Hello, my name is Natasha Polozenko, also known as Nataszko all over the web.
And in this tutorial, I'm going to be diving into Adobe Firefly's Image Model 4 and Image Model 4 Ultra.
I'm going to show you how these two models help boost my creativity and fit into my overall illustration workflow.
To start, I'm going to drop an illustration into a Firefly Board that I created earlier.
I want to use Firefly to help me generate some ideas for a background scene.
And to do so, I can go ahead and start prompting in here.
I want an illustration of a flat, minimal, 2D landscape scene in a park, featuring a tree, the sun, plants, and an arched bounding shape.
And I want to make sure that I have Firefly Image 4 selected in the drop-down here.
If I wanted to, I could go ahead and hit Generate to see what that would give me.
But I have a very specific vision for what I want.
And so I went ahead and imported a super rough sketch I created to help give Firefly a little more direction.
I'm going to use my sketch as composition reference and select Generate.
And as you can see here, four different options have been created for me.
I like how this is looking with my character illustration overlaid on top, but now I want to play with the style of that background.
If I select Style here and navigate to these images that I dropped in earlier from the Adobe Stock Library, I can use the Eyedropper to try out what they look like.
It's also important to know that if you click on the Generation settings, you can fine-tune how strongly you want Image Model 4 to follow your style and composition references, and you can increase or decrease the overall intensity of your visuals by using this slider.
I love how this one turned out, and I'm going to try the second one too to see how it looks.
I'm definitely going to go with this direction here.
Also, you might be wondering about the difference between these two here.
Essentially, Image Model 4 is used to generate simple, high-quality content like illustrations, icons, photos of basic objects like a portrait of one person or an animal.
This model will cover about 90% of your needs.
Image Model 4 Ultra, on the other hand, is your go to for realism and detail, allowing you to render photo-realistic scenes, human portraits, and medium groups.
This model prioritizes precision over speed.
Let's try out what Image Model 4 Ultra looks like with the same prompt.
As I mentioned, this model really shines when it comes to photo-realistic rendering, but even with illustration, you'll notice a bit more detail and depth with the Image 4 Ultra version.
You may have also noticed that Image Model 4 Ultra generates one option instead of four.
I also want to take the moment to mention that you can also generate your images directly inside of the Text to image module on the Firefly site.
You'll see that if I use the same prompt, composition and style references, I'm going to have very similar results.
But for me, the benefit of working in Boards is that I'm able to layout, organize, and compare my visuals so that I can easily iterate, ideate, and even share with others to collaborate or comment.
It really all depends on your personal preference.
So, that's that.
This is how I like to use the Image 4 models to help me quickly and easily generate ideas and concepts, which I can now take and use as a reference or inspiration for my final work.
I can also pull these generated images directly into Photoshop, Illustrator, or Express if I need to.
If you want to learn more, I'll drop a link below to a detailed guide on generating with the Image 4 models.
It's continually being updated, so all the info in there, is the latest and greatest.
Until next time.
Bye for now.
