<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">Adobe is adding new AI-powered features to its experimental iOS camera app called <a href="https://research.adobe.com/articles/indigo/indigo.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Project Indigo, launched last year</a>. The app previously offered pro controls, multi-frame super-resolution, and different capture modes, and is now adding features that will use LLMs (large language models) to critique photos and provide editing suggestions.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s also adding other AI features, like advanced object removal, depth of field generation, and the ability to add different styles to photos.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Marc Levoy, the person heading Adobe’s project, had previously developed Pixel’s camera chops. He said that most generative AI tools provide prompt-based editing and, often, finding the perfect prompt to tweak a photo or get the right result can be a tricky endeavor. That’s why most of the new experimental AI features are buttons that can generate more deterministic outputs.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For instance, Google’s <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/google-launches-the-pixel-10-series-base-model-now-has-three-cameras/">camera coach feature for Pixel phones</a>, launched last year, offered more generic framing suggestions. Project Indigo’s features, by comparison, are fairly descriptive and could help you learn some photography tricks, even if you don’t agree with the AI assessment. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are two features in this category. First is the photo critique, which includes a “professional” opinion about framing, lighting, colors, and emotional impact.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A second section tells you how you can use an existing photo to make it better using Adobe Lightroom controls.</p>
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="680" width="339" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?w=339" alt="" class="wp-image-3144227" srcset="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg 1320w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=75,150 75w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=149,300 149w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=768,1542 768w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=339,680 339w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=598,1200 598w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=638,1280 638w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=214,430 214w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=359,720 359w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=448,900 448w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=398,800 398w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=765,1536 765w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=1020,2048 1020w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=333,668 333w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=187,375 187w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=307,617 307w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=264,531 264w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4704.jpg?resize=25,50 25w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px"><strong>Image Credits:</strong>Screenshot by TechCrunch <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Photography apps, including Apple Photos, Google Photos, and Adobe Photoshop, have offered object removal for years. But the feature often depends on the user circling or selecting an object by drawing on the screen, which is not perfect every time. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Project Indigo’s new feature gives you toggles for things to remove from an image, like people in the background, trash and trash cans, wires and poles, fences, vehicles, and other clutter. You can also describe a custom object to remove. The results of this feature are pretty impressive. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The app removed my friend and the object he was holding from the background without creating any strange artifacts.</p>
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="680" width="510" data-id="3144120" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?w=510" alt="" class="wp-image-3144120" srcset="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg 3024w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=113,150 113w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=510,680 510w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=960,1280 960w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=323,430 323w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=540,720 540w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=600,800 600w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=501,668 501w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=281,375 281w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=463,617 463w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=398,531 398w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904.jpg?resize=38,50 38w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px">Image Credits: Ivan Mehta<strong>Image Credits:</strong>Ivan Mehta <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="680" width="510" data-id="3144119" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?w=510" alt="" class="wp-image-3144119" srcset="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg 1792w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=112,150 112w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=510,680 510w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=960,1280 960w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=322,430 322w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=540,720 540w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=600,800 600w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=501,668 501w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=281,375 281w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=463,617 463w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=398,531 398w, https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IDG_20260718_000325_904_AIPG_20260718_000650_348_1.jpg?resize=37,50 37w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px">Image Credits: ivan Mehta (edited with Project Indigo)<strong>Image Credits:</strong>Ivan Mehta <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The app also allows you to use AI to create depth of field for a photo to simulate a blurred background. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With this new update, Adobe is also experimenting with the style transfer feature, which lets you turn your picture into tones like watercolor, pen and ink, ink line with color wash, monochromatic, and backlit subject. Some styles remind me of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/01/prisma-adds-styles-store-and-custom-tool-for-superusers-to-make-art-filters/">the early days of the Prisma app</a>. With advanced models, the outputs look refined, but style transfer is not a new or useful feature. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite Levoy’s criticism of the prompt-based implementation, Project Indigo has its own feature that lets you describe your edit. Users can use it to perform edit flows that are not available in preset tools. But this is also a potential road to slopland.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company is using Google’s Gemini-based Nano Banana for these features, but it’s open to swapping in other models, including its own Adobe Firefly model. These features, bundled under the AI playground tab, are still in a testing phase, and only select users will get access to them. These features might not ever make it to a wider audience, but it is good to see some features that can make people aware of nuances in photography, rather than just creating more slop.</p>
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