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Photoshop.

Episodes
28
First seen
002 JUL 13 2024
Last seen
080 AUG 30 2026
Spoken mentions
286

The Fast Hours take

Rory and Drew leaned on Photoshop's Generative Fill and Expand as the benchmark Midjourney's editor had to match for years (Ep. 6, 17). That standing slipped by mid-2025 — Rory called it 'really becoming an afterthought' as Figma, Canva and Weavy absorbed his workflow (Ep. 40) — though its Harmonize tool still auto-matches lighting and color after years of manual work (Ep. 47), and hosts keep returning to it for precise client fixes AI can't nail (Ep. 74).

Into it 13Mixed 5 Not sold 2Discussed 8 oldest → newest

Receipts about Photoshop

“It's the only tool that can outpaint accurately … if I have a square and I need to turn it into three by two, Photoshop doesn't do the trick, Firefly doesn't do the trick, Flux doesn't do the trick.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 56 Why Rory always ends up outpainting in Midjourney Play from 30:19
“I'll figure out how to do something in Photoshop that I've never done before and I'm proud of myself for it … I won't go into Photoshop for a couple of months. I've completely forgotten how to do it.”
Drew Brucker Ep. 54 Why Photoshop's complexity is hard to retain Play from 47:20
“Weavy is my sick addiction at the moment outside of, you know, Mid Journey and VO. It's the worst thing that's ever happened to me because there's so many things I want to do with it.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 43 Rory on replacing Photoshop with Weavy for thumbnails Play from 1:04:47
“Their pockets are deep. They're working on stuff, they're gonna be fine. Photoshop's not going anywhere for the foreseeable future.”
Drew Brucker Ep. 38 Why Adobe and Photoshop aren't going away Play from 1:04:23
“I honestly think it's creating more artists than we've ever had. Everyone has ideas. Maybe you just don't have the technical skills to use Photoshop.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 34 Why AI tools expand who gets to call themselves an artist Play from 25:49
“The Photoshop generator is not as good as the mid-journey generator. So if you're trying to do larger details, you can tell there's a difference.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 17 Comparing Midjourney's generative fill to Photoshop's Play from 24:34

Every episode with Photoshop

  1. Episode 80 AUG 30 2026 A 24 Year Old AI Creative Director Gives Away Her Playbook Still where she finishes precise production work, like retouching skin for brand websites Into it
  2. Episode 78 AUG 14 2026 He Built an 8 Figure AI Business in One Year Generative Fill's 2023 launch was the pivot point that built Rourke's AI content career and first brand deal. Into it
  3. Episode 75 JUL 26 2026 How to Make AI Images That Don’t Scream “I Used AI” His main hand-craft tool: Wacom recoloring, drawn cracks and textures, and dither plug-ins layered on top of AI output. Into it
  4. Episode 74 JUL 19 2026 How AI Is Making Human Creativity More Valuable Still the tool for manual client fixes AI can't nail, like correcting a food container's reflection. Discussed
  5. Episode 70 JUN 07 2026 The Weird AI Video Formula Getting Millions of Views Used to build layered reference sheets combining a character sheet with offset Midjourney stills. Into it
  6. Episode 69 MAY 24 2026 Google Dropped Too Many AI Tools. Which Ones Matter? Opening an AI image here can strip its SynthID/provenance metadata before client delivery. Discussed
  7. Episode 56 NOV 16 2025 Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game Named as one of the tools that fails at the aspect-ratio outpainting job Rory always ends up doing in Midjourney instead. Not sold
  8. Episode 54 NOV 02 2025 Midjourney’s Quietly Evolving + One Personalization Hack You (Probably) Didn't Know Adobe Max recap: still the precision tool of choice, but its UI is called old, cluttered and hard to relearn Mixed
  9. Episode 50 SEP 07 2025 Unpacking Midjourney's Style Explorer + Slipping Deeper Into Nano Banana 🍌 A community-built Nano Banana plugin lets you invoke it inside Photoshop for masking and local edits; called 'smart integration' Into it
  10. Episode 47 AUG 03 2025 Midjourney TV (MJTV) + Personalized Explore Pages Its new Harmonize tool finally auto-matches lighting and color on composites after years of manual work Into it
  11. Episode 43 JUN 15 2025 Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System Discussed as the tool Weavy is now replacing in Rory's thumbnail workflow Discussed
  12. Episode 40 MAY 26 2025 Veo 3 Makes Yesterday's Best Look Like a Beta Test +Runway & Midjourney Check-In Rory says it's 'really becoming an afterthought' as Figma and Canva absorb more of his workflow Not sold
  13. Episode 38 APR 22 2025 Midjourney v7: Secret Playground of Chaos & Weird + Overhauled Editor Called irreplaceable despite Midjourney's editor gains, anchoring a wider riff on Adobe's sprawling product lineup Mixed
  14. Episode 34 MAR 17 2025 Letting AI Cook & The Final Countdown for v7 Feat. Allar Haltsonen Allar's post-production step: upscale, then layer in extra detail after generation Discussed
  15. Episode 33 MAR 09 2025 Midjourney After Dark—Organized Chaos & Wabi-Sabi Drew's fallback for manual color grading (dodge and burn) when a generated image needs more polish Discussed
  16. Episode 25 JAN 05 2025 Micro-Decisions in Midjourney: Small Choices, Big Impact Named as the fallback when Midjourney genuinely can't get an image the rest of the way Discussed
  17. Episode 21 DEC 08 2024 Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA Generative Fill still called best for pixel-precise hand fixes, though it can miss a generated image's aesthetic Mixed
  18. Episode 17 NOV 10 2024 Cracking Midjourney's New Editor Features (Retexture & External Editor) Compared to Midjourney's generative fill; still the better tool for precise local inpainting and removals Mixed
  19. Episode 14 OCT 20 2024 Midjourney: The Ultimate Creative Multiplier w/ Billy Boman Used for retouching AI output and building reusable texture, pattern and pre-video-model assets Into it
  20. Overtime OCT 18 2024 Gen AI for Creators | Pulse Check: Midjourney, Runway, Minimax, Krea, Flux & More Generative Fill and Expand held up as the benchmark Midjourney's own editor was compared to Into it
  21. Episode 13 OCT 13 2024 Midjourney After Dark: AI Video Wars, Style Code Exploration, Artistic Attributes +, More Rory masked a Midjourney portal image and composited a second generation inside it Into it
  22. Episode 7 AUG 18 2024 Midjourney Parameters: The Forgotten Cheat Codes (& Best Ways To Use Them) Generative Fill compared to Editor's new scale/crop tools; still preferred for pixel-level touch-ups Mixed
  23. Overtime AUG 17 2024 (NEW) Midjourney Editor Is Live! (Edit, Repaint, Crop, Zoom, Pan, and Scale—All In One) Benchmark for generative fill and expand; the new Editor reduces how often you need to leave Midjourney for it Discussed
  24. Episode 6 AUG 11 2024 5 AI Tools To Mix With Midjourney for Intoxicating Results Generative Fill still wins for spot removal, aspect-ratio expansion, and compositing text Into it
  25. Episode 5 AUG 04 2024 Midjourney v6.1 Just Broke Reality Generative Expand cited as the model for how Midjourney's zoom-out/repaint should work Into it
  26. Episode 4 JUL 28 2024 The Overlooked Potential of Midjourney for Business and Side Hustles Rory recalls manually resizing and masking stock photos in it before Midjourney made that busywork unnecessary Discussed
  27. Episode 3 JUL 23 2024 Prompt Theory in Midjourney: Our Best (Proven) Tips Rory maps Camera Raw controls (saturation, hue, clarity, HDR toning) directly onto Midjourney prompt tokens Into it
  28. Episode 2 JUL 13 2024 Midjourney Hacks That Are Too Good To Keep Secret Rory's design training in layered Photoshop composition shapes how he treats Midjourney outputs as raw ingredients Into it

Quick answers

When did Fast Hours first talk about Photoshop?

Photoshop first came up in Episode 2, “Midjourney Hacks That Are Too Good To Keep Secret”, published July 13, 2024.

What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Photoshop?

The most recent is Episode 80, “A 24 Year Old AI Creative Director Gives Away Her Playbook” (August 30, 2026).

How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Photoshop?

28 episodes so far. In the 28 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 13 times, mixed 5, not sold 2, and simply discussed it 8.

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