Generator plugins submenu, including Image Assets, relocated

[Sam Gannaway - Ps]

Hello, fans of Generator plugins, including "Image Assets".  With the rise of recent "generative" features, such as "Generative Fill", we have moved the submenu for Generator plugins to avoid confusion.

File > Generate > Image Assets

  is now

File > Automate > Generator Plugins > Image Assets

Image Assets menu item

[Sam Gannaway - Ps]

You are correct.  There are references on "Generate image assets from layers" that were missed. They will be updated soon.

[ginagiaccardo]

I agree, this was a pretty annoying change. I use this feature a lot and would prefer that it was left where it was.

[Sam Gannaway - Ps]

Note: this change is now present in the 25.11 normal release of Photoshop.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new/2024-5.html
I find the entry at the bottom of that page to be rather lacking.  I'll see if I can push to improve it.

[Sam Gannaway - Ps]

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new/2024-5.html
and
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/generate-assets-layers.html#generator-plugins
have updated text.  There is also now a note at the top of the Image Assets page to highlight the change.

[AJJ22656695e0lw]

"Generate > Image assets" is distinctly different than "Generate image". Where is "Generate Image" located other than the Contextual Task Bar? Generate image assets was moved to avoid confusion with generate image, as if they are stored next to each other. Even if so, there are multitudes of tools with similar names that use varying degrees of manual, automated and machine learning workflows to use - none of which are relocated.

Will there be a dedicated submenu for all AI components? "Generate image" would likely be under "Edit" and not "File" as it would be editing a layer or set of layers. 

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Generate Image (AI) is also located under the Edit menu currently.

[honest_miss]

Very grateful for this post; there's no chance I would've ever known to look under 'Generate Plugins.' (That's not... guys. That's not a phrase anyone knows. UI is supposed to use pre-existing knowledge to cue the user. This is the opposite and is, hilariously, more confusing than where you started.)

But of course that's neither here nor there. Thanks to OP for sharing this information for the rest of us wandering in circles between the File and Edit tabs, wondering if we've gone crazy. This is the one in twenty time googling something got me an EXACT answer, and I really appreciate it. 

[nobelnicke]

The Generator plugins submenu includes a section for managing Image Assets, which have been relocated for better accessibility. This feature allows users to easily create, organize, and utilize image resources directly within the plugin

[Neil28293565kokj]

Avoided confusion by creating confusion.