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Apparently these features transmit the area you want filled to Adobe's servers over the Internet. Those servers do the heavy lifting and then return the results to you over the Internet. Perhaps Adobe has determined that the new features require much more computing power than their minimum computer requirement, though there could be other reasons. Regardless, this goes beyond adding functionality to the software running on your computer. It requires Adobe servers, a LOT of Internet traffic, and continuing expense for Adobe to keep the features working.
Given all of that I think the restrictions imposed by their credit system, as stated toward the end of the video, are quite generous. I do see potential issues with the way these new features operate. The video states that the creative fill area has a maximum dimension of 2000 x 2000 pixels. For larger selections the fill content is restricted to 2000x2000 and then "stretched" to fit the actual area in your image, which has serious IQ ramifications. Those dimensions may be adequate for most creative fill requirements, but I wonder about the creative extend feature.
What happens if I want to extend one or more sides of a 60MP image by a small amount? Do they transmit very a low res version of my image to their servers? Transmitting a 60 MP (roughly 130 MB) would be insane and take a long time with most broadband connections. Without the high resolution original they can't generate a high resolution fill, so the results they send back to me can't be at the same resolution as my original. The "creative extend" feature is the only one I might infrequently find useful. If it works as I've described I'll make do without it. OTOH perhaps they don't need the entire image to generate extended edges? Doing a few test cases and fiddling around with it will soon tell how useful it is, or isn't.
I do not think that the current removal tool works as I described above, but there's no reason they couldn't improve it with the computing power of their servers. If they do I'd think it would become part of the "credit system", and the 2000x2000 pixel restriction wouldn't be an issue, at least in my use cases.
If one takes a pessimistic view, it's possible that Adobe could eventually change features that operate solely on your computer to use Adobe servers via the Internet for the purpose of "improvement" and capital generation. Time will tell.
There's a load of conjecture in what I've written here and lots of different possibilities for how things might progress in the future. We can only look at what Adobe actually provides and based on that determine its usefulness for what we do.
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