI makes it easy to improve the quality of low resolution photos and even enlarge them.

  1. Chose the Filter menu.
  2. Select “Neural Filters.”
  3. Toggle on “Super Zoom”
  4. Use the magnifying glass to enlarge the image to the desired scale, i.e. 2x or greater.
  5. Choose the option to “Output to New Document.”
  6. Click OK.
https://youtu.be/UP8WIkJraDU?feature=shared
Watch a video demonstration of Super Zoom.

Removing Objects

Long gone are the days of manually retouching and cloning to remove objects from a photo. Generative AI makes object removal a snap.

  1. Use any selection tool to draw a selection path around the object you want to remove.
  2. Click “Generative Fill.”
  3. Choose “Generate.”
https://youtu.be/zgVVqO68CD8?feature=shared
Watch a video demonstration of simple object removal.

Learn more about photo retouching powered by Generative AI via LinkedIn Learning.