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February 27, 2026
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Firefly Prompt decline

  • February 27, 2026
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I decided to give Firefly another try today after pausing it for six months due to repeated frustrating experiences in the past.

I entered a completely standard prompt for a music logo. Nothing controversial, nothing unusual. The kind of prompt that produces solid results in virtually any other image generation tool.

Firefly responded with a monkey graphic and the message “Prompt declined.”

At this point, I am honestly done. The constant prompt rejections are frustrating enough. The tone of the decline screen feels dismissive rather than helpful. And the fact that this is a paid service makes it even harder to justify.

Adobe, this is simply not acceptable. Users need transparency, consistency, and professional feedback when a prompt is declined. Right now, it feels unreliable and, frankly, embarrassing for a product at this price point.

I wanted to like Firefly. But experiences like this make me feel upset in the stomach just when I hear the word Adobe. Last time I am using Firefly. What a waste of time.

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    February 27, 2026

    Hey @RedPoint

    Help us, help you. When you don’t share your prompt, we can’t help you. Firefly is not going to tell you. 

    I also find negative prompts or contradicting prompts throw Firefly for a loop. As a result, the prompt might / could be declined.

    Example: keep the original image, do not change the “face in any way”… 
     

    Other Common problems

    • Trademarked / Copyright
    • Political figures / Celebrities 
    • if it has children or child like images (an absolute no/ firefly will not generate anything that even resembles a child/ even childlike)

    or

    • - the prompt has words associated with children example: boy, girl, kid, kids, child, children and so on...
      Many Generation Models will not generate anything to do with children.
    • Nudity

    Cheers

    Nate