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Photoshop
Photoshop's Generative Expand tool (Day 2 of PHLEARN's free AI series) lets users extend a photo's canvas past its original edges with AI-generated content, and — despite Nano Banana not being natively selectable inside Generative Expand itself — a workaround combining Firefly Image Model 3's Generative Expand with Gemini 2.5 Nano Banana in Generative Fill can further zoom out an image or completely regenerate it from a new camera angle while keeping the same subject and composition.
Generative Expand is accessed via the Crop tool (C), then choosing "Generative Expand" from the Fill dropdown instead of Transparent or the older Content-Aware Fill.
You can drag out any edge (or multiple edges at once) of the crop boundary, optionally type a text prompt, or leave it blank so the AI decides what to fill in.
As of the recording, only Firefly Image 1 or Image 3 are selectable inside Generative Expand; partner models like Nano Banana are not yet available there, though "they might be coming in the future."
The video states the AI-generated expansion is not true to life ("these are not the actual mountains that actually exist in real life") but is designed to look visually convincing.
Generated edge content starts out noticeably lower resolution than the original photo when viewed at 100% zoom.
The Properties panel's "Enhance Detail" icon reruns a new AI generation pass specifically to sharpen/improve the generative-expand result, and updates in real time.
Firefly Image Model 3 is described as sometimes weaker at resolving details like hands or faces.
A workaround lets you chain models: run Generative Expand with Firefly first, then Select All, open Generative Fill, switch the model to Gemini 2.5 Nano Banana, and prompt something like "zoom out 10%" (repeatable, e.g. up to 30%) to keep extending the image with Nano Banana.
Generative Fill with Nano Banana can also change the camera angle entirely — e.g. prompting "change the camera angle to be top down" or "birds eye view" — generating what the video calls "a completely new image from scratch" based on the original photo.
The presenter claims the regenerated top-down/bird's-eye version keeps "the composition, the scene, the subject" identical to the original, just from a different camera angle.
The video frames expansion as effectively unlimited ("there really is no end") and states the underlying technology is continually improving.
Generative Expand — Photoshop's AI-powered canvas-extension tool, accessed through the Crop tool's Fill dropdown, that generates new pixels beyond a photo's original edges. Apply: Select the Crop tool (hit C), choose "Generative Expand" in the Fill option at the top, drag any edge (or multiple edges) of the crop boundary outward, optionally type a prompt, and click Generate.
Fill dropdown options (Transparent / Generative Expand / Content-Aware Fill) — Three selectable modes in the Crop tool's options bar for how newly exposed canvas area is filled. Apply: Pick Transparent to leave new area as transparent pixels, Content-Aware Fill for the older non-AI method (the video says it's not recommended for this use), or Generative Expand for AI-based fill.
Firefly Image Model 3 — Adobe's AI image-generation model, one of the model choices (alongside Image 1) available inside Generative Expand/Generative Fill at the time of recording. Apply: In the contextual taskbar/model dropdown, select "Image 3" before clicking Generate to have Firefly produce the expanded or filled content.
Enhance Detail — A Properties-panel feature that reruns a new AI generation pass on a chosen Generative Expand result specifically to increase its resolution/detail. Apply: After generating an expand, click the chosen version in the Properties panel, then click the Enhance Detail icon to trigger a refinement generation that sharpens the added area (best judged at reduced zoom, per the video).
Gemini 2.5 Nano Banana (via Generative Fill) — Google's Gemini 2.5 image model, made available inside Photoshop's Generative Fill panel as an alternative to Firefly, said by the video to handle faces/hands more realistically. Apply: Select All (Cmd/Ctrl+A or Select > All), open Generative Fill, set the model dropdown to "Gemini 2.5 nano banana," enter a prompt, and click Generate.
Firefly-to-Nano-Banana zoom-out workaround — A documented workaround for the fact that Nano Banana can't be chosen directly inside the Generative Expand tool. Apply: Run Generative Expand first using Firefly Image Model 3, then Select All, open Generative Fill, switch the model to Gemini 2.5 Nano Banana, prompt something like "zoom out 10%" (repeat with e.g. "zoom out 30%" for more), and click Generate each time to extend the image further using Nano Banana.
Camera-angle change via Generative Fill + Nano Banana — Using Generative Fill with the Nano Banana model to regenerate a photo entirely from a new camera perspective (e.g. top-down or bird's-eye) while claimed to preserve the same subject, background, and composition. Apply: Select All, open Generative Fill, set the model to Gemini 2.5 Nano Banana, type a prompt such as "change the camera angle to be top down" or "birds eye view," and click Generate; repeat with a new prompt in the Properties panel to try another angle.
The Nano Banana workaround exists specifically because Nano Banana cannot be selected directly inside the Generative Expand tool — the video's fix is to finish the expand with Firefly first, then use Select All + Generative Fill (a separate feature) to bring Nano Banana into the same document.
"Enhance Detail" is not a simple sharpen/upscale — it triggers an entirely new AI generation pass targeted at the lower-resolution seam between original pixels and generated pixels.
Changing the camera angle isn't achieved through any 3D/perspective reconstruction — it's done by having Nano Banana regenerate the whole frame from scratch using the original photo as a reference, per the video's own description.
The rationale given for reaching for Nano Banana over Firefly Image Model 3 specifically is Firefly's weaker handling of hands and faces, framed as a known limitation rather than a universal downgrade.
The model options available inside Generative Expand (Firefly Image 1/3 only, no Nano Banana) is explicitly called out as a current-state limitation ("as of right now") that may change, signaling the tutorial is documenting a specific software snapshot rather than a stable, permanent workflow.
«We're going to use AI to extend your canvas, refframe your shots, and even change the camera angle of your original photograph.»
— 00:13
«Keep in mind, this is not going to be true to life. These are not the actual mountains that actually exist in real life. This is AI. It's going to make up whatever it thinks should be there, but it's going to look good.»
— 02:08
«There really is no end.»
— 03:51
«Technically, you can't use nano banana with generative expand, but if you do the generative expand first, then you can just select all, tell it to zoom out, and then use Gemini 2.5 nano banana.»
— 06:44
«So it's going to generate a completely new image from scratch, but based on this photograph, it's then going to give us a topdown angle.»
— 07:44
«But the composition, the scene, the subject, everything looks the exact same. It's literally just a different camera angle of the same photo.»
— 08:54
Reception
The tutorial is well-received for clear presentation and useful information, but viewers express frustration about Adobe's additional credit costs and feature paywalls not being adequately disclosed.
A straightforward feature-demo tutorial that walks through Generative Expand, Enhance Detail, and a Firefly-to-Nano-Banana workaround as concrete, repeatable steps rather than abstract claims; its content is tightly coupled to Photoshop's AI tooling at the time of recording (model availability, credit-based access) rather than a stable, evergreen technique.
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