What are the key differences between Adobe Firefly and Nightcafe?

Firefly is more than an AI art generator. You can use it to generate text effects, recolor vector graphics, add or remove objects in images, and more. And you can use it inside other Adobe apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Express. And Firefly is designed to be commercially safe so you can create with confidence.

Where does Firefly get its data from?

The current Firefly generative AI model is trained on a dataset of licensed content, such as Adobe Stock, and public domain content where copyright has expired.

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Cow in a field with a UFO above showing AI image generation in Firefly vs. Nightcafe

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What are the advantages of Firefly?

Firefly’s user-friendly control panel makes it easy to adjust style, theme, lighting, and composition so your generated images match your vision.
You can do creative work faster with Firefly features in other Adobe apps.
Firefly is designed to be safe for commercial use so you can create with confidence.

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The generative AI essentials.

The term generative AI describes all artificial intelligence that creates new content based on patterns it learns from data. That data could include images, text, music, video, computer code, or other content. Generative AI models use that data to generate something new.

An AI art generator like Firefly can turn word prompts into images. With these tools, professional artists and designers can quickly brainstorm, test new ideas, and build mood boards. And everybody, even if they're not a professional, can generate images for social media, marketing materials, presentations, or just for fun.

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AI generated images of art table with drawing material, flowers and textiles in two styles created with Firefly

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How Firefly differs from NightCafe.

While most generative AI tools offer a single function, like turning text into images, Adobe Firefly includes several generative AI features. The Firefly web app is a great NightCafe alternative because you can use it to generate images, but you also get specific modules for generating text effects and new color palettes. And you can use the Generative Fill feature to remove or add objects in your images.

In addition to the web app, Firefly generative AI is also embedded inside other Adobe creative apps so artists and designers can incorporate it into their workflows. If you use Adobe Photoshop, you can use Generative Fill and Generative Expand to add new objects to images or extend the canvas with new content that seamlessly blends with your original image.

Artwork of border collie and interface showing Generative Recolor in Illustrator for comparison of Firefly vs. NightCafe

Interface showing Generative Fill in Photoshop for comparison of Adobe Firefly vs. NightCafe

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In Adobe Illustrator, you can use Firefly to turn text into vector graphics, creating illustrations that are fully editable and scalable. It’s never been easier to make icons and patterns, and now you can add your own art for reference to generate new images in your own unique style. And there’s more to come. Adobe is currently exploring future uses for Firefly, like changing the mood of a video, adding and moving elements anywhere in an image, and adding texture to 3D objects

Firefly generated AI images showing farming aliens tending to crops with style variations in Illustrator in NightCafe comparison

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How Firefly maintains Adobe’s commitment to the creative community.

Adobe developed the Firefly family of generative AI models with creators in mind and in keeping with the Adobe AI ethics principles of accountability, responsibility, and transparency.

Our initial commercial Firefly model is trained on licensed content, such as Adobe Stock, and public domain content where copyright has expired. We’ve developed a compensation model for Adobe Stock contributors whose content is used in the dataset to train Firefly models. Firefly does not train on Adobe Creative Cloud customers’ personal content.

Firefly is designed to be commercially safe, so individuals and enterprise creative teams alike can explore different uses for the content they generate.

The best way to learn about Firefly is by exploring it on your own. Start generating images for free in the web app and discover all you can create.