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- Adobe announced that Lightroom mobile on iOS, iPadOS, and Android can now open closed eyes in photos using generative AI with a single tap, triggering an "Open Eyes Quick Action" icon when the app detects the issue.
- Unlike Photoshop Elements' nearly decade-old eye-opening tool that pulls a replacement from a separate photo, the new Lightroom feature generates eyes on the fly and references other images of the same person in the user's Lightroom library to match their exact color, size, and shape.
- DPReview noted that Photoshop offers comparable generative-AI eye fixes, but they are not a one-tap workflow and require a paid subscription.
- Free-tier Lightroom mobile users get two Open Eyes attempts before Adobe prompts them to subscribe to a Creative Cloud plan for additional generative-AI credits.
- Adobe positions the feature as a rescue tool for otherwise unusable shots, with lighting and pose automatically matched to the original image.
Why it matters: The two-free-use cap means casual Lightroom mobile users will hit a paywall almost immediately on a feature explicitly marketed as a one-tap fix, pushing them toward a Creative Cloud subscription for ongoing access to Adobe's expanding generative-AI toolset.
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