Adobe adds Generative Expand option to Photoshop beta

Adobe has added a new Generative Expand feature to the Photoshop beta, allowing users to seamlessly expand images with artificial intelligence cues from a text prompt.

On Thursday, Adobe expanded its Firefly-powered, generative features by now giving users an option to use artificial intelligence image generation to expand photos beyond their original aspect ratios.

This is done by selecting the Crop tool and setting the image to the desired aspect ratio. Afterward, the Contextual Task Bar will appear, enabling users to take advantage of Generative Fill and Generative Expand options.

Clicking "Generate" without adding anything to the prompt field will fill the blank space with generated content. If desired, users can fill in the prompt field to give context to the content generated. New content is added in a non-destructive generative layer.

To use the new Generative Expand, users will need to update their copy of the Adobe Photoshop beta. To use the beta, users must have an active subscription to Adobe Photoshop, which costs $20.99, or Adobe Creative Cloud (All Apps), which costs $54.99 per month.

Additionally, the latest update of the Adobe Photoshop beta now supports text prompts in 100+ languages.

In May, Adobe Generative Fill directly into the Photoshop app for beta users. The company says the feature will roll out more broadly in the second half of 2023.

4 Comments

mayfly 385 comments · 1 Year

About 1 year ago

Is it just me, or are those before and after exactly the same?

chasm 3592 comments · 10 Years

mayfly said:

Is it just me, or are those before and after exactly the same?

Read the caption on the picture more carefully. In the first image on the left, you are seeing the entire image. As the caption says, the artist used the generative feature to add more landscape to the BOTTOM of the picture, which is evident in the image on the right.

I would certainly agree that a better example would have been converting a 4:3 photo into a 16:9 photo, but the example in the article does show what it is claiming to show.

Marvin 15336 comments · 18 Years

chasm said:

mayfly said:

Is it just me, or are those before and after exactly the same?

Read the caption on the picture more carefully. In the first image on the left, you are seeing the entire image. As the caption says, the artist used the generative feature to add more landscape to the BOTTOM of the picture, which is evident in the image on the right.
I would certainly agree that a better example would have been converting a 4:3 photo into a 16:9 photo, but the example in the article does show what it is claiming to show.

It can do even better than that. Here's an example photo:

https://www.theaussieflashpacker.com/2015/10/top-10-most-beautiful-lakes-in-world.html

Uncrop image, select inside, invert, generative fill with no prompt:

It can still give some bad results for people, animals etc with things not drawn correctly like hands but it's getting very good and fast at doing some things. It will be a huge time saver when it comes to doing quick mockups or marketing images.