Key findings
- Adobe Creative Cloud offers a variety of AI-powered tools, such as the Spot Healing Brush and Generative Fill, that expand photo editing capabilities.
- Automatic subtitling in Premiere Pro simplifies transcription tasks, supports multiple languages, and recognizes speakers in every scene.
- Roto Brush in After Effects makes it easy to isolate subjects in videos and makes CGI implementation easier for beginners.
From adding realistic motion graphics to your videos to creating stunning illustrations, Adobe Creative Cloud is full of useful apps that are perfect for any creative professional. While there are plenty of useful alternatives for those who don't want to subscribe to Adobe's offerings, there's no denying that few tools offer as much capability as their Adobe counterparts.
Interestingly, Adobe has started to integrate AI features into its repertoire of services like any other tech company. However, Adobe CC is one of the rare cases where the addition of artificial intelligence has actually improved the workflow for artists rather than becoming a useless gimmick. So here are five AI tools in Adobe products that you should know about, whether you're new to the design industry or have years of experience editing videos, images, and other digital media.

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5 Spot Healing Brush (Photoshop)
How to remove unnecessary distractions from your images
Photoshop is the gold standard for image editing and has recently been enhanced with many AI tools. But for those who know the sheer frustration of seeing unwanted elements in images, the Spot Healing Brush tool is undoubtedly one of the most useful additions to the app.
Sure, it won't remove large imperfections and big patches of unwanted distractions from your photos, and if you use the Spot Healing Brush on a large scale, you might get weird pixels too. However, the Spot Healing Brush can easily remove small blemishes like wires or dust specks without creating pixel distortion in the final image.
4 Generative Fill (Photoshop)
An all-rounder who needs precise instructions
While the Spot Healing Brush is only good for correcting small imperfections, the Generative Fill tool is designed for editing larger areas of an image. From removing distracting backgrounds to filling in precise details, Generative Fill is more of an all-around tool than something you only use once in a blue moon. You do need to be careful when using it, though, as Photoshop has a tendency to present strange things (and sometimes downright scary abominations) if you don't pay attention to the prompts.
3 Automatic subtitles (Premiere Pro)
It can save a lot of time and effort
If your Premiere Pro workload involves editing several hours of footage, transcribing all the audio into text can be quite tedious. Fortunately, the Auto-Caption tool can simplify this task by generating the subtitles automatically.
To further improve functionality, Adobe has added support for multiple languages and the tool can even identify the speakers in each scene! While this isn't always accurate, editing the automatically generated subtitles is easy and you can re-transcribe entire sequences as many times as you like.
2 Image generator (Photoshop)
Not the best, but still pretty useful
The image generation feature in Photoshop is a tool that needs no explanation whatsoever. It's based on Adobe's Firefly Image 3 AI model. After using the web version of Firefly to create some reference photos for my disastrous failure of an AI-produced short film, I have to admit that Adobe's in-house image generator isn't the best when it comes to creating realistic images. However, there's no denying that it's a good option if you need a decent background for all your layers, or just need something to get your creativity flowing.
1 Roto Brush (After Effects)
It can end all your rotoscoping problems
While incorporating CGI graphics into your videos can make them stand out, poorly implemented visual effects can ruin even the best footage. And for beginners, properly isolating the subject from the rest of the scene can be a major hurdle.
Thankfully, the Roto Brush reduces the complexity of this ordeal a bit by using AI to trace a basic outline. While it's not always precise, you can easily remove the unnecessary components or add the missing sections within seconds.
Which AI tool is your favorite in Adobe apps?
Since I only use Photoshop, InDesign, and After Effects, the list is a little shorter. But for those who regularly use Adobe's extensive catalog of apps, there are a number of other useful AI-powered utilities worth checking out. For example, the Text to Vector Graphics tool in Illustrator is very useful, as is the Lens Blur effect in Lightroom. And while I believe there are better animation tools out there, the Auto Lip-Sync and Body Tracker options are fantastic additions to Adobe's Character Animator application.

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