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September 22, 2026
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Every time I iterate on an image, it gets even further away from the original intent. Unfortunately, firefly is becoming less and less reliable, particularly compared with gemini.

  • September 22, 2026
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The firefly generator is incapable of creating what I need. I have generated the same image 3 times with the exact same style reference and prompt, yet the result gets further and further away from my original request. This is not an issue that only I am facing, but my colleagues face it too. 
Adobe Firefly is becoming one of the less successful image generators, which I don’t understand as when I used it two + years ago it was better than this in terms of listening to your requests. 

 

    Correct answer N8.

    Hey ​@hannah_6260 
    I agree this is frustrating. Especially when things were working previously. There are a few things that I notice that help.
    Make sure to delete the files that are not working to prevent having a bad seed.

    How to Delete multiple Files

    Delete multiple files


    Previous generations have some impact on the images I’m creating now.

    There is a new feature in Firefly Boards called Elements. Elements allows the user to use Elements in a way that provide consistency. You can upload: product photos, characters, backgrounds, and many other images to create images for consistency.

    Cheers​​​​​​​

    Nate

    5 replies

    Participant
    September 22, 2026

    Yes this is getting frustrating and completely unreliable. Within a month, I generated photos and videos with little to no issue now adobe does what it wants, doesn’t adhere to the reference images at all and makes my prompts weird. I cancelled my Google Gemini subscription and focused only on adobe, now I feel like with the useless updates that don’t help the creators, I may cancel this too and look for other softwares. They don’t even help by telling us what can be done to the prompts to make them work. So frustrating.

    N8.
    Community Expert
    September 22, 2026

    @noel_7579 Learning new tools is frustrating. By sharing the requested info, we can further assist you and help troubleshot.Prompting is a lot of trial and error. There are tools within the Adobe Firefly Ecosystem that are not exactly apparent that may assist users like yourself get consistent results.

    What is it exactly that you are looking to create or do? What is not meeting your expectations?

    Nate

    Participant
    September 22, 2026

    The first image is how I usually generate images and the second is how they are coming out. Not at all matching the first image. I don’t know what language to use to get the result from the first image. I attach reference images and state to match the style exactly and adobe goes rouge 

    N8.
    Community Expert
    N8.Community ExpertCorrect answer
    September 22, 2026

    Hey ​@hannah_6260 
    I agree this is frustrating. Especially when things were working previously. There are a few things that I notice that help.
    Make sure to delete the files that are not working to prevent having a bad seed.

    How to Delete multiple Files

    Delete multiple files


    Previous generations have some impact on the images I’m creating now.

    There is a new feature in Firefly Boards called Elements. Elements allows the user to use Elements in a way that provide consistency. You can upload: product photos, characters, backgrounds, and many other images to create images for consistency.

    Cheers​​​​​​​

    Nate