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Turn ideas into art with the AI painting generator.
You don’t need expensive paints or hours of spare time to make a frame-worthy work of art – just an idea and the power of generative AI. The Adobe Firefly AI painting generator takes your ideas and transforms them into amazing art. Just describe your painting and generate unique AI paintings in seconds.
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Explore what’s possible with Firefly’s AI painting generator.
Take a look at these creative AI painting examples generated by Adobe Firefly.
Take your creativity to new heights with Firefly.
From sun-drenched landscapes to fantastic creatures, AI painting generation helps turn your ideas into reality. Create colourful paintings in the style of different analogue mediums — like watercolour or oil — using just your imagination and a simple text prompt.
With Adobe Firefly, you can use powerful generative AI text to image capabilities to jumpstart your creative process, explore new artistic avenues and make beautiful images. To make AI-generated paintings, just type in a simple description to generate an image and then customise and refine it until it’s perfect.
Text to image prompt: purple sunset over a pond in the style of a videogame
Endless inspiration — in just a few clicks.
Save time ideating by experimenting in Firefly. Develop your prompts or try out sample prompts from the Firefly gallery. You can also generate reference images for your art projects for some extra inspiration — with Firefly, you never run out of fresh ideas.
Powerful custimisation options.
When using Firefly’s AI painting tool, you can combine different styles like “oil painting” and “palette knife” to enhance and perfect the look of your artwork. You can also adjust your image further by changing the Colour and Tone, Composition and Lighting options. For example, a muted colour palette with low lighting can give your creation an antique vibe, while a bright and colourful acrylic look would be perfect for a livelier project.
Amazing editing tools.
Once you’ve generated an AI painting you like, you can make more specific changes with Generative Fill, which allows you to selectively edit and replace parts of your artwork. Just click the Generative Fill icon at the top of every generated image. Or, bring your AI-generated paintings into Photoshop or Illustrator to customise them even more with precise editing tools.
How to use Firefly as an AI painting generator.
- Open Adobe Firefly.
Open Adobe Firefly and sign into your account. If you don’t have one, you can create one for free.
Once you’re logged in, choose the Text to Image option on the homepage. This will open up a workspace where you can type in a prompt to generate your AI painting. When you use Firefly, you get access to a set number of generative credits to use when generating AI images and artwork. Find out more about generative credits. - Write a text prompt.
Type in what you want to see in the prompt field. Be as descriptive as possible and include any painting styles and mediums you want to include in your AI painting. For example, “A unicorn in a magical grove, extremely detailed, concept art, fantasy, watercolour”.
Get more tips on how to write a text prompt for Firefly. - Generate your image.
Once you’re happy with your prompt, hit the Generate button to start painting with AI. In just a few seconds, you’ll be looking at the results – though you might not be looking at the perfect painting just yet. Once you’ve got your result, try changing the Content Type to ‘Art’ or ‘Graphic’ to nail the specific painting style. - Customise your settings.
You can customise your artwork’s appearance by changing the settings on the results page. Play with different style options to explore effects like watercolour, pop art and more. You can also tweak the original prompt and refresh your results. - Download your painting.
Once you’ve perfected your masterpiece, click the download button at the top of the image to save a JPEG of your AI painting to your device.
Text to image prompt: A fantastical cave scene with glowing turquoise water, dramatic lighting, in the style of concept art.
Remix content from the community.
Discover Firefly prompts to remix and submit your own images to the gallery.
AI painting generation: FAQs.
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What are the best practices for creating AI-generated paintings?
• Be specific. Describe the scene, colours, subject, and style of the image you want to generate.
• Iterate. Don’t be afraid to edit, adapt, and amend your prompt to suit your vision.
• Use an action. Such as create, draw, or generate, to lead your prompt.
• Add context. You can convey emotion, define depth, and curate lighting as required.