Exciting Firefly Updates Enhance Realism, Control, and Collaboration in Creative Cloud Apps
Adobe has just announced significant AI enhancements:
- The Firefly Image Model 4 and Model 4 Ultra now facilitate advanced text-to-image generation
- Introducing Firefly Boards, a new collaborative tool currently in beta
- Integrations with third-party AI tools are now part of Adobe’s creative suite
- AI enhancements are integrated into Creative Cloud apps like Photoshop and Illustrator
This marks Adobe’s most ambitious initiative to establish Firefly as a key player in the generative AI landscape, competing with OpenAI and Google. The enhancements focus on speed, control, and high-resolution outputs for image generation, alongside new collaborative tools for creatives.
New Capabilities and Features:
Firefly Image Model 4 is now Adobe’s most efficient and controllable model, enabling creators to generate images at 2K resolution with customizable styles, angles, and formats.
For more intricate and hyper-realistic images, Model 4 Ultra offers advanced realism and better structure rendering, allowing for detailed scenes and photorealistic elements.
Expanded Creative Freedom:
The updated Firefly web app includes access to third-party models such as OpenAI’s GPT image model, Google’s Imagen 3, and Veo 2 for video. Additional integrations like Luma, Pika, and Runway are on the horizon.
However, Adobe emphasizes that only its own models are labeled “commercially safe”—a decision rooted in the fact that they are trained on licensed and public content, avoiding the copyright issues faced by some competitors.
Revolutionizing Collaboration:
Firefly Boards transforms moodboarding into a collaborative generative AI experience akin to Figma’s FigJam but with AI capabilities. A mobile app is also in development.
Photoshop and Illustrator are also enhanced:
- Photoshop introduces smarter color tools and enhanced editing suggestions
- Illustrator unveils generative shape fills and text-to-pattern features, now out of beta
Adobe is not just implementing AI; it’s creating a comprehensive AI ecosystem across various devices and platforms, aiming to be the most creator-friendly and secure choice available.
Stay tuned for Adobe’s upcoming AI creative agent, which could transform how professionals utilize Photoshop.
