Summary: At Adobe Max, Adobe unveiled several innovative AI-powered experimental tools, called “sneaks,” that aim to simplify and enhance creative workflows. Highlights include Project Frame Forward, which allows users to edit entire videos by modifying just one frame; Project Light Touch, which lets you reshape and control lighting in photos dynamically; and Project Clean Take, an AI tool that can adjust speech delivery and correct audio without re-recording. These tools showcase Adobe’s vision for intuitive, powerful editing across video, photo, and audio.
Project Frame Forward: Edit Entire Videos Using One Frame
One of the most impressive demonstrations at Adobe Max was Project Frame Forward. This tool enables video editors to add or remove objects from footage without the tedious process of creating masks. For example, Adobe showed how a woman could be selected and removed from the very first frame of a video, with the background seamlessly filled in—much like Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill feature. The best part? This edit automatically applies across the entire video with just a few clicks.
Beyond removal, users can insert objects by simply drawing where they want them and describing the addition using AI prompts. These inserted elements are contextually aware; for instance, a generated puddle reflected the movement of a cat already present in the video, adding a natural touch to the scene.
Project Light Touch: Dynamic Lighting Control in Photos
Project Light Touch leverages generative AI to reshape and manipulate light sources within photos. It can change the direction of light, simulate illumination from lamps that weren’t originally on, and control how light diffuses and casts shadows. Users can drag dynamic light sources across the canvas, bending light around objects in real time—like illuminating a pumpkin from within or transforming a daytime scene into night.
The tool also allows color adjustments of these light sources, enabling tweaks from warm tones to vibrant RGB effects, offering photographers and designers unprecedented control over lighting in their images.
Project Clean Take: AI-Powered Audio Editing
Project Clean Take introduces a new way to edit speech without re-recording. Using AI prompts, users can modify how words are enunciated, change the emotional tone of delivery (making someone sound happier or more inquisitive), or even replace words entirely—all while preserving the unique characteristics of the speaker’s voice.
Additionally, Clean Take can isolate background noises into separate sources, allowing selective muting or adjustment to enhance voice clarity without losing the richness of the original audio environment.
Other Exciting Adobe Sneaks
Adobe also showcased several other intriguing experimental tools, including:
- Project Surface Swap: Instantly change the material or texture of objects and surfaces in images.
- Project Turn Style: Edit objects in photos by rotating them as if they were 3D models.
- Project New Depths: Edit photos in a 3D space, intelligently handling object occlusion to create realistic compositions.
For detailed insights into all the sneak previews, you can visit Adobe’s official blog.
What Are Adobe Sneaks and What’s Next?
“Sneaks” are Adobe’s experimental projects showcased at events like Adobe Max. While these tools are not yet publicly available or guaranteed to become official features, many past sneaks—such as Photoshop’s Distraction Removal and Harmonize tools—have evolved into widely used functionalities within Adobe Creative Cloud and Firefly apps.
This means there’s a strong possibility that some version of these groundbreaking AI-powered editing capabilities will soon be accessible to creatives worldwide, transforming how photos, videos, and audio are edited.
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