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.

Adobe Research helped power AI for every creator at MAX 2025

At this year’s Adobe MAX, more than 10,000 creative professionals gathered for a glimpse at the latest Adobe innovations. Here's a look at some of the exciting Adobe Research-powered announcements from Adobe MAX 2025.

How Adobe Research is helping podcasters make quick, compelling, social media-ready teasers

Clip Maker, a collaboration between Adobe Research and Adobe Express, combines cutting-edge AI with intuitive design to help creators craft social-ready clips in seconds. Check out the behind-the-scenes story!

Adobe Researchers made it easy for anyone to add animation to static images in Adobe Express

Adobe Express’s new Dynamic Animation feature lets anyone add motion to still images with playful wobbles, wiggles, and bounces—all powered by years of work from Adobe Research and a close collaboration with the Express team. Check out the full story!

The research behind Harmonize, a new generative compositing tool that blends objects into any background 

Jointly developed by Adobe Research and the Photoshop team, Harmonize uses AI to relight, recolor, and blend objects seamlessly into any scene. First shown as MAX Sneak Project Perfect Blend, this breakthrough is now available in Photoshop! Read the full story.

GEM Fellows build community and drive innovation at Adobe Research 

GEM Fellows Faith Baca, Christina Chance, and Reuben Luera reflect on how their Adobe Research experience this summer fostered community, mentorship, and hands-on innovation as they advanced research in AI.

Adobe Researchers are discovering the hidden knowledge inside AI image generation models 

Ever wonder why AI image generators produce the specific results they do? In this work, Adobe researchers explore ways to map the visual knowledge hidden inside diffusion models – and use it to give users more control over the output.

Exploring Adobe Research’s breakthroughs at ICCV 2025 

A first look at Adobe Research’s work at ICCV 2025! This year, our research spans breakthroughs in image generation, 3D reconstruction, content authenticity, and more — advancing the science behind the next generation of creative technologies. Check out the blog post to learn more.