As with most of the intelligently automated tools Adobe has revealed and released over the past few years, Project In-Between relies on Adobe Sensei, the company’s AI platform that passes image processing to powerful servers in the cloud that use deep learning techniques to accomplish photo and video editing tasks in seconds that previously would require hours of hard work by a pixel-pushing artist.
Project In-Between takes two similar images and automatically generates a series of in-between animated images (“tweening,” if you’re looking for a more awkward word for the technique) that perfectly transition between the before and after images. So shots featuring a person with their mouths open and then closed would produce a short animation that looks like they’re either talking or chewing.
Does the tool have any practical uses making it a must-have? Not quite yet. The best application Adobe suggests is making fun GIFs to share with friends and family, but smartphone photography tools like Apple’s Live Photo can already do that. That’s probably why Project In-Between is only a sneak peek for the time being, but there is the potential to create the perfect shot—or at least a better shot—from two less than ideal photographs by calculating the in-betweens. Imagine one photo has a child with their tongue sticking out, while the next they have their eyes closed. The in-betweens would potentially yield the perfect angelic pose, and bam, your family Christmas card is done without having to set up another photo shoot.
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