Restore Firefly 3 as an option?

Is there anyway to bring back Firefly 3? I agree it is the best option for editing with Ai!

I am very disappointed that Firefly Image 3 was removed from the model selector.

Firefly Image 3 was significantly better when working with hair, fur, and fine details. It provided a natural flow of strands, realistic volume, and beautiful interaction with light — exactly what is key for high-quality portrait and realistic work.

The new Firefly Fill & Expand lacks volume, for example, and tends to make the hair look kind of greasy, but I use it and I am quite satisfied with its results. Firefly 5 produces visibly waxy, artificial, and often blurry hair results, and in the state it is in the latest version 27.6, it is unusable for me. The difference is so marked that I immediately downgraded to version 27.5 so I could continue using Firefly 3, and I am praying that it stays. I know I am not alone in this.

I understand the desire to move forward, but the complete removal of such a strong model I consider a step backwards for all those who rely on realistic organic details. I would greatly appreciate it if Adobe would consider:

• Bringing back Firefly Image 3 as an optional choice in the model selector (at least for those who need it), or
• Significantly improving the new models (Fill & Expand and Image 5) in the area of hair — strand definition, volume, natural flow, and light interaction — so that they achieve or exceed the quality of Firefly 3.

Please keep Firefly 3 at least as an optional choice for those who use it daily. For this type of work, it has so far been by far the best model.

Thank you for your attention and for the further development of Firefly.

Still gone in the latest beta (April 16)

​@robertw44482386 wrote “Will it be removed from the release version as well?”

If anyone knows the answer to your question, they would be under NDA and could not say. Generally speaking, features are tested in the beta version and not all make it to the released version.

You might voice your opinion in the Beta forum:

https://community.adobe.com/photoshop-beta-697

EDIT: Staff moved this thread from Photoshop to Photoshop Beta.

Jane