Software & Design
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Adobe’s After Effects Can Now Automatically Erase Objects In Video Clips
In 2010, Adobe introduced one of Photoshop’s first true ‘smart’ features: A tool called Content-Aware Fill that could intelligently remove and replace objects in a scene. Today, Adobe is now bringing a version of that tool to its compositing software, After Effects, that does essentially the same thing but on moving video clips, which is…
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Watch 20,000 Jedi Battle 20,000 Sith To Finally Decide Who Rules The Galaxy
Video: Cameos from ageing, check-cashing celebrities who helped make the original Star Wars trilogy great have made it especially challenging for fans working hard to convince themselves the recent Star Wars sequels were anything other than a disappointment. Disney and Lucasfilm should really just give us two hours of over-the-top Sith vs. Jedi battles like…
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Adobe Squeezed The Best Parts Of Its Video Editing Suite Into A New Mobile App
Adobe has embraced mobile photo editing with open arms, releasing robust apps such as Lightroom for processing and perfecting your images on a phone. It hasn’t been quite as committed when it comes to mobile support for video production, which is why it’s nice to see its four-year-old Premiere Clip app being eclipsed by its…
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Deep Learning Can Now Flawlessly Correct Photos Taken In Almost Complete Darkness
There are typically two approaches to taking usable photos in low-light conditions. You can either use a slow shutter, which requires a tripod to eliminate blur, or electronically increase the sensitivity of a camera’s sensor, which introduces ugly noise artefacts. But there’s now a third approach that takes advantage of machine learning to artificially boost…