Photoshop Can Now Rotate ANY Object with AI… Sort Of
Photoshop just introduced a brand new AI-powered Rotate Object tool… and honestly, it’s one of the wildest additions we’ve seen in a long time. In this past week's Nucly Academy meetup (https://nucly.com/academy) I discussed the tool; how it works, what I like about it, what I don't and also what I think it does a lot better than many other AI tools.
We’ll test the tool on vehicles, objects, and people while exploring what AI is actually doing during the rotation process. We’ll also cover:
- How the Rotate Object tool builds a 3D interpretation from a 2D image
- Why clean cutouts matter before rotating
- How perspective and focal length affect the outcome
- Rebuilding shadows after rotation
- The biggest limitations with faces and human subjects
- Keyboard shortcut setup for faster workflow
- When this tool is useful for composites — and when it absolutely isn’t
Some of the results are genuinely impressive. Others are nightmare fuel.
If you’re a compositor, concept artist, or Photoshop power user, this tool is worth understanding now because it changes what’s possible inside Photoshop without needing external 3D software.
You can download all the assets for this tutorial here:
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