Adobe Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Selfies – PC Magazine

Adobe is developing tools to help you transform any ordinary selfie into a headshot-worthy portrait that looks like it was captured and edited by a professional.

Adobe is developing new artificial intelligence-powered tools that may be able to turn your crappy selfies into flattering shots.

The software giant's research team posted a video on YouTube Thursday showing "what the future may hold for selfie photography." The tools aim to help you transform any ordinary selfie into a headshot-worthy portrait that looks like it was captured and edited by a professional.

Powered by Adobe's Sensei artificial intelligence technology, the new tools will let you adjust a selfie to make it appear as if it was taken from a different angle and distance. You can also apply "automatic portrait masking" to give your image a depth-of-field affect, blurring the background while keeping your mug sharp in the foreground (similar to Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus).

Another cool feature: Adobe's technology will help you replicate the style of another portrait photo. If you see another portrait you like perhaps a black-and-white shot, or one with moody coloring you'll be able to apply those attributes to your own photo.

Today, "great portrait photography requires the right perspective, equipment, and editing expertise," Adobe wrote in the video's description. In the future, thanks to Adobe's artificial intelligence and deep learning technology, you may be able to create a professional-looking portrait right from your smartphone.

Adobe didn't reveal any other details about the tools or say when they might be integrated into its smartphone apps.

In the meantime, Microsoft is using computer vision technology to produce more pleasing selfies. The Microsoft Selfie app for iOS and Android "intelligently considers age, gender, skin tone, lighting and many other variables" to help you "transform average photos into enhanced, ideal portraits in seconds," according to the app's description.

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