Adobe Can Now ‘Uncrop’ Photos And Astonishingly Predict Their Surroundings
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We’ve all been there—take a nice, portrait-sized picture with an aspect ratio that doesn’t meet Instagram’s. You could crop it, but that isn’t ideal as some great details may be left out. Well, then… have you tried un-cropping?
Yes, that’s a thing now, as Adobe revealed at the MAX creativity conference. On Wednesday, research engineer and scientist Qing Liu took to the stage to unveil ‘Project All of Me’, a yet-to-exist feature that uses artificial intelligence to extend images. The tool impressively guesses details that are out of frame, giving the beholder a, well, bigger picture of the scenario.
The researcher demonstrated the feature with a picture of her daughter, which she wanted to incorporate into a flyer. Regrettably, there wasn’t enough background in the image for it to fit nicely into the intended template.
“I guess I need to uncrop this,” she announced.
The Adobe scientist then pulled up the All of Me program, described as “a smart portrait editor,” and uploaded the photo. This prompted an inpainting screen that extended the subject’s silhouette to even include her legs. She clicked on ‘Run’, and the software instantly generated a flawless photo with a wider backdrop.
As it seems, All of Me doesn’t just imagine surrounding objects. By sketching along the subject’s skirt, Qing Liu was also able to change up the garment.
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“With Project All of Me, anyone—a fashion designer who needs to update their website models with new clothing designs or a student hoping to create a school event flyer—can create new content and larger images with just a few clicks… It can even provide recommendations and modify the photo subject’s apparel,” Adobe explains in the press release.
Unfortunately, you can’t test out Project All of Me yet. It’s one of Adobe’s latest Sneaks, a string of experimental features used to show off its evolving technological prowess. It joins Clever Composites, an also conceptual tool that can convincingly blend photos into backgrounds, even adding the right lighting and shadows.
[via Adobe]
