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Adobe Photoshop 27.6: 14 New Generative AI and Workflow Features

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Adobe Photoshop 27.6: 14 New Generative AI and Workflow Features

Clip title: 14 New Things Adobe Didn’t Tell You! - Photoshop 27.6 Author / channel: PiXimperfect URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqe-btTb7jc

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The video offers a comprehensive walkthrough of 14 significant updates introduced in Adobe Photoshop version 27.6, primarily focusing on advancements in AI-powered generative features and workflow enhancements. Unmesh Dinda from Piximperfect meticulously demonstrates each new tool or improvement, highlighting its functionality, practical applications, and any notable limitations. The overarching theme is a blend of impressive automation capabilities with a candid acknowledgment of ongoing quirks and areas needing further refinement within the realm of generative AI.

Key AI enhancements include an improved “Reflection Removal” feature, now directly accessible within Photoshop, which not only removes reflections but also intelligently generates a separate layer for the reflection itself, providing greater control. The “Remove Tool” has been significantly upgraded to automatically detect and eliminate 26 types of “General Distractions” from images in a non-destructive manner. Photoshop’s native generative AI, “Firefly Image Model 5,” is introduced, touted for using fewer credits than third-party models. However, while it maintains facial features relatively well, it can introduce a subtle “reptile skin texture” and sometimes loses detail in complex backgrounds, a challenge also faced by partner models like Nano Banana. AI-generated images through these models are noted to produce a maximum resolution of 4 megapixels. The introduction of “Reference Images” for partner models further enhances generative fill by allowing users to guide AI output with a specific visual example.

Significant workflow and user interface improvements also feature prominently. A “New Model Picker” clearly categorizes Adobe’s Firefly models separately from partner models, streamlining the selection process. The “Prompt Bar” now supports multi-line inputs, making it easier to craft and read complex generative instructions. The “Layer Cleanup” feature automates the renaming of pixel layers and deletion of empty layers, though it currently has limitations with smart objects, groups, and adjustment layers. The “Rotate Object” feature, moved from beta to full release, enables non-destructive 3D rotation and perspective manipulation of subjects, complete with precise numerical control and automatic detail enhancement after transformation. Furthermore, “Dynamic Text” has been updated to allow text to follow various curved paths (e.g., full circle, half circle) without undesirable stretching, offering granular control over text placement and path customization.

Transparency in generative AI credit usage is a welcome addition, as users can now preview the credit cost of an action by hovering over the “Generate” button, and a dedicated “Generative Credits Usage” panel provides a detailed breakdown of remaining credits, plan benefits, and feature-specific costs. The “Actions Panel” has undergone a major redesign, now featuring a modern interface, live action previews, search functionality, and most notably, the conversion of many pre-built actions to a non-destructive format. This panel also integrates useful utilities like guide creation (e.g., 4x4 grids, thirds), quick export options for various file types (PSD, JPEG, PNG, PDF), and direct resizing presets tailored for different social media platforms.

Lastly, the video highlights enhanced cross-platform integration, allowing users to seamlessly transition between Photoshop and Adobe Firefly Boards. Images generated or curated within Firefly Boards can be directly opened in Photoshop for editing, and conversely, Photoshop cloud documents can be saved back to Firefly Boards, fostering a more connected ideation and creation workflow. Unmesh concludes by expressing a sense of “AI fatigue” due to the rapid and continuous release of new AI tools, but underscores the practical benefits of Photoshop’s latest updates, particularly those that streamline non-destructive editing and offer users more granular control over AI-driven creative processes.

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Explore all 14 new features and updates in Photoshop 27.6 and discover what works, what doesn’t, and what Adobe doesn’t tell you! 🚀 Join PiXimperfect Pro - The Ultimate Photoshop Training Course: https://pix.live/pro

In this video, we will fully break down all 14 big new updates to Photoshop, from Rotate Object to Reference Image support, and test how they actually perform in real-world editing. We’ll start with the new Reflection Removal directly inside Photoshop, see how using it as layers gives you more flexibility, and where it falls short compared to Camera Raw. Then we’ll test the updated AI models, including Firefly Image 5 and new additions like Nano Banana 2, while looking at credit usage, resolution, and if they show strange AI artifacts that can ruin an image. We’ll also explore the new credit transparency inside Photoshop, helpful improvements like Layer Cleanup, the redesigned Actions panel, updates to Dynamic Text, and features that have now moved from Photoshop Beta into the main version, like Rotate Object. Along the way, we’ll look at the pros, cons, and better alternatives wherever needed, so the goal is not just to show what’s new, but to help you understand which features are genuinely useful, which ones still need work, and how to get the best results from this Photoshop update. I hope this video helps you. Thank you so much for watching :)

► TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:19 1. Reflection Removal as Layers 02:15 2. General Distractions 05:27 3. Firefly Image Model 5 09:55 4. New Model Picker 10:13 5. New Partner Models in Photoshop 10:31 6. Updated Prompt Bar 10:58 7. Reference Image for Partner Models 11:55 8. Credit Usage Transparency 14:03 9. Layer Cleanup 16:34 10. Rotate Object 18:32 11. Text to Image Experience 21:18 12. New Actions Panel 26:25 13. Updates to Dynamic Text 29:11 14. Photoshop and Firefly Boards 30:36 Tired of AI?

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