Comparing Photoshop’s 2 New Generative AI’s – Nano Banano & Flux Kontext Pro

“Flux Kontext Pro is amazing in Photoshop and lets you do AI editing. We compare Flux Kontext Pro to Nanao Banana in Photoshop and see where each shines.”

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27 Photoshop + Nano Banana Tricks You Never Knew!

“Master the endless possibilities with new partner models in Adobe Photoshop! Learn how to use Nano Banana in Photoshop to preview outfits, change camera angles, create realistic mockups, and a whole lot more! This Photoshop tutorial shares unique techniques to leverage generative AI and Adobe AI to achieve professional results quickly. I’m excited to show you these next-level tricks!”

00:00 – Introduction
00:29 – Change the Color of an Object
03:13 – Remove Braces
04:10 – How Nano Banana Works
04:46 – Change Facial Expressions
06:16 – Generative Fill Custom Keyboard Shortcut
06:36 – Change Facial Expression of a Dog
07:44 – Change Body Poses
08:15 – Change Text
08:42 – Mockup a Logo
09:21 – Seamless Patterns
10:30 – Create Text Effects
10:57 – Day To Night
11:23 – Summer to Winter
11:38 – Composite items into a Scene
12:29 – Try Clothes On
13:20 – Photo Restoration and Animation
14:41 – Annotate Images
15:27 – On-Image Prompting
16:25 – Change Camera Angles
17:07 – Make Someone Look Like ’80s Model
17:21 – Generate a Professional Portrait
17:29 – Flood The Scene
17:42 – Turn Someone into the Terminator
17:55 – Zoom Out an Image (Outpainting)
18:16 – Replace the Background
18:28 – Place Someone into the Hollywood Sign
18:39 – Place Someone in The Show Friends
18:57 – Turn a Photo into a comic book drawing

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Adobe Just Dropped Their AI Generator Nano BANANA Into Photoshop !

Adobe just dropped Nano Banana AI Generator in Photoshop… and it’s absolutely BANANAS! 🍌 In this tutorial, Colin Smith shows you how it works, why it’s unlike anything you’ve seen before, and how you can start experimenting with it today. He also discusses what it might mean to you.

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Photoshop’s New AI Harmonize Tool: Pro Tips You Need

Photoshop just released a powerful AI tool that lets you blend objects into any scene with 1 click. But if you rely only on the default result, you’re missing out on what makes this feature truly shine.

This step-by-step tutorial goes beyond the basics. You’ll learn how to combine classic Photoshop techniques with the Harmonize feature to achieve the best possible results. I will also show you a trick to bypass the 1024×1024 resolution limit!

00:00 – Intro
00:43 – How The Harmonize Button Works
03:36 – Working with People
04:20 – Compositing with Varying Levels of Transparency
07:06 – Composite Small Accessories to a Photo
10:10 – Head Swaps with Harmonize
12:10 – Compositing with a Transparent Object
15:05 – Get Around The Low Resolution Output Limit

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Remove Or Transfer Reflections With Photoshop’s New AI Powered Tool

“Photoshop just introduced a powerful new AI feature that lets you remove reflections from your photos! You can also extract the reflection and add it to a new image! In this video, I’ll walk you through how to:

  • Access the Remove Reflections feature
  • Use the Reflection Feature for best results
  • Clean up leftover reflections using Photoshop layers
  • Extract a realistic reflection from your photo and add it to a new image for creative compositing

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This tool opens up exciting possibilities, whether you’re retouching or looking to add believable reflections to your edits!”

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7 Photoshop Tools Replaced By AI – Are They Obsolete?

AI has transformed Photoshop, but does that mean some of its most iconic tools are no longer useful?

With features like Distraction Removal, Remove Tool, Super Resolution, Generative Expand, and AI Denoise, Photoshop is more powerful than ever. But what about classic tools like Content-Aware Fill, Clone Stamp, Spot Healing, Dodge & Burn, and Sharpening? Have they been completely replaced, or do they still have a place in professional editing? In this video, we put them to the test against AI-driven alternatives to see where they still shine and where AI takes the lead.

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How To Use Photoshop’s New AI Generative Workspace

“Colin Smith dives deep into the newest addition to Photoshop: the Generative Workspace! 🚀 This powerful feature brings advanced AI image generation right to your fingertips, offering tools for batch processing, variable prompts, reference-based styling, and more.”

00:00 Intro
00:55 Impact on Generative Credits
01:38 Overview on Generative Workspace
03:06 Reuse Prompts
03:57 Generating images in Generative Workspace
06:06 Generating with Reference Images
09:03 Using Variables to generate multiple ai images
12:05 Export options

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All The New Features Explained In Photoshop’s Epic AI Update

Explore the massive improvements in AI features, like Generative Fill with Reference Image, Generate Similar, Enhance Detail, and the New Firefly Image Model 3.

00:00 Intro
00:25 Generative Fill with Reference
02:24 How to Get These Features
03:02 Text to Image and Firefly Image Model 3
04:06 Model 1 vs. Model 3 Comparison
05:35 Generate Background
06:23 New Font Panel and Adobe Fonts
07:37 Generate Similar
09:09 Enhance Detail
10:32 Adjustment Brush
12:46 What do You Think?

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Creativity Meets Technology – A Conversation On PBS

 

What role does technology play in creating art? Do works created by artificial intelligence meet the definition of art? Keystone Edition: Arts asks artists about the tools they use and if there should be limits to human-machine collaboration when it comes to creativity.

Erika Funke (PBS WVIA), Richard Rinehardt (Director Samek Art Museum, coauthor of RE-COLLECTION), and I share ideas on creativity, technology, and archiving.