Adobe Firefly Review: The New Generative AI (Detailed Guide)

Adobe Firefly is a Adobe’s suite of generative AI models, designed to give you more power, speed, ease and precision into Adobe’s software, and trained on a unique dataset. Most notable is their AI art generator built within Adobe Firefly.

In this article, we’ll explore what Adobe Firefly is, its features, how to get access, FAQ, and our hands-on experience with the beta test.

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What is Adobe Firefly?

Adobe Firefly is an generative AI that uses machine learning algorithms to create or edit unique artwork with just a few clicks, available online and also in Photoshop, Illustrator, Express and Stock.

It can be used to generate a variety of art styles, including abstract, landscape, and portrait, among others.

This software has been designed to simplify the process of creating or editing artwork, making it accessible to everyone.

We look at some of the key features below but we recommend you watch the Adobe Firefly Video to truly understand its power.

 

Adobe Firefly Release Date: Sep 14th, 2023

On September 14 2023, Adobe released the commercial release of Generative AI, making it officially out of Beta.

• Adobe Firefly models and web application are now commercially available
• Adobe Firefly is now natively integrated into Adobe Express and Photoshop and Illustrator in
  Adobe Creative Cloud
• Users can now choose to access Firefly through a standalone web application, Adobe Express and Adobe
  Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop and Illustrator
• Adobe is introducing Adobe GenStudio for Enterprises, combining the best of content ideation,
  creation, production, and activation to revolutionize the Enterprise content supply chain

 

Adobe Firefly Features

Let’s take a look at some of the current key features of Adobe Firefly:

• Text to image — Create unique images from a detailed text description.
• Text effects — Apply styles or textures to text with a text prompt.
• Recolor vectors — Create unique variations of your artwork from a detailed text description.
• Generative fill — Fills in gaps in your images and generates new content from scratch.

Latest Adobe Firefly Features: September 2024

With the latest Adobe Firefly release, you can experience a significant boost in image generation quality, greater accuracy, new levels of detail, and enhanced styling capabilities.

With precise customization, the latest Firefly enables you to create highly accurate, brand-aligned images that capture nuanced details and refined styling.

Enhanced Image Precision and Quality

Enjoy a significant improvement in overall image quality, with clear, photorealistic details that reduce the need for post-editing. Firefly’s custom models capture intricate elements, making them ideal for photorealistic styles. Enhanced styling options also provide precision for specific needs like composition and stylistic references.

Advanced Styling and Customization

With advanced customization options, Firefly allows you to refine models based on Composition and Style preferences, achieving greater accuracy in subject portrayal and improved scene composition. Its improved prompt handling and structure refinement ensure balanced proportions and visual harmony, ideal for capturing brand-specific aesthetics.

Discover how to retrain your custom models on Firefly Image 3 Model to harness these elevated styling and accuracy features.

Plus:

• Inpainting
• Text to Vector
• Extend Image
• 3D to Image
• Text to pattern
• Text to brush
• Sketch to image
• Text to template

Adobe is also exploring ways to bring generative AI into audio, animation and motion graphics design apps.

Watch the latest video from Adobe and it’s future vision for Adobe Firefly, including text to color enhancements; advanced music and sound effects; brilliant animated fonts, graphics and logos; and powerful script and b-roll capabilities. JUST wow!

 

How to Get Adobe Firefly

As of September 14th 2023, Adobe Firefly is out of beta testing and you can access it via the latest Photoshop or Illustrator programs with an active Adobe CC subscription.

This said, you can try it out for free online, even if you’re not a current Adobe CC subscriber.

1. Simply visit the Adobe Firefly website
2. Sign in to your Adobe account or Register an account for free
3. Start using Adobe Firefly online.

 

How to Download Adobe Firefly

You can not download Adobe Firefly. It is an AI technology that is built into select Adobe programs most notably Photoshop, Illustrator, Express and Stock.

See below on how to get Adobe Firefly in these programs.

 

How to get Adobe Firefly in Photoshop or Illustrator

You must have the latest Photoshop or Illustrator version to use Adobe Firefly. Here’s how to update:

1. Open the Creative Cloud desktop app.
2. Select Updates in the left sidebar of the Apps panel.
3. Select Install for the Photoshop app or Illustrator.
4. Once installed, select Open. You now have the latest Photoshop or Illustrator with Adobe Firefly inside.

 

How to get Adobe Firefly in Photoshop (Beta) and Illustrator (Beta)

As of May 23, Adobe Firefly’s generative AI technology is available in Photoshop (beta) for all subscribers.

The feature headlining the release is “Generative Fill”, which allows users to highlight a portion of an image using the selection or lasso tool and fill it with AI generated imagery using a text prompt. You can watch a tutorial in the video below.

 

How to get Adobe Firefly in Photoshop (Beta) or Illustrator (Beta)

1. Open the Creative Cloud desktop app.
2. Select Beta apps in the left sidebar of the Apps panel.
3. Select Install for the Photoshop beta app or Illustrator beta
4. Once installed, select Open.

You must be a current subscriber to Adobe CC to access Adobe Photoshop beta or Adobe Illustrator beta. It’s worth noting that you can run multiple beta builds at the same time.

If you don’t see the “Generative Fill” option straight away, close PS Beta and re-run the CC updater, make sure you have the latest version. You need Photoshop V24.6+ to use Adobe Firefly.

For more information see the Adobe’s Photoshop Beta FAQ as well as this video tutorial on how to download Adobe Beta apps.

 

Adobe Firefly now in Adobe Express

Announced on June 8th 2023, at the Adobe Summit EMEA, Adobe Express launched a new version of Express for desktop, with generative AI tools built into their new all-in-one editor.

The technology from Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and Acrobat is embedded in Adobe Express, making it fast, easy and fun to create brilliant content.

Click here to download the Adobe Express App or use the online version of Adobe Express here. Both are free forever, and have Firefly built in. No credit card is required.

 

Adobe Firefly now in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator with Firefly is here. With this new update, you can open up a whole new world of color with ‘Generative Recolor’.

This allows you to transform your color palette with simple text prompts, as well as detect fonts with ‘Retype’ and discover the enhanced Image Trace tool.

Watch the video above to learn more.

 

Our Adobe Firefly Beta Test Experience

 

We had the opportunity to test Adobe Firefly Beta and were impressed with its AI capabilities although it still has a way to go.

The software was intuitive and easy to use, even for someone with little to no experience in art.

We were able to create unique artwork in just a few clicks using the text-to-image auto-generation features.

The text effects were also impressive, and we were able to create artwork that looked like it had been created using traditional art mediums with a touch of a button.

We’re looking forward to trying out the vector recoloring tool soon, and the other explorations mentioned above.

Take a peek at Adobe FireFly (Beta) in this video:

 

Adobe Generative Fill in Photoshop – WOW!

The most impressive feature in our opinion is the magical Generative Fill, which allows you to create AI generated images from a simple text prompt, in seconds.

You can use the magic to:

• Remove or replace parts of an image (Handy for stray objects)
• Add to an existing image (Easily add in objects without searching for stock)
• Expand an image or change the aspect ratio

We also found it handy to generate ideas on the fly, saving hours of experimentation!

The best part though is that you can fine tune each addition with a non-destructive layer.

Watch it in action here:

Want to give Generative Fill a shot? Download Photoshop (beta)

 

Adobe Firefly Cost

Is Adobe firefly free? Yes and no. The online version of Adobe FireFly is free and available to everyone, not just active Adobe CC subscribers.

But to use Adobe Firefly in the latest Photoshop or Illustrator programs you will require an active Adobe CC subscription which starts at $19.99/m.

Adobe FireFly is also in Photoshop (beta) and Illustrator (beta) and this is available only to active Adobe CC subscribers.

 

Adobe FireFly FAQs

 

Adobe FireFly Alternatives

We’ve reviewed several AI art generators here on JUST Creative so if you’re looking for something more powerful, check out these Adobe Firefly alternatives:

1. Midjourney
2. DALL-E 2
3. Bing Create
4. Night Café Creator
5. Artbreeder
6. DeepAI
7. StarryAI 
8. Wombo
9. AI Picasso
10. Canva AI

 

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Adobe FireFly Conclusion

We believe Adobe Firefly is going to be a game-changer for artists and designers who want to create stunning artwork quickly and easily.

Its advanced features and intuitive interface make it accessible to everyone, regardless of their skill level.

We can’t wait to see what Adobe does with Firefly in the future, and we highly recommend trying it out for yourself!