Photoshop maker Adobe is no stranger to AI images, but today marks another milestone in the company’s efforts to create accessible, ethical generative AI. For the first time in the Photoshop app, users can now generate entire images from scratch without ever leaving the program. The innovation is powered by the company’s new Firefly Image 3 model, and comes along with the capabilities to generate backgrounds, upload reference images, and iterate on existing AI art.
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Firefly is Adobe’s own take on an AI art generator. Since last year, the feature has been somewhat integrated into Photoshop, enabling features like aspect ratio stretching and generating new features. However, the ability to generate images from scratch has been limited to the Firefly web app until now (aside from some tricks involving generative fill on a blank canvas).
Firefly differentiates itself from other AI art models by limiting its training data to stock photos and Adobe-owned art, with the aim of making it safer for commercial use. Firefly Image 3 is the latest update to the model, which promises “higher quality images” with a greater focus on composition and lighting, as well as a better understanding of prompts.
Next, enter your prompt. You should also see buttons in the Contextual Toolbar to switch the content type between Photo and Art, and to apply Style Effects to your result. These can be applied both before and after generation. You should also see them in the Properties panel.
