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AlanGilbertson
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March 13, 2025
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Cross-Product Creative Challenge #2: Firefly Gallery Choice

  • March 13, 2025
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You don’t have to be an expert! This is for anyone at any skill level. The main thing is to have a go, and let the joy of creating be its own reward!

 

Thank you to everyone who took part in last month's challenge. This month's is a little different. Instead of using your own prompt, pick a starter image from the Firefly Gallery such as this one.

Generate a new image using the same prompt, then use Firefly, Adobe Express, or Photoshop, to expand the image into a finished product of your choice using at least one other app from Creative Cloud and/or Substance 3D. The point of the challenge is to work across apps, so this is important.

 

Save an image, screenshot, or video clip of your final artwork, post it as a reply to this post, and (important!) describe your process and which tools you used. Let's see how far your creative ideas can go!

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Participant
March 21, 2025

From the gallery, I chose the image below 

I generated a new image using the prompt

I selected the far left image and opened into photoshop.

I used the magic want to select the upper area and generated with the prompt "galaxies, planets and stars". I then selected the lower portion and generated using the prompt "beautiful violent planetary environment". The middle area with the sky, birds and the land were selected and I used the planet/stars prompt. I finished using the retouch and the adjust tool to lighten/darken and to selected the landscape warm colors. I had no idea what I was doing, I have not done this before and just kept trying different things and undoing what I messed up or didn't like. There are things I was not sure how to fix and I accidentally "lost" one of the planets with making adjustments. This was a fun challenge!

AlanGilbertson
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March 21, 2025

That's great, Glynis. Poking around in the apps and discovering new things that work (or don't!) is what this challenge is for. You totally got it!

@mj
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March 20, 2025

It's amazing how there is always a twist with what you get as a final result

AlanGilbertson
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March 20, 2025

True. What was your process on this one?

EuanWilliamson
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March 20, 2025

 

The rarely spotted purple Scottish peacock showing its heather camouflage.
It's a sister species to the haggis bird

 

Peacock prompt:

hyper opulent, extremely gorgeous handmade flamingo w/ peacock feathers, hand-stitched/quilted body & head, beads for limbs, rhinestones for facial features & bling, glittering, debonair, swanky, metallic,posh,dangles, in amateur seamstress’s fashion studio, high end fabrics & embellishments, flamingo pinks, peacock teals, browns & navies
Background prompt:
Scottish moorlands with a highland cow in the distance
Workflow: the peacock was originally pink, swapped direction facing for the comp. Colored peacock, adjusted lighting on
it and the background.
Best regards, Euan.
AlanGilbertson
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March 20, 2025

Aye, lad. That's a rare sighting, indeed. The hielan' coo can't believe it, either!

Anna Natter
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March 20, 2025

It started with this image:

Then I imported the image to Substance 3D Stager to add 3D models after matching the perspective ansd lights. Then I went back to Photoshop to add some post processing.

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AlanGilbertson
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March 20, 2025

Beautifully Sci-Fi, Anna! Love your aesthetic.

Rollan Banez
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March 20, 2025

Created the image in Firefly as needed and sent it into Photoshop (Web) for Generative Expand and other image adjustments

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AlanGilbertson
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March 20, 2025

Nice one! Thanks for showing the workflow.

Henrik Heigl
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March 19, 2025

I choose originally the Prompt from the Gallery "A black and white illustration of an adventurous otter astronaut joyfully jumping on the lunar surface." then changed it to a hedgehog and expanded it to the right. Then I put some rockets in it. done.

regards,Henrik
AlanGilbertson
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March 20, 2025

Yes. I mean, whoever heard of otters on the Moon? Of course it's a hedgehog!

@mj
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March 23, 2025

🤣

Rene Andritsch
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March 19, 2025

From the original prompt “Car on a road” I expanded to “car in a dark, stormy night with rain” because I wanted to see how th rain looked. There was a style reference to the gallery image so maybe that did not fully carry over but the clipped paper worked kind of all right. I the took it to Photoshop to add some light cones because don’t drive at night with your lights off 😉 Also added a simple Vignette.

March 19, 2025

That's one way to brighten up a rainy night. 

 

lambiloon
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March 19, 2025

 

3d cartoon boy riding a motorbike in 4k showroom & Edited in Photoshop for Overlay

Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional
March 19, 2025

Looks like a great gift idea. 

@mj
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March 23, 2025

Cool!

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March 19, 2025

I used this photo as a reference in adobe firefly to make another one, added cyberpunk movement 
used a prompt cat with a cute look, close-up portrait of a kitten

AlanGilbertson
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March 20, 2025

Fun!

Participant
March 15, 2025

This sounds like a fun and inspiring challenge! Exploring creativity with Firefly Gallery images is a great way to experiment and learn.