The Friction of Machine-Generated Taste
The promotional materials for Adobe's latest experimental camera application, Project Indigo, describe a helpful assistant living inside your viewport. The software promises to analyze your composition in real time, offering critical feedback on lighting, framing, and balance, while instantly stripping away unwanted backgrounds. On paper, it looks like a tool designed to elevate amateur photography. Beneath the surface, however, lies an aggressive strategy to solve one of the tech giant's most pressing vulnerabilities: the desperate need for fresh