Adobe Previews 10 Research Projects at Its MAX Sneaks Session

Adobe presented 10 research projects at its Nov. 11 MAX Sneaks session, including experiments for exploring images beyond their original frames and developing fictional characters through conversation.

Project Screen Test lets creators shape a character’s appearance, voice and personality through natural-language dialogue. Project Sight Span turns a single image into a navigable environment, allowing users to explore viewpoints beyond the image’s frame.

Other projects focus on audio and image editing. Project Sound Bender lets users describe and isolate a sound from a finished mix, then explore variations on an interactive canvas. Project Rinse Repeat adapts edits from one part of an image to another, with results recreated using editable Photoshop tools.

“Making these interactions more intuitive is also about giving experienced creatives more precise control,” said Gautham Mysore, Adobe’s senior principal scientist.

Terry Crews hosted the session. Adobe listed Project Deep Brush and Project Hands On as available to try in its Labs Playground and previewed Project Custom Filters. The company presented Screen Test, Sight Span, Sound Bender and Rinse Repeat as research projects.