Firefly

Adobe is harnessing the power of Firefly AI to add two new generative AI capabilities to its Substance 3D design software. The San Jose, California-based…

In the last few months, Adobe has drastically stepped up its game by bringing generative AI features to its suite of products. Now the company has announced its mobile app version of Adobe Express which comes with Firefly generative AI features. This new feature to the app will bring ease of mobile editing and allow users to create ideas and attractive content anytime and anywhere from their smartphones. Adobe first announced its Firefly generative AI feature in September last year, now it will be bringing this smart AI…

is bringing its generative AI (GAI) tech to mobile for the first time. GAI features are included in the beta of the new app on Android and iOS starting today. They should afford users more expansive creation and editing options while they’re on the go.Using text prompts, you’ll be able to generate images and insert, remove or replace people, objects and other elements such as backgrounds. Quick Actions enable you to apply edits, remove backgrounds and resize images with a single tap. Video editing tools, a social…

With Apple Vision Pro finally available today in the US, Adobe is among the main developers releasing apps for this spatial computer. With that, the company brings its latest AI features to Apple’s most-anticipated launch.With Adobe Firefly, Apple Vision Pro users can ideate and bring their creative visions to life by generating and rendering artwork on large, beautiful displays that bring them closer to the content and arrange images in all sorts of contexts, such as drag out of the main app window to place on…

In a recent interview with media in Europe, NIO co-founder and president Lihong Qin confirmed the Chinese automaker intends to launch its family-friendly Firefly sub-brand in the market in 2025. This latest update follows nearly two years of speculation about the Firefly brand, in addition to a separate NIO sub-brand called Alps, both of which should join the EU markets. It was mid-2021 when EV automaker NIO publicly shared its intentions to expand to new markets outside China, beginning with…

Vehicle-mounted awnings have become de rigueur for overlanding and other motor vehicle adventures, offering a fast, sure way of getting some shade, even in the middle of treeless tundra or desert. Such awnings can be difficult to mount and definitely aren't optimized for quick dismounting, leaving drivers lugging around extra weight up high during stretches when they don't even need an awning. Oregon startup Humbra presents a lighter, more versatile vehicle awning solution with its new Firefly, an awning that travels…

Adobe “Magic” might be a bit of a hyperbolic term when it comes to technology, but as science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke’s third law states: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” That’s what the Generative Fill feature in the current Photoshop beta release feels like. It’s speeding up how I edit photos in dramatic fashion, and making me better at Photoshop in the process. Photoshop is very boring With Generative Fill, you can just select what you don’t want to be there anymore,…

The last remnants of Virgin Orbit have been offloaded. Firefly Aerospace has agreed to buy the defunct satellite-launch company’s remaining assets for $3.8 million. Firefly’s purchase included the leftovers from a May auction that cleaned out most of the company’s possessions, netting $36 million in Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy proceedings. Firefly’s purchase was reported in June 15th filings in a Delaware bankruptcy court (via SpaceNews). Firefly Aerospace’s purchased assets include inventory at two of Virgin Orbit’s former…

Adobe is ramping up its AI efforts across its suite of apps, with another gaining a new feature to take advantage of Firefly.Available as a beta in Illustrator within Creative Cloud from today (June 13), you can use Generative Recolor on your Mac to play around with different color palettes for your projects. Instead of changing the fill color of certain objects and logos manually, you can instead prompt the Firefly AI to fill in a project with a bunch of color palettes, and it gives you a variety of these to choose…

Adobe Inc. will reimburse its large business users of Firefly against copyright lawsuits, the company announced Thursday. The move comes as copyright lawsuits around AI-generated images are on the rise around other image generation tools like Stability AI and Midjourney, and it emphasizes Adobe’s confidence in its tool’s legal data sourcing. Adobe, however, did not clarify what the extent of its budget was for coverage, what the associated qualifying legal conditions would be, nor did it address what…