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.

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,...

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.

PolarMatte: a new approach to cleaner green-screen footage

Getting a perfect green-screen cutout is harder than it looks. PolarMatte uses polarized light to capture clearer mattes from just one shot, helping researchers train future AI tools to handle even the trickiest details.

When audio runs short, Premiere Pro extends ambience and room tone

Adobe Research’s Sound Design AI group shares how Generative Extend brings natural, seamless audio extensions to Premiere Pro, helping creators fix gaps and preserve ambience with ease.