AI can make something from nothing in imagery and video, and now designers look set to get similar skills, too.
Adobe’s artificial intelligence technology known as “Firefly” is getting some new skills this week, as the maker of Photoshop imparts some creative skills to both Photoshop and Illustrator.
Photoshop is where Firefly has seen testing for a while now, with image generation technology essentially allowing creators to add objects to images simply by writing in a prompt. The idea isn’t far removed from other AI concepts — such as how you can make music from simple text — and sees image elements appearing seemingly from nothing more than text, and the latest is improved by Adobe’s latest Firefly model.
However, Adobe is going beyond image additions in Photoshop with additions to Illustrator, with some new features.
Generative Shape Fill will see Illustrator able to fill a shape with designs and patterns made from a text prompt, offering three examples for you to choose before redefining your prompt. Meanwhile, text to pattern will allow you to create patterns solely from text, expanding on how designs look.
They’re just some of the ways Adobe is improving two of its biggest Creative Cloud apps, though there are others.
Photoshop will get an adjustment brush to apply non-destructive edits, such as changing colours simply by painting them in, while the selection brush improves, too.
Outside of the AI features, many of Adobe’s changes appear like small things to improve the efficiency of designers and creators, but they’re all rolling out now across Photoshop and Illustrator, while direct Firefly integration makes its way to InDesign, as well.
Adobe notes the AI improvements should be available in the desktop apps now, while Photoshop’s additions can now be found in both the desktop app and the web app, as well.
