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Adobe completely owns the graphic market. Adobe Photoshop, an image editing program, is so ubiquitous that it is referred to as editing a photograph.
Sure, at first, it required a lot of legwork from the users, but before long, tools automating the job began appearing in the programs. Not shockingly, Adobe is investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI). One of the new services they offer is Firefly.
Firefly is a generative service, which generates new images based on text commands. Once you enter your command, the image appears on the screen and enables you to decide whether it will be a photograph or a work of art. You may also alter the light, colors, proportions, style, and comparable options, similar to Dall-E 2 from the company Open AI, a “sister service” to Chat GPT, and professional tools like Midjourney.
Free or not
The free version of Firefly allows you to produce a number of images at no cost. How many is determined by something called credits. You are given a certain number of credits when you sign up for them and the rate at which they are used is based on what you do.
If you decide to pay, you’ll receive more credits and you’ll avoid the Adobe watermark. As a free user, your images will have a red Firefly logo at the bottom.
However, these terms are subject to change. Firefly is a new service and Adobe is clear that it is under development. In the long term, we can of course expect to see more AI tools in Adobe’s other services.
How do I get started?
Go to firefly.adobe.com and click on Get Firefly for free. You can immediately read more information about the service and see how it works, but to use it you need to create an account. You can do this by clicking on Log in. The easiest way to sign in is to use your Google, Facebook, or Apple account, but you can also choose to Create an account to register with an email address of your choice. Either way, just follow the instructions.
What is the tour?
The first time you open the service, you will see how it works. Click on Next or select Skip the tour.
How do I create an image?
Using Firefly is easy. Once you have logged in to firefly.adobe.com, you will be taken to a page with an empty text field. Type your command here and press Generate-button. This will open a window that looks like our image on the right.

