MotionStream demonstrates real-time control in AI video creation

With the new experimental technology MotionStream, video creators can interact with AI-generated video while it’s being created, directing the movement of objects and changing camera angles in real-time with the simple use of a cursor and sliders.

When the Music Fits: VidTune Helps Video Creators Find the Right Soundtrack 

The experimental technology VidTune generates multiple music tracks from a text prompt and produces visual "contextual thumbnails" for each one, letting creators compare options at a glance.

Vidmento: Filling the gaps in your video story with generative AI 

Vidmento is an experimental AI-assisted video authoring tool from Adobe Research, accepted at CHI 2026, that helps creators build complete video stories by blending their own captured footage with contextually generated clips — preserving narrative continuity and creative intent throughout. 

SIGMA-GEN: Placing any subject, anywhere, exactly where you want it 

SIGMA-GEN is an experimental unified framework from Adobe Research, presented at ICLR 2026, for multi-identity-preserving image generation — placing multiple subjects into a scene in a single pass, with each subject's appearance faithfully preserved. 

New Photoshop feature: Rotate 2D objects in three dimensions

Video of Rotate Object by Rob de Winter A new Photoshop feature, built with major contributions from Adobe Research, allows users to turn a 2D layer into a 3D object, rotate the angle and perspective of the object, and then place it seamlessly back into a scene.   The new capability,...

Adobe takes home an Emmy for pioneering work in VR editing tools

Adobe Researchers have been honored with a Technology and Engineering Emmy for their groundbreaking work on virtual reality (VR) editing tools. The Emmy celebrates Adobe’s “significant contributions to the development of 360-degree consumer video capture, editing, and presentation technologies.”

Fearless research: John Nelson

On an exceedingly cold day 30 years ago, Principal Scientist John Nelson decided to leave his job as a Denali mountain guide and head to something warmer. With a background in computer science and fluency in Japanese, Nelson joined Adobe’s After Effects team, first working on localization, then porting tools...

Turntable and Project Turn Style: A fresh spin on your original art

Audiences got their first sneak peek of Adobe Research’s Project Turntable on the Adobe MAX stage. The new tool allows artists to spin their own 2D vector art to different angles, much like artists can rotate 3D objects. Turntable uses generative AI, but it focuses on preserving each artist’s original...

Adobe Research shares an early glimpse at NeurIPS 2025 Papers

Adobe Research’s NeurIPS 2025 contributions explore new territory in machine learning and AI, including layered image generation, design-aware templates, and subject-driven video models. This teaser highlights a few papers shaping the future of creativity.