Last week we talked about the presentation of Firefly, the new AI image generation platform created by Adobe. The company decided to enable a waitlist for all users interested in testing its first public beta, and recently approved our request, so today we're going to take a quick look at its current offering.
Some novelties simply absorb the Web, and artificial intelligence is no exception. All the giants of the market have been caught in the algorithmic storm and rush at great speed to offer new products. But there are also those who adopted a more relaxed stance, and in that category we find Adobe.
Although it was one of the first to take advantage of the benefits of artificial intelligence, the truth is that its Firefly generative image platform arrives a bit late. However, it's clear that Adobe's strategy is very different, prioritizing details like obtaining licenses. Recently, Adobe approved our request for access to the Firefly beta, and this is what we found.
Generating Images with Adobe Firefly Beta
The first step is... accepting all disclaimers and terms of use. Adobe is leaving nothing to chance here, and from the start warns about restrictions and failures during the generation process. The available options in its interface are two: Text to Image and Text Effects, while Recolor vectors has not yet been enabled.
The gallery serves as a source of inspiration to reuse prompts, but the good news is that Firefly doesn't have tokens or limits in the number of generated images, so we can try multiple combinations and make mistakes freely.
The prompt is only half the equation in Adobe Firefly. The platform offers a series of presets to obtain more specific effects. For example, Content Type suggests options like Art, Graphics, and Photo.
The Styles are divided into seven categories (Digital Art, Synthwave, etc.), Color and Tone brings back more vibrant or softer colors, Lighting allows us to play with light, and finally Composition adjusts the camera behavior. The idea is to start with a simple prompt, and then activate all these modifications until achieving the desired image. We also shouldn't forget the aspect ratio, with four different values.
The Text Effects function is simpler, but no less interesting. First we enter the expression to stylize, and then we describe what kind of pattern we want. The available categories here are five: Sample Effects, Effect Fit, Font, Background Color, and Text Color. This function is a bit slower than normal at first, but then it ends up developing a good rhythm.
Finally, it is necessary to highlight that Adobe Firefly's filters are very severe: Several of the prompts we tried with Bing were rejected here. At this point it would be very useful for the user if Firefly's interface indicated or highlighted the prohibited words, but we cannot lose sight of its beta status.
Adobe Firefly seems to have started off on the right foot, and we hope it keeps improving. It also has no alternative, so to speak: The competition is very tough.
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