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Adobe Firefly

 Adobe Firefly is both a product and an embedded model inside Adobe apps. Firefly offers generative AI tools made specifically for creative needs, use cases, and workflows. Firefly models and services power generative AI features in Adobe Creative apps. Currently Firefly can found inside Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Express, Substance 3D, InDesign, Lightroom and Adobe Stock. Adobe Firefly

Firefly Features

  • Generative Fill

The next generation of Generative Fill is now in the Photoshop (beta) app. Create richer, more lifelike images with more control than ever before.

How to use Generative Fill in Photoshop

  1. Use the Selection Brush tool, or any other selection tool, to select an object or area in your image. Click the Generative Fill button that appears in the Contextual Task Bar.

  2. Write a prompt describing the object or scene you want to generate in the text-entry prompt box. Or leave it blank and Photoshop will fill in the selection based on the surroundings. To further customize your results in the Photoshop (beta) app, click on Reference Image and upload an example image containing desired content, like a jean jacket. Use just the image or combine it with a prompt to tailor your result even more.

  3. Click Generate. You’ll see thumbnail previews of variations generated based on your prompt, and a Generative Layer will be created in your Layers panel for nondestructive editing of your original image. To see variations of your favorite result in the Photoshop (beta) app, select it and then click on Generate Similar to see new versions of that image.

    Tip: To generate even more options, click Generate again. You can also try editing your prompt to fine-tune your results.

  • Text to Image

With the new Firefly Image 3 Model, you can create higher-quality images with better composition, photorealistic details, and improved mood and lighting.

Text to Image

  • Generative Shape Fill

With new Generative Shape Fill, you can quickly fill your vector outline and explore a variety of options that match the look and feel of your own artwork.

How to use generative AI in Illustrator

  1. Access generative AI in Illustrator via the contextual task bar, Quick Actions in the Properties Panel, or the Object and Edit menus.

  2. For example for Text to Vector, once the modal is open, you can insert a prompt by clicking on any of the above will open up a modal where you can insert a prompt and choose outputs like Scene, Subject, Icon. In the modal, there is also a section that provides prompt inspirations if you are not sure what prompt to use.

  3. You will have more creative control over the generated outputs with controls like Detail Slider, Style Reference, Style Presets, and Color and Tone.

  • Generative Remove

See everything you want and nothing you don’t. It’s easy to remove distractions from the background with Generative Remove powered by Firefly generative AI.

How to use Generative Remove in Lightroom

  1. Select Remove (the eraser icon) and make sure Generative AI is active by switching on the toggle

  2. Adjust the size of the brush using the slider to ensure proper coverage, then brush over the area or subject you are looking to remove – once you’ve completed the selection, Generative AI will process the removal and show you the results

  3. If you’d like to see variations of the removal, Generative Remove will give you three additional options under Variations


  • Responsible Use of AI

University Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidance - UMC Guidance


Adobe

As part of Adobe’s effort to design Firefly to be commercially safe, we’re training our initial commercial Firefly model on licensed content, such as Adobe Stock, and public domain content where copyright has expired. Additionally, as a founding collaborator of the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), Adobe is setting the industry standard for responsible generative AI. The CAI is a community of media and tech companies, NGOs, academics, and others working to promote adoption of an open industry standard for content authenticity and provenance.

This is in conjunction with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), which has developed an open technical standard providing publishers, creators, and consumers the ability to understand the origin of different types of media, including the ability to add a Content Credential that allows creators to indicate that generative AI was used. Find out more about content credentials.

Adobe Firefly FAQ


Generative AI right inside your Adobe apps.

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    Photoshop

    Create gorgeous images, rich graphics, and incredible art with Firefly-powered features like Text to Image, Generative Fill, and Generative Expand.

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    Adobe Express

    Create social posts and stories, videos, flyers, and logos with Text to Image, Generative Fill, Text to Template, and Text Effects in the all-in-one content creation app.

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    Illustrator

    Create vector graphics that match the look of your own artwork with Generative Shape Fill and make new patterns and apply them anywhere with Text to Pattern.

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    Lightroom

    Create photos that look exactly the way you want, wherever you are. Remove anything in a click with new Generative Remove.

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    InDesign

    Create and publish brochures, digital magazines, eBooks, posters, and presentations. Generate images with Text to Image, powered by Firefly models designed to be commercially safe.

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    Substance 3D

    Create, texture, stage, and render 3D objects and scenes. Generate custom materials with Text to Texture in Sampler and create 3D backgrounds with Generative Background in Stager.

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