Adobe Research

07/21/2026

Capturing how a material really looks — especially metals and reflective surfaces — has always been hard. At , Adobe Research and HP are previewing a new approach: an AI model running directly on HP Z Captis hardware to estimate specular properties in real time. Early results are promising. Check it out at the HP booth #513 and learn more here: https://adobe.ly/4wRxxiE

07/20/2026

One year ago, Adobe's Nextcam team released an experimental camera app called Project Indigo. The team has now added an AI Playground that includes buttons for removing distractors, applying artistic styles, changing the lighting, and offering feedback on your photo. Learn more! https://adobe.ly/4ysY8UV

06/25/2026

A/B testing typically takes weeks and significant budget. Project Face Off from Adobe Research collapses that to seconds. AI personas with distinct demographics, opinions, and personalities predict which designs will perform best — and explain why. Sneaks voters agreed: it won best Sneak of the year. https://adobe.ly/4gBTehL

06/23/2026

Adobe Research helped build Photoshop's new AI Assistant, nearly a decade in the making. The core insight from user research: some people want the agent to handle it all, others want to control the process and learn. So the team built both. Now in beta on web and mobile. https://adobe.ly/4uRdbVy

06/19/2026

Adobe Firefly’s alt text feature is helping blind and low-vision creators work with AI-generated images in new ways — making creative workflows more accessible.

Learn more: https://adobe.ly/4wkOQsr

06/11/2026

How do you reward an AI for creative editing when there’s no single right answer? RetouchIQ introduces a generalist reward model that generates tailored evaluation criteria per edit. New paper from Adobe Research & UC Santa Barbara. https://adobe.ly/4xilWdy

06/04/2026

Get a peek at some of the 75+ cutting-edge papers Adobe is sharing at . https://adobe.ly/43yRfmZ

06/02/2026

How do you make AI-generated 3D shapes editable? Break them into smart building blocks. Our Oral SuperFit converts 3D shapes into compact, editable primitive assemblies with SuperFrustum, an 8-parameter primitive that spans cubes, cones & more. https://adobe.ly/4dKtDBB

05/29/2026

What if every image editing instruction had a slider? SliderEdit, new from Adobe Research at (Oral) turns image editing instructions into adjustable sliders, enabling smooth control from subtle changes to dramatic transformations. Unlike prior approaches, SliderEdit uses a single lightweight framework that generalizes across diverse edits and prompts.

Read more: https://adobe.ly/4uDry05

05/28/2026

Adobe Research is proud to co-organize a CVPR 2026 tutorial on June 4 on watermarking and trustworthy generative AI, alongside collaborators from Meta, UMD, and University of Siena. From classical foundations to multimodal and generative watermarking, benchmarking, and deployment, we'll explore the full stack of media authenticity. Check out the tutorial website for more details: https://adobe.ly/4vB3Im7

Algorithms · Multimodal Extensions · Benchmarks · Authenticity Frameworks. Half-day in-person tutorial at CVPR 2026, Denver. June 4, 2026, 1:00–5:00 PM.