Among the many, many things for which I can give thanks this year, I want to express my still-gobsmacked appreciation of the academic & developer communities that have brought us this year’s revolution in generative imaging. One of those developers is our friend & Adobe veteran Christian Cantrell, and he continues to integrate new tech from his new company (Stability AI) into Photoshop at a breakneck pace. Here’s the latest:

Here he provides a quick comparison between results from the previous Stable Diffusion inpainting model (top) & the latest one:

In any event, wherever you are & however you celebrate (or don’t), I hope you’re well. Thanks for reading, and I wish all the best for the coming year!