10 Photoshop Skills AI Just Made Obsolete

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Is AI truly making Photoshop skills obsolete? In this video, we’ll explore 10 time-consuming Photoshop techniques to see how they match up against the latest AI tools.

From removing harsh shadows, clearing reflections from glasses, and erasing background distractions like wires and crowds, we will look at skills that used to take hours of manual work but can now be done in seconds. We will compare classic editing techniques with automated tools like Generative Fill, Firefly, and advanced upscalers to see exactly where AI saves time and where it makes messy mistakes. You will learn how to combine smart masking and blend modes with these new features, proving why understanding core Photoshop concepts and trusting your own artistic taste will always keep you leaps and bounds ahead of anyone who just knows how to type a prompt. I hope this video helps you. Thank you so much for watching 🙂

00:00 Reality of AI vs Photoshop Skills
00:47 1. Remove and Replace Almost Anything
02:41 2. The Pros and Cons of Expanding Photos
05:49 3. Relighting without Dodge and Burn
07:38 4. Impossible Glass Glare and Reflections
08:47 5. Magic of Auto-Selection and Photoshop Skills
10:32 6. Adding or Removing Accesories Precisely
12:26 7. Complex Distraction Removal
13:31 8. Reparing the Backdrop with Few Clicks
14:49 9. Modern Sharpening and Recover Blurry Photos
15:25 10. Mind-Blowing 8K Upscaling
16:21 Why Learn the Skills?

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Adobe Added A Great New Masking Tool To Camera Raw (Soon Lightroom) — Here’s The Missing Part

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I’ve been waiting for these features for some time. They’re

“Adobe just added a new mask edge refinement tool to Camera Raw, and at first glance it looks like it solves a long-standing masking problem. But there’s a catch. In this tutorial, Colin Smith shows how the new edge control works, where it succeeds, where it fails, and the techniques you can use to get clean, professional mask edges when working with architecture, trees, foliage, and other difficult selections. You’ll learn: How the new Edge control works Why some masks still produce rough edges How to refine AI masks for better results A powerful trick for fixing tree and foliage selections How to get cleaner, more natural-looking adjustments If you’ve already seen this new feature, there’s a good chance you missed the most important part.”

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Camera Raw Just Got Better: Masking Refinements, Local Color Grading & Extended White Balance

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“In this tutorial, Julieanne Kost walks through three updates in Camera Raw: New Edge and Feather Refinement sliders for AI masks (including Sky, Subject, Background, Landscape, and People masks), Color Grading controls now available within local masking for targeted creative adjustments, and an extended Temperature Range for White Balance. Follow along to see how these enhancements give you more precision and creative control over your edits.”

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Photoshop’s New Rotate Object Feature Places Anything In Any Scene

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“Photoshop can now rotate any object in a photo and fill in what the camera never captured! You have to see this!”

“Rotate object allows us to turn a photo into a posable 3D object within Photoshop beta. Colin Smith shows you how to use one of the most powerful compositing tools to ever come to Photoshop.”

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10 Photoshop Updates That You May Have Missed

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“Photoshop’s most recent release brings a mix of powerful AI upgrades and practical workflow improvements to help you work faster and smarter. In this video, Julieanne presents a clear walkthrough of updates like Distraction Removal, Dynamic Text, Rotate Object, and Layer Clean-Up. She also covers the latest generative AI enhancements, including Instruct Edit, third-party model reference image support, Firefly Boards integration, and how to track and view Generative Credits. All of these features are available now in the current release of Photoshop 27.6, and are also included in the Photoshop Beta.”

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12 Big New Photoshop Features Just Released

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Colin Smith shows you all the new features in the April 2026 release of Photoshop.

00:00 How to FULLY update Photoshop
00:44 Firefly 5 Edit
01:04 Prompt box improvements and new modes
05:00 Generative Credits usage
05:20 Layer Cleanup
06:13 Rotate Object
09:10 New Actions Panel
10:15 General Distraction Removal Tool
13:28 Reflection Removal in Photoshop
14:51 Dynamic Text Arch and Circle
15:38 Color Swatches in Filter Gallery

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This Photoshop Plugin Fixes Generative AI – AI LAB

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Ai Lab brings many desired features to Photoshop AI, including …

Output up to 4k and resolution warning.

Multi-line prompt window and prompt history.

Models include Nano Banana 2 and GPT Image 1.5, as well as flux and seedream 2 reference images.

A clear view of remaining tokens and how much it will cost to generate.

Unused credits spill over up to 6x monthly amount

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This Changes How Generative Fill Works in Photoshop

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“Photoshop’s new Reference Image feature lets you guide Generative Fill using images instead of prompts—and it completely changes what’s possible. In this tutorial, Colin Smith shows how to use reference images to swap clothing, place objects, preserve details like hair, and get far more consistent, realistic AI results by combining Generative Fill with classic Photoshop techniques.”

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