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Adobe Lightroom gets a magic eraser, and it’s impressive

Professional editing software meets Pixel’s Magic Eraser.

Adobe is adding some new generative AI tools to Lightroom that aim to make the photo editing platform easier to use for both professional creatives and inexperienced users alike, even from a phone. It’s pretty similar to the “Magic Eraser” tools provided by Canva and Google’s Pixel devices or the one-click delete capabilities Adobe demonstrated last October for Project Stardust — a developmental “object-aware” photo editing engine that’s also powered by the company’s Firefly AI. Still, making these features as easy to operate as the Facetune app and Google’s Magic Eraser could help Adobe tempt new users to the platform if they no longer feel so intimidated by its complicated, professional-focused interface.

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