Photoshop version 26.0 and the Generative fill

[Ailton288418365pme]

I've updated to version 26.0 and the generative fill doesn't accept photos of people in bathing suits or bikinis, for example. The same happens with the Beta version. 

I spoke to Adobe via chat, sent them a photo as an example to test and the attendant found the same problem for this photo and others like it. There is nothing unusual about the images, they are even edited in the older versions. 

Adobe informed me that the problem may have been with the firefly update, but this has drastically affected those who depend on this tool for their work on fashion photos or even restoring old photos. It is crucial for us, as photography and editing professionals, that this algorithm is reviewed, as we have a professional structure that depends on it. 

Adobe said: “It's how the firefly was designed. With each update, the AI tool is also updated and made more secure to understand the prompts and the images better.” This argument cannot simply be accepted, given that there is nothing disturbing about fashion photos in swimwear, for example, when there is a need to remove unwanted objects from the scene. 

I trust that the developers will understand the need to address this restriction.

[Lumigraphics · Accepted solution]

This has been a complaint here and there. Adobe is presumably trying to prevent the huge legal, political, and PR problems that have popped up for other generative AI models and production of, shall we say, problematic or illegal images.

You can either use traditional editing tools and techniques which many of us have relied on for decades, or use a different AI model if you MUST rely on AI to retouch.

[Tommy James]

It is unacceptable to pay for a service to get the latest technology and then have to use "traditional techniques" because Adobe hasn't trained its AI correctly. Obviously, people can use the old-fashioned way, but the point of paying for the technology is to speed up workflow, which is exactly what Adobe is making these products for. The lazy answer this person received is ridiculous. Adobe is a multi-billion dollar company on the leading edge of photo and video editing, along with the generative fill addition. They can train the AI to know that a bathing suit is not breaking the TOS. 

[Harriet_Feagin]

I have been a PS customer since 2008.  I used generative fill a lot but not much of anything else that involves AI.  Now I can't use it unless I have "credits".  I am angry.  

[Maaax36956917twlj]

Then stop selling cooking knife, people may use them as weapons... you can still use a spoon to make the job.

I've been using photoshop since 1990 and going back to the times there were no layers will slow my workflow, the same way not using AI to generate part of a lost background or a distracting element will slow me down.

I have been blocked hundreds of times for trying to generate background for Instagram proportion of models in bikinis, short skirts, and even beauty portraits of cosmetics campaigns were the AI understand the images has "too much skin" (FOR A PORTRAIT!!!!, no nudes involved AT ALL) and get no results (blocked with not even a sign with an explanation).
I remember trying to expand a photo for a website banner of a cellulite product, the model was side to the camera, in a room, in a white basic grandma style lingerie applying a patch on her leg, I needed to expand the image to make it more horizontal for the banner,  my prompt described exactly to do so, and go blocked, no results were shown, after several attempts, I had to put a black square in front of the model, and I finally got the result.

Of course, I have the expertise to fix ANYTHING using "traditional" tools. But this is NOT the point. The new tools are there for us to USE them, not to be blocked by them.

This policy is  [abuse removed by moderator] and irritating that could only be compared to your useless answer...

[Patrick-Lee Hamilton]

naw, man stop being soft with Adobe. They know the damage they're causing with this so-called testing which will ultimately sever relationships with old school photographers like myself. Algorithms or bots, the bottom line is humans aren't managing their software anymore--algorithms and bots are. I've completely stopped using Adobe photoshop because they stopped supporting my professional work and the only way to get Adobe's attentions is cancellations. Period. All of these tech giants are in bed with each other leaving artists out in the cold.