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kvout
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July 29, 2026
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Photoshop Beta - AI Assistant

  • July 29, 2026
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* AI Assistant panel shows document as empty when all layers are inside artboards — no layer outside artboards triggers no state sync.

* AI Assistant state_info reports artboard bounds as dynamic content bounds rather than the fixed artboard frame dimensions. This makes it impossible to reliably calculate layer centering within artboards, as the reported bounds shift when child layers are moved. Artboards should report their fixed frame rect (equivalent to `artboard.artboardRect` in JSX), not the bounding box of their contents.

* The 'Copy' button in the AI Assistant chat panel does not copy the full response. Content above a certain threshold is silently truncated, with copying starting mid-response rather than from the beginning. Users cannot reliably extract long responses such as code blocks or multi-section answers.

* AI Assistant cannot execute Photoshop's native align commands (`ADSCentersH`/`ADSCentersV`, align to artboard/canvas). The only available repositioning tool is `move_layer`, which requires manual pixel offset calculations - incompatible with Artboards.

* AI Assistant has no memory of previous conversations. Each new chat session starts completely fresh, meaning prior questions, established preferences, and ongoing project context are all lost — requiring users to re-explain their situation every time.

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    SG...
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    July 30, 2026

    hi ​@kvout Thanks for the feedback!

    * AI Assistant panel shows document as empty when all layers are inside artboards — no layer outside artboards triggers no state sync.

    Can you give more details here, and add screen grabs? I see layer details returned in the AI Assistant panel when asking for a layer review.
     

     

    I’ll forward the other callouts you provided.

    kvout
    kvoutAuthor
    Participant
    August 1, 2026

    My test case was trying to figure out weather the Agent could help me automate repetitive changes for several hundred psd files that are all structured in a similar way. Either by executing my task itself or by writing an executable script for me. The points above were my findings from that test case.
    By now I have already de-installed PS Beta and am (almost) on vacation :D So in case you need further details, that would have to wait till I’m back end of August.
    Here is how my test file was structured, when I asked the Agent to center all black dots within the artboards they are in.
    The Agent reported to have found an open document, though could not ‘see’ any content within that document. Only when I placed one of the layers outside of any artboard, a refreshed document state was visible to the agent. It could then act on the request, though failed to successfully center the layers in question. It tried calculating px centers, though that approach fell short and it could not make use of ‘ADSCentersH`/`ADSCentersV` as I can through the UI.

    Thanks for looking into it!