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cdavid1760
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August 30, 2026
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Is the following prompt against FF user guidelines: Write the following text “Charles Barkley: Fraud and Coward. See my comments” over the image. (end prompt).

  • August 30, 2026
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FF rejected my prompt saying “"Including artist names in your prompt does not meet our user guidelines". Why?

    Correct answer N8.

    Hey ​@cdavid1760 

    Adobe Firefly Generative image maker is commercially safe. 

    Common problems

    • Trademarked / Copyright
    • Political figures / Celebrities 
    • Long complicated prompts (often from ChatGPT)
      (short easy to read prompts tend to work very well)
    • busy dark background images for videos. the images need to be easy to distinguish who the main characters are and what the background is. 

    Anything to do with Children

    • 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

    Quick Google Search
    Adobe Firefly will not generate images of celebrities or political figures because it is purpose-built to be "commercially safe" and legally clean for enterprise use

    Unlike competitor models that scrape the broader internet, Adobe enforces strict boundaries around intellectual property and ethics: 

     

    1. The AI Has Never "Seen" Them (Training Data Limitations)

    Adobe trained Firefly exclusively on Adobe Stock images, openly licensed content, and public domain material where the copyright has expired. Because Adobe intentionally excluded copyrighted celebrity imagery and editorial photos of politicians from the core training dataset, the AI model does not know what these people look like and cannot reproduce their likeness.

    2. Legal Protections and Intellectual Property Indemnification

    Adobe offers corporate clients commercial IP indemnification, meaning Adobe legally protects businesses from copyright or right-of-publicity lawsuits. Generating the likeness of a famous living person without their consent violates their "right of publicity" and trademark laws. To honor this commercial safety guarantee, Firefly blocks famous names entirely. 

    3. Misinformation and Deepfake Prevention

    To comply with the Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines against deceptive content, the platform actively blocks requests for public figures. This design prevents users from creating convincing deepfakes, political misinformation, or fake celebrity endorsements that could lead to real-world harm. 

    4. Hardcoded Prompt and Reference Blocks

    Adobe uses a multi-layered moderation system. If you type a famous name (e.g., "Donald Trump" or "Taylor Swift") or try to use a photo of a politician as a structural reference, the system triggers an automatic safety filter and rejects the prompt. [1]

    Cheers

    Nate

     

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    N8.
    Community Expert
    N8.Community ExpertCorrect answer
    August 31, 2026

    Hey ​@cdavid1760 

    Adobe Firefly Generative image maker is commercially safe. 

    Common problems

    • Trademarked / Copyright
    • Political figures / Celebrities 
    • Long complicated prompts (often from ChatGPT)
      (short easy to read prompts tend to work very well)
    • busy dark background images for videos. the images need to be easy to distinguish who the main characters are and what the background is. 

    Anything to do with Children

    • 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

    Quick Google Search
    Adobe Firefly will not generate images of celebrities or political figures because it is purpose-built to be "commercially safe" and legally clean for enterprise use

    Unlike competitor models that scrape the broader internet, Adobe enforces strict boundaries around intellectual property and ethics: 

     

    1. The AI Has Never "Seen" Them (Training Data Limitations)

    Adobe trained Firefly exclusively on Adobe Stock images, openly licensed content, and public domain material where the copyright has expired. Because Adobe intentionally excluded copyrighted celebrity imagery and editorial photos of politicians from the core training dataset, the AI model does not know what these people look like and cannot reproduce their likeness.

    2. Legal Protections and Intellectual Property Indemnification

    Adobe offers corporate clients commercial IP indemnification, meaning Adobe legally protects businesses from copyright or right-of-publicity lawsuits. Generating the likeness of a famous living person without their consent violates their "right of publicity" and trademark laws. To honor this commercial safety guarantee, Firefly blocks famous names entirely. 

    3. Misinformation and Deepfake Prevention

    To comply with the Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines against deceptive content, the platform actively blocks requests for public figures. This design prevents users from creating convincing deepfakes, political misinformation, or fake celebrity endorsements that could lead to real-world harm. 

    4. Hardcoded Prompt and Reference Blocks

    Adobe uses a multi-layered moderation system. If you type a famous name (e.g., "Donald Trump" or "Taylor Swift") or try to use a photo of a politician as a structural reference, the system triggers an automatic safety filter and rejects the prompt. [1]

    Cheers

    Nate

     

    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 31, 2026

    I believe the rule applies to real people and celebrities in general.

    Adobe Community Expert | I have miles to go before I sleep, but I'm all done on this end.