I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit finding the right stock images and videos for my projects. I scrolled deep into the site trying to find that perfect asset, only to find something that was mostly accurate, but not quite right.
And this is an area of workflow for creative professionals that Adobe Stock AI Studio is changing. Instead of searching for the right photo or video, you can take existing content and change it to match the vision that exists in your head (we’ve all been there, right?).
The platform, which is indistinguishably integrated into Stock, allows you to edit videos and images in seconds without switching to other software. So after testing the new AI-powered tools, we’ve selected seven key features of the suite that will actually help professionals who hate small, time-consuming tweaks and just want to streamline their creative workflows.
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Create and generate before obtaining a license
This is the headline feature of Adobe Stock AI Studio, and one that really stands out to me. Instead of spending half your business day searching for the perfect equity asset before licensing one you’re only half happy with (I know the pain of that too), the platform does things differently.
From here you can select your media and use AI tools to start transforming it into something suitable for your project. You should only obtain a license if you are satisfied with the finished product.
This means you can effectively spin up new stock assets that truly align with your vision, based on your existing media, as if you had a blank canvas. No more scrolling through stock images that aren’t exactly correct.
Speed up your editing workflow with easy-to-understand language
Editing images can be time-consuming, but AI Studio’s tools let you speed up your workflow without sacrificing creative control thanks to Type & Edit functionality. Creative professionals can use natural language to accurately describe desired changes.
And it’s not limited to a single image. Adobe Stock AI Studio also allows for batch editing, where you apply the same edit to multiple images.
Now, I wouldn’t classify this as a replacement for Photoshop or similar apps if you really want to focus on editing. However, it means you can generate and edit stock content on a single platform instead of switching between different software and apps.
control every element
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As a professional creator, creative control is absolutely important as far as I’m concerned. Otherwise, we will be left in a swamp of the same identity kit AI images and “photos”. So we were happy to see that you can have a high level of control over the edits you make using Adobe Stock AI Studio.
If you’re familiar with AI editing suites, especially Adobe Firefly, you’ll know what to expect here. These are all clever tools like Unfold Images, which allows you to switch up images to suit your projects, such as removing classic backgrounds and creating social media posts, and Change Mood, which allows you to change the mood of your images based on preset options or type to edit.
“Change Color” is one of the most original and useful tools here. You can change the color palette of a photo to suit your vision. You can also create your own palette for brand consistency.
Breathe new life into still images
Animate Image is a really fun feature and one of the most impressive, especially if you don’t have time to shoot video content.
Still photos don’t always get attention online. This tool allows you to turn your photos into stunning live videos of just a few seconds. It’s limited to 5 seconds, so it’s perfect for social media posts or quick clips for your website, without the need for rigorous timeline work in Premiere Pro or other video editing software.
The results were truly amazing. In one test, I had a herd of bison drift toward the camera, and the video looked so realistic that I almost fooled myself. If you want to breathe new life into your images, edited or not, it’s worth seeing them in action.
Create videos that match your vision
In addition to image editing, Adobe Stock AI Studio also edits stock videos. One of the big features here is that you can change the color palette, similar to image editing.
No more spending hours finding the perfect clip and quickly change colors to match your vision. It works exactly the same as when editing stock photos, but it works differently.
However, it’s worth pointing out that even with a subscription, video operations are not free. Some of these changes are clearly labeled, while others are not. So make sure you have saved up enough credits to complete the project.
Generate pitch-perfect audio matches
In my experience, AI Studio’s second video editing feature is even more impressive. Audio Match is how creative professionals create the perfect sound for their videos.
The canvas here is incredibly wide. You can choose a specific mood, such as “playful” or “warm,” or choose a specific genre of music, such as classical or jazz.
Well, once again, I’ve spent hours searching for stock music that either isn’t quite right or doesn’t match what the viewer is seeing on screen. So this is a real game changer. Although it was the most time-consuming of all the processes in the AI suite, it was easy compared to actually trying to find the perfect sound for the creative work, and the results were great.
track changes
The whole process of using AI Studio is so simple that I thought calling it a “process” seemed like a stretch. There is a sidebar on the left with a list of available tools. The rest of the interface focuses on the selected asset. Directly below it is a row that currently contains only one icon. This is your modification history. Each time you use an AI tool, a small thumbnail is added to that row.
This makes it easy to see your AI efforts. If you’re going down a rabbit hole of requests and the results start to look a little strange (as they sometimes do with AI), just select the previous thumbnail and continue from there. This won’t remove rejected attempts, but it will just add a thumbnail to the list, which will hopefully create a more acceptable thread.
I think this is a good way to quickly make changes and see how an image works, and create multiple versions of the same shot for added flexibility, without having to leave the Adobe Stock interface, download anything, or license assets until you’re ready.
final thoughts
If you’re interested in AI, Adobe Stock AI Studio opens up a huge opportunity to not only find the best assets for your project, but also use Firefly’s powerful algorithms to refine them before licensing them to ensure they’re perfectly ideal for your needs.
Perhaps the biggest concern when using AI is making sure you don’t get into trouble when using AI-generated content.
So Adobe has made it super simple. Adobe Stock gives creative professionals full power to edit and use stock assets using the AI Studio suite.
that’s it. Using this platform makes you effectively bulletproof commercially without worrying about copyright.
Of course, you can also search for and use existing stock assets on your site without editing them with AI. Completely free to browse Adobe’s growing catalog without any AI bolt-ons.
But overall, AI Studio is seamlessly integrated, works as expected, and is ideal when you wish the images you found were a little brighter, those people a little happier, that shirt a little red, the canvas a little wider… This is the ultimate try before you buy, or more accurately, change before you license.
