Adobe Photoshop has serious reason to be concerned. Gemini Flash, Google’s AI-powered photo editing tool, has reached version 2.0. It’s true that this isn’t the first AI capable of recreating images from text, but Gemini Flash goes one step further.
In other words, the vast majority of AI tools dedicated to image creation only respond to a text or prompt. So, we tell it what to do in whatever way we want. In this case, we can send these commands to Gemini Flash in new ways. For example, we can share an image of ours with it so the AI can edit it itself.
And while it’s true that Photoshop is the undisputed leader in this sector, advances like Gemini Flash are putting the professional editing industry on alert, as it’s getting worryingly close to its capabilities.
What you should know about Gemini Flash 2.0
What we’re about to tell you may surprise you, but it’s absolutely true. Google has made the Google AI Studio platform available to all its users. From there, we’ll be able to access Gemini Flash 2.0 completely free of charge, just as you read.
So, if you want to try the new version, go to that platform and select the new experimental version, which includes image generation, called “Gemini 2.0 Flash.”
As you can see in the image, it’s completely free. So once you select it, you’re ready to start using this feature.
But what has truly worried the most professional image editors is that it doesn’t just respond to our prompts, as we’ve known up until now with other image-generating AIs. What’s truly “dangerous” for them is that it can now also edit existing photos. So, whether they’re completely new images or ones we’ve shared for it to edit, Gemini Flash can work with them in a very in-depth way. Among its functions, we find adjustments such as background editing, lighting, changing objects in the scene, and so on. But it’s not superficial, so we can even modify the different parameters of an object without affecting the rest of the elements in it.
However, keep in mind that despite all the technical advances, limitations remain. To date, it still cannot replace the work of a human professional. When working with images, it is not uncommon for certain distortions to appear in the result and for it to fall short of our expectations.
But one of the most controversial features brought to us by Gemini Flash 2.0 is the new ability to remove watermarks. It’s not the first tool that can perform this type of action (hello, Watermark Remover.io), but we’re talking about a type of visual editing that borders on legality, and more specifically, on the copyright of a photo.
No way this lasts…
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash can remove watermarks
6 wild examples: pic.twitter.com/lyoRRESlHr
— Min Choi (@minchoi) March 17, 2025
As you can see, AI is constantly on its way to unlocking new features. Only the future knows where these features will lead.
