Adobe brings Photoshop, Express and Acrobat to ChatGPT for free image editing and PDF management

Adobe brings Photoshop, Express and Acrobat features to ChatGPT | TechCrunch

Adobe is doubling down on its strategy of using AI to bring more users into its product ecosystem. The company on Wednesday said it is adding features from Photoshop, Express and Acrobat to ChatGPT, letting users ask the chatbot to use these apps to edit images, modify PDFs, or animate elements. So users can now tell ChatGPT to use Photoshop to edit specific parts of images; remove or blur the background; adjust exposure, brightness, and contrast; or apply various effects. The chatbot will also give you an option to modify the intensity of effects using sliders. With support for Express, ChatGPT now lets users tell it to do stuff like fetch existing designs from its library, put together themed creatives, animate elements, and edit designs. And with Acrobat's PDF editing capabilities, ChatGPT can do things like merge files, edit or extract text or tables within a file, and do more. If at any point you don't feel like struggling with ChatGPT, you get an option to continue working inside Adobe's apps to finish the job yourself or use features that are not available within ChatGPT. Adobe said these features will be available globally. While features from all three Adobe apps are available on ChatGPT's desktop, web and iOS apps, only Adobe Express is currently supported on ChatGPT for Android. The company says support for Photoshop and Express is coming soon. Adobe has shipped many AI-powered features and products this year. In October, the company released AI assistants for Express and Photoshop, and also teased a cross-app assistant, dubbed Project Moonlight. It's unclear if Open AI and Adobe have a revenue-sharing arrangement, or OpenAI started supporting third-party apps inside ChatGPT in October, launching with Canva, Spotify, Expedia and Figma. But as more companies work to bake in their apps within the popular chatbot, the challenge for companies will be getting people to use their app instead of a rival's inside ChatGPT. For instance, you can use both Canva and Photoshop to edit images with the chatbot, but if you don't use either of these apps, you might not have a preference.

Photoshop in ChatGPT Fixes a Big AI Image Editing Pet Peeve

Three Adobe apps -- Photoshop, Adobe Express and Acrobat -- are coming to ChatGPT, the company announced on Wednesday. The integration means anyone can edit their photos in ChatGPT using the editing tools native to Adobe's apps, no ChatGPT or Adobe subscription required. The Adobe apps in ChatGPT will feel familiar to anyone who has used them before: Photoshop can edit your photos, Express can create graphic designs and Acrobat can manage your PDFs. These are third-party app integrations, so you can find them by clicking Explore under GPTs in the main side menu. Or you can simply add the name of the Adobe app you want to use at the beginning of your prompt, bolded. This integration is aimed at ChatGPT (not Photoshop) users. While the Adobe apps in ChatGPT will give you more editing firepower, they won't have the range or granular level of controls that, say, the regular version of Photoshop has -- something that professional creators want and need. It's likely going to be most useful for people who are already creating in ChatGPT and want to level up their work. While reviewing OpenAI's AI image generator in ChatGPT, I found it was fine for quick mock-ups but lacked essential creative controls. Using Photoshop fixes that. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET's parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.) When you edit photos with Photoshop in ChatGPT, you will see a small pop-up window; sliders will appear in the upper right corner. This is where the hands-on control comes in. You can manually adjust those sliders to edit your photo. If you ask Photoshop to brighten a photo, for example, it will provide sliders to adjust the exposure. You can also apply visual effects, like glitch or glow, to your photos. Adobe Express, the company's Canva competitor, can be used to create editable designs, like flyers, invitations and posters. Acrobat in ChatGPT should be able to preserve your PDF's formatting while editing, combining or otherwise maneuvering your documents. When you use the Adobe apps in ChatGPT, Adobe's software is ultimately the one that's running the show to edit your photos or create your documents. ChatGPT is simply the interface or platform you can use to access them. ChatGPT isn't entirely regenerating your photos; it's editing them as you would in Photoshop. Adobe has been heavily focused on generative AI over the past few years. Most recently, it announced it was adding AI chatbot-like assistants to the regular versions of Express (out now) and Photoshop (still in beta). It also teased its latest AI image model, Firefly Image Model 5, at Adobe Max, its annual creative conference. AI audio is also a growing area, as the company released new AI tools to generate soundtracks and dialogue.

You can edit images with Adobe Photoshop in ChatGPT now - it's easy and free

Adobe Photoshop is such a powerful image editing tool that it can be intimidating to use, even for the simplest of edits, like blurring a background. Now, a new integration with ChatGPT apps makes editing an image as easy as entering a conversational prompt into the chatbot. On Wednesday, Adobe launched its Adobe apps for ChatGPT, giving users access to Adobe Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat directly within ChatGPT. The perks of the approach are that the AI will complete your task, whether it's adjusting the lighting of a photo in Photoshop, creating a holiday party invitation in Express, or merging two documents in Acrobat. Also: Stop using ChatGPT for everything: The AI models I use for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid) The best part is that the experience is available to all ChatGPT desktop, web, and iOS users for free globally, starting today. Here is everything you need to know, including live demos and suggestions for why I think you'll want to try it out. Similar to using other ChatGPT apps, to activate any of the Adobe apps for ChatGPT, select the app from the textbox by clicking the (+) icon. Again, because it's free for users, there is no subscription or Adobe app downloading requirement. You also don't have to log in to Adobe, and there are no limits inside ChatGPT. Also: Gemini vs. Copilot: I tested the AI tools on 7 everyday tasks, and it wasn't even close Once selected, you can enter the conversational task for what you want done, which depends on the app you are using. ChatGPT will then get to work on the final product. In one of the Photoshop demos, the demonstrator typed in the prompt "convert the image to BW" and added an image from a trip to Japan. Then, the app opened right within the ChatGPT interface and produced the image in black and white. Particularly notable was that the AI included controls, such as a slider widget, which the demonstrator used to adjust the exposure, dark values, and white values directly within ChatGPT. In another example, he uploaded a second image, asking the chatbot to "add some effects," which produced different options, such as a "glitch" effect, which could be customized within the chatbot and adjusted. Also: Want better Gemini responses? Try these 10 tricks, Google says The editing in ChatGPT follows the non-destructive editing conventions used in Photoshop, allowing users to click the "Open in Photoshop" button to open the image in Photoshop on the web, with the edits preserved as editable layers. The Adobe Express integration in ChatGPT is similar to the Canva integration, which I tested at launch in October and enjoyed. If you are unfamiliar with Adobe Express, it is a platform for creating visual content, including flyers, social media posts (photo and video), documents, web pages, presentations, logos, and more. With the ChatGPT integration, you can now create this content using a text prompt. In the demo, after entering the prompt "retro and festive" ideas for a holiday party, the tool generated an on-theme flyer template. To edit the components, such as the background color and text details, the demonstrator could use other follow-up conversational prompts. If the tech works as seamlessly as in the demo upon release, this integration will provide an advantage over the Canva app, which, at the time of launch, required manual editing in Canva for the most accurate results. While the capabilities in Adobe Acrobat are perhaps the simplest, it is a helpful use case. Now users can merge PDFs, directly edit text, and even adjust formatting and commenting using ChatGPT. Also: Want to ditch ChatGPT? Gemini 3 shows early signs of winning the AI race In the demos I saw of all three use cases, the AI did the tasks well. You can also use the technology to redact sensitive materials.

ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free

Adobe is giving ChatGPT users some new capabilities for designing and editing their work without having to switch apps. New apps for Photoshop, Acrobat, and Adobe Express are launching today directly in ChatGPT, allowing users to create designs or adjust photos and PDFs by describing what they want. The Adobe apps are free to use, and can be activated by typing the name of the app alongside an uploaded file and conversational instruction, such as "Adobe Photoshop, help me blur the background of this image." ChatGPT users won't have to specify the name of the app again during the same conversation to make additional changes. Depending on the instructions, Adobe's apps may offer a selection of results to choose from, or provide a UI element that the user can manually control -- such as Photoshop sliders for adjusting contrast and brightness. The ChatGPT apps don't provide the full functionality of Adobe's desktop software. Adobe says the Photoshop app can edit specific sections of images, apply creative effects, and adjust image settings like brightness, contrast and exposure. Acrobat in ChatGPT can edit existing PDFs, compress and convert other documents into a PDF format, extract text or tables, and merge multiple files together. The Adobe Express app allows ChatGPT users to both generate and edit designs, such as posters, invitations, and social media graphics. Everything in the design can be edited without leaving ChatGPT, from replacing text or images, to altering colors and animating specific sections. If ChatGPT users do want more granular control over a project they started in the chatbot, those photos, PDFs, and designs can be opened directly in Adobe's native apps to pick up where they left off. Adobe's ChatGPT apps are available globally across desktop, web, and iOS. The Adobe Express ChatGPT app can also be used on Android devices, with Android support for Photoshop and Acrobat "coming soon," according to Adobe. This follows OpenAI launching app integrations for ChatGPT in October, with an app for the Express-rivalling Canva design platform available since that launch. OpenAI had started to test promotions for these integrated apps in chats, but disabled the feature last week following complaints that the messages resembled ads. Bringing Adobe's Creative Cloud apps directly into ChatGPT could help both services to fend off competition from Google's Gemini AI, which introduced its own image editing capabilities in May. This is also the latest step in Adobe's plan to roll out agentic AI solutions that allow its creative apps to be used more conversationally, removing some of the skill barriers required for photo editing and design.

Adobe Photoshop, Express, Acrobat available for free on ChatGPT - 9to5Mac

Starting today, features from three of Adobe's flagship products will be natively integrated into ChatGPT, for free. Here's how it works. Adobe has just announced that starting today, ChatGPT users will be able to send natural language prompts to edit images, create animations, and manage, merge, extract, or edit text and content from PDFs using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Express, and Adobe Acrobat. The company says that while these features are a great way to present the capabilities of its products to users who don't necessarily know how to use their full-blown tools, they also offer a faster way to make quick edits, even for pro users. Here is Ely Greenfield, Chief Technology Officer and Digital Media business at Adobe, on today's release: Our innovations in agentic conversational interfaces are making it possible to bring Adobe's apps to third-party platforms like ChatGPT, where hundreds of millions of people already work every day. By making Photoshop, Adobe Express, and Acrobat available in ChatGPT, we're giving users an accessible way to do creative work -- editing vacation photos, creating event invitations, transforming documents -- while delivering the precision and control that define Adobe's tools, all inside the chat. This builds on the foundational investments we've made in AI assistants across our own apps and allows us to meet customers where they already are as working with AI agents become the starting point for accomplishing everyday tasks. And for anyone who wants the full power of our tools it's seamless to move from ChatGPT into our native apps. With this integration, you can upload an image to ChatGPT and prompt it to do something like , and Photoshop will edit the image right from ChatGPT. If you're not happy with the result, you'll be able to further adjust it manually using sliders for brightness, contrast, and exposure, much like in the actual Photoshop app. With this integration, ChatGPT and Photoshop can also identify elements within the image, and even use Photoshop in cases where the user doesn't explicitly mention it in their prompt. So you could say something like , and Photoshop within ChatGPT will do just that. Alternatively, you can ask for effects, such as glitch, glow, tritone, halftone, dither, mosaic, and motion blur, and you'll be presented with the edited image, in addition to effect-specific sliders and adjustments for better control of the end result. Interestingly, this is another situation where you'll be able to ask something as generic as , and you'll get a preview of multiple Photoshop effects to pick from and further customize. And if you need to take things a bit further, you can click on the "Open in Photoshop" button on the top right-hand corner of the interface. This will open the web-based version of Photoshop directly from ChatGPT, retaining all the adjustment layers that Photoshop automatically applied on ChatGPT. With this integration, you can input a prompt such as . Adobe Express will generate multiple options, based on Adobe's library of professional designs. Once you select your favorite, you can ask for specific changes, such as . Adobe Express within ChatGPT will work on these adjustments, one at a time. Once you're happy with the result, you can actually ask for an animated version of the card, with something as generic as and Adobe Express will present a few options. Alternatively, you can also open it in a web-based version of Adobe Express to access a fully layered, editable version of the asset, where you can add the final tweaks yourself. With this integration, you can upload any PDF, so you can manually edit or format the text with the same editing tools as the full-blown Adobe Acrobat. Alternatively, of course, you can ask ChatGPT for help to tweak the text, just as you would with any other attached document. With this integration, you can also tell ChatGPT that you want to use Acrobat to merge multiple PDFs, and it will automatically present you with a drag-and-drop interface. From there, you'll be able to reorder the PDFs, or tweak the details inside any document before saving everything as a single document. You can also extract text or other data, compress documents, or save a new full-quality version of the PDF, just like on the full-blown Adobe Acrobat app. All the features rolling out today are free to all 800+ million ChatGPT users worldwide. Here is Adobe on the availability across platforms: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Express are free in ChatGPT and available starting on 12/10 on ChatGPT desktop, web, and iOS. Adobe Express for ChatGPT is also available on Android, with support for Photoshop and Acrobat for ChatGPT on Android coming soon. The company also says that this is just the beginning, as it plans to add new capabilities to its apps on ChatGPT in the coming weeks. What do you think of these integrations? Let us know in the comments.

ChatGPT's latest upgrade makes image editing easier than ever

Creative software getting AI features left and right isn't something new at all. In fact, it's practically been a recurring theme across the entire industry. Today, Adobe just took a step further by making an announcement that will completely transform how (and where) people use its most famous apps. Adobe brings Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat directly into ChatGPT Today, Adobe announced its new "Adobe apps for ChatGPT," where it's bringing three of its most popular apps directly into ChatGPT: Photoshop, Acrobat, and Adobe Express. With this integration, you'll essentially be able to do tasks you'd normally perform in these standalone apps directly inside ChatGPT without switching tabs or needing to open separate software. With Photoshop for ChatGPT, you can handle all the quick adjustments you'd usually hop into the full app for through simple prompts. For instance, you can make object-specific edits, blur backgrounds, add effects like Glitch and Glow, and handle basic tasks like exposure and color corrections without leaving ChatGPT. Right within the ChatGPT thread you're using, you'll also get adjustable sliders and intuitive controls for fine-tuning your edits, making it easy to see changes in real time without ever opening Photoshop itself. However, there will also be an option to quickly open the image you're working on in the full Photoshop app, letting you access advanced tools and features whenever you need them. With Adobe Express for ChatGPT, you can pull up relevant templates based on whatever you're working on, and then tweak them according to your needs. For instance, say you want to create a quick Christmas card. You can head to ChatGPT, open a new thread, and say something as simple as "I want to create a Christmas card, use Adobe Express," and it will pull up relevant templates for you to customize. Similar to how you can open an image you're editing in ChatGPT in the full Photoshop app, you can also open your Adobe Express project in the full Express interface if you want access to more advanced design tools or prefer completing what you're working on in the traditional workspace. With Acrobat for ChatGPT, you can handle a bunch of document manipulation tasks within the ChatGPT interface, like editing PDFs within the chat, extracting text or tables, organizing and merging files, compressing files, and even redacting sensitive details! In the demo, they dropped their cover letter, resume, and references into the chat and asked GPT to merge it all into a single, neatly formatted PDF. The best part is, instead of just blindly performing the tasks you ask it to, GPT prompts you for input and confirmation along the way, making sure everything looks exactly how you want before finalizing the document. Adobe mentions that all apps are available in ChatGPT "for free." Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat for ChatGPT are all available starting today on ChatGPT desktop, web, and iOS. Express for ChatGPT is available on Android, and the remaining two are coming soon as well.

Adobe brings photoshop, express and acrobat to chatgpt users By Investing.com

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) launched three of its creative and productivity applications - Photoshop, Express and Acrobat - on ChatGPT Wednesday, making them available to the platform's reported 800 million weekly users. The software giant, currently valued at $144.13 billion with shares trading at $344.32, continues to leverage its dominant position in the creative software market with this strategic expansion. The integration allows ChatGPT users to access Adobe's editing tools directly within chat conversations without switching to separate applications. Users can perform tasks such as blurring photo backgrounds, adjusting image settings, creating designs, and editing PDF documents by typing simple instructions. To access the tools, users type the application name followed by their request, such as "Adobe Photoshop, help me blur the background of this image." The system then guides users through the editing process. "Now hundreds of millions of people can edit with Photoshop simply by using their own words, right inside a platform that's already part of their day-to-day," said David Wadhwani, president of digital media at Adobe, in a press release statement. The new integration builds on Adobe's previous work with conversational AI experiences and its Model Context Protocol. Earlier this year, the company introduced Acrobat Studio and AI Assistants for several of its applications. The Adobe apps for ChatGPT are available free to ChatGPT users globally starting today on desktop, web and iOS platforms. Adobe Express is also available on Android, with Photoshop and Acrobat for Android coming soon. Users who require more advanced features can transition from the ChatGPT interface to Adobe's native applications to continue their work. This development represents Adobe's strategy to introduce its creative tools to new audiences by meeting users on platforms they already use regularly. In other recent news, Adobe has announced its acquisition of Semrush in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.9 billion, or $12 per share. This acquisition is expected to enhance Adobe's digital marketing capabilities. Piper Sandler has maintained its Overweight rating on Adobe with a price target of $470 following the acquisition announcement. Additionally, Bernstein SocGen Group has reiterated an Outperform rating with a price target of $508. Analysts have adjusted their price targets for Adobe ahead of its upcoming fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 earnings report. Stifel has lowered its price target to $450, maintaining a Buy rating, while Barclays has reduced its target to $415, keeping an Overweight rating. TD Cowen continues to hold a Hold rating with a price target of $420, noting expectations for modest growth deceleration in 2026. Barclays anticipates Adobe to report approximately $571 million in Neural Network Digital Media annual recurring revenue for the final quarter, with potential upside based on positive web traffic indicators. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.