Adobe’s latest Photoshop release adds four Firefly-powered features aimed at shrinking routine edit time across desktop, web, and iPad. The rollout follows months of public beta testing and is now live for Creative Cloud subscribers.
Everything new
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Harmonize (beta) – Drop any object into a scene and Photoshop analyses nearby pixels to match color, lighting, shadows, and tone, creating near-perfect composites with almost no manual masking.
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Generative Upscale (beta) – Boost resolution to 8 MP while preserving edge detail. Ideal for large prints, social banners, or reviving low-res archives. Each upscale consumes one Firefly credit.
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Remove tool upgrade – The latest Firefly Image Model cleans edges and fills gaps more accurately when erasing distractions such as power lines, creases, or background clutter.
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Projects hub (beta) – A new workspace on desktop that groups files, versions, and threaded feedback so teams can hand off entire collections instead of swapping single PSDs.
Compatibility
All four features ship in the same build across platforms, though Harmonize on iPad launches in early-access mode and limits uploads to 4K canvases for now.
How to update
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Open Creative Cloud desktop > Updates.
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Select Photoshop > Update.
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Relaunch to unlock Harmonize, Upscale, and the new Remove brush.
Web and iPad editions update automatically within 24 hours.
Adobe says more than half of active Photoshop users now rely on at least one AI feature each week. Extending Firefly to color matching, upscaling, and smarter removals positions Photoshop as an end-to-end creation pipeline rather than just a finishing tool. That raises the bar for rivals like Affinity Photo, Pixelmator Pro, and GIMP, which often lean on third-party upscalers to match Firefly’s output.
The company plans to publish an API for Harmonize later this year, paving the way for plug-ins that trigger the effect inside Lightroom, After Effects, and even web CMS platforms. If adoption mirrors Generative Fill’s trajectory in 2024, Firefly credits could become a larger factor in Creative Cloud pricing next spring.
