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Adobe Adds AI Automation and Platform Optimizations Across Creative Cloud

The coordinated update speeds routine photo, video and design tasks by embedding AI tools, third‑party models and Apple silicon optimizations.

Overview

  • Lightroom and Lightroom Classic gained Assisted Culling to sort large shoots, a Photo‑to‑Video tool that turns stills into motion and an AI Sharpen powered by Topaz Labs, features Adobe announced on Monday, June 15, 2026.
  • After Effects replaced the legacy Roto Brush with four AI rotoscoping tools — Object Selection, Quick Selection, Selection Brush and Refine Edge — to speed frame‑by‑frame masking.
  • Premiere Pro added a ground‑up Colour Mode for grading, single‑word captioning, new native effects and an in‑app Sequence Index that lets editors preview and license Adobe Stock without leaving the app.
  • Photoshop’s Remove/Reflection tool can now run a generative AI model entirely on‑device for offline cleanup and reflection removal, and Illustrator introduced Concept to Vector to convert rough sketches into editable vector art.
  • The rollout also includes Apple silicon optimizations that speed denoise in Lightroom Classic, Sony a7R VI RAW support and integrations with third‑party models such as Topaz and Google Veo, changes that should cut manual work, tighten asset workflows and give creators more local processing and privacy options.