Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere are making it easier to remove things

Why it matters

At its Max event, Adobe rolled out a broad set of AI-assisted editing and design features across its Creative Cloud applications and the Firefly platform. Premiere gains a beta Generative Remove tool that erases unwanted objects, such as boom mics, directly on the timeline, with generative AI filling the masked area while surrounding footage stays intact, plus audio tools that clean up recordings and split dialogue, music, ambience, and effects into separate tracks. Photoshop receives an improved Remove Tool that better handles reflections, shadows, and footprints, along with new Quick Compare and Relight features. Lightroom adds desktop blemish removal and a beta Open Eyes capability that replaces closed eyes using a reference photo. On Firefly, Quick Actions are now generally available, while Firefly Design, Firefly Graph, and Firefly Builder arrive in beta, the latter two drawing comparisons to Figma's Weave and Figma Make. The announcements show Adobe embedding generative AI deeper into everyday creative workflows.