Do you enjoy all the automation and new built-in AI tools in Photoshop? I sometimes use it when I'm really short on time, but other times, when I don't need to rush it, I still catch myself thinking about why I'm NOT using it. What do the others creatives here think, and how often or not are you reliant on these things?

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Are you actually having luck with the AI tools? The only two that work the best for me are the AI assisted selection tools which already existed before "AI" became a buzzword. The other is the newer "remove" brush. But these only produce usable results maybe 60% to 75% of the time, so I still have to go in and correct its mistakes when it produces something halfway decent, and the generative AI stuff powered by Firefly is nearly useless. It produces usable bits for my work maybe half the time, if that. I try to use them in my workflow often to save time but find that they hardly save me time in the long run.

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The remove tool works wonders for me. I don’t try to remove a whole person but like background things, imperfections, etc it works really well!

And yeah, firefly is trash. I will say, Nanobanana is scary good for editing photos. I have not used it for generative image making.

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I really have fun with some of the Photoshop generative tools: fills, extending, etc. They're a real time saver. But I must admit I feel a sense of pride when I do something manually.

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I use them when it's an actual time saver, not a distraction. But there's always this nagging feeling like I'm cheating or making myself obsolete. Probably overthinking it because I expect everyone is using it to some extent these days, but it's still hard for me to shake.

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It’s like using the “auto” mode on your $5,000 camera

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The only AI tool(s) I use in Photoshop are generative fill to extend photos and the occasional remove tool—both things I could do by hand, but don’t mind having expedited.

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Most creatives I talk to are in the “use it when it saves time, skip it when I want to enjoy the craft” camp. It’s normal to feel weird guilt when you don’t use the tools, but as long as you’re delivering strong work, it’s just another brush in the toolkit, not a moral test.

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