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January 30, 2025

So... the word "ZOMBIE" is still a no-go in Firefly?

  • January 30, 2025
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Maybe a year ago I reported that the word "Zombie" was being blocked in Firefly.
Funny, because in the first version of the app, the word was accepted, and then it was not accepted anymore.
Today I decided to try again, see if the good folks at Adobe had come to their right mind senses and allowed the word in the prompts.
Tried different variations because I thought the problem might be the word "invade", but not. I prompted "Zombies in pink suits" and it was also blocked.
Its seems its still not allowed, and this baffles me beyond comprehension.
Is it offending anyone? Did any undead complained or filed a report?
Seriously... someone give me a straight answer because this doesn't make any sense.

PS: Funny enough, the word "Undead" is not blocked and "Undead" seems like a heavier word when compared to "Zombie".

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Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 31, 2025

@DaddyDoom Challenge accepted! Love using FF to create horror images but you have to get creative.

As correctly asserted - you have to get around some of the language limitations in the model.

"Undead" works just as well as "Zombie".

"scars" "damage" "deteriorate" all still work effectively even with person or portrait in the prompt.

Unfortunately one of the big gotchas today is anything regarding "blood", "bloody", etc.

 

I love your image from the old beta but unfortunately they have moderated this into oblivion with SFW guidelines.

Dubious that you will ever be able to recreate that or even now use it as a reference image without violation notices.


Here is a quick example of the quality improvements though not bloody still pretty good:

Undead portrait with white hair recessed eyes and exposed teeth; face is deteriorated with scratches and scars

Above was with Firefly V3 and below is Firefly V2.

V2 always gives me a cartoonish output with Art or even worse with Photo selected as the media:

Somehow I don't think grandma would appreciate this.

 

I have a great workaround the limitation using custom brushes in PS to add my own bloody effects:

 

DaddyDoomAuthor
Inspiring
January 31, 2025

Funny enough, I just dug on my FF try-outs folder that goes back to the first day I got acess, and this was the result of a prompt using the word "ZOMBIE".
These days I can't get anything remotely similar, and this was back in 2023.

January 31, 2025

Hey @DaddyDoom 

 

Just add a bit more to what @DeanUtian mentioned. 
I got good results when I used the prompt: 
skeleton with old clothes walking


Remember to use ref images or style images. Firefly is great at using those images to create your creative ideas.

Cheers

O. Nate

Community Expert
January 31, 2025

@DaddyDoom 
I tested a few variations. For most attempts, I got the same - "Can't load. We can't process this prompt" message. This was for a simple prompt like: zombie walking on a sunny day
Strange thing was that replacing "zombie" with "undead person" gave me results without the error.

I did get 'zombie' to generate results when I started typing, then Firefly suggested a prompt and I accepted the suggestion, as in the example below.