Re: The AI doesn’t have the same quality as before

Hello @SammieS,

The models are not static. They do change. But as they evolve, it generally is not a single change and they cannot go backwards.

I tried to replicate what I think you were looking for. I had no luck with model 4 at all. So, I went back to Model 3.

Using Model 3, I encountered something I have not seen before. The images using these prompts (which were all variations of your original prompt) generated ok with model 3 with fast mode on, but with fast mode off, they looked distorted. Example:

I was able to upscale fast mode images and not get distorted results.

These are what I came up with. I am not sure if they are close enough to what you were looking for:

I changed your prompt to:

cute simple plain whimsical doll-like flat cutouts of Santa Claus and elderly Mrs. Claus with bead-like eyes and rosy cheeks in muted red suit and brown boots, children's book illustration with white background,soft lines, delicate shading, hand-painted, whimsical, limited muted warm colors,in front of white wall with white space around

with these styles:

In set the style intensity all the way to the left.

If I used "stickers" instead of "cutouts", there was white space around Santa that would make it easier to remove the background with Photoshop or Adobe Express:

Is this closer to what you are looking for?

    droopy

@SamarthS 
(Sorry if this post is repeated. I responded just a few mins ago & then went to post it & it never showed up on the thread.)

Thanks for responding. I will try model 3 again & attach the images I'm getting below. I have tried it in the past, but the images were not as good as what I would get with model 4, so that's why I only use model 4. I also want to add that I'm not very worried about the composition and style reference not working properly, I hardly used that feature to begin with, but I will do it for the sake of this post. 

Prompt: cute Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus with rosy cheeks, muted red suit and brown boots, cartoon cozy watercolor, hand-painted, whimsical, muted warm colors, no harsh outlines, white background, delicate shading, storybook style.

Original images from model 4 from about 3 weeks ago.↴
Model 4 today. ↴

Model 3 with fast mode ON. ↴

Fast mode OFF. ↴

Original image from model 4 as style reference for model 3 with fast mode OFF. ↴

With fast mode ON. ↴

Composition reference. Fast mode ON. ↴

Composition reference with fast mode OFF. ↴

Here is the images I get with the vector creator. ↴

I really hope this issue can get resolved, I really have enjoyed using Firefly vs other image generators. It was working seamlessly for me & the images were great. It was doing great with my prompts, I would have to occasionally adjust my prompts to get the stlye and colors I was looking for out of it. I really don't want to make the switch to a different generator, but if it continues on like this, I will be forced to. I do wish y'all would give free access to the premium features without the use of our generative credits until the issue can be resolved or at least not charge people during this time until it's resolved. 

I also want to mention again that I don't want to use the style/composition reference for image generation. I get inspiration for my clipart from others & I will not put someone else's work in here to recreate. It is very time consuming doing that if making a large clipart set & it's also not ethical either. 

I hope y'all can figure out what's going on, I really like Firefly & want to continue using it. 

Thanks for reading. 

Hi @SammieS. 

I am sorry for the issue. Are you getting the reference issue while using the model 4? If yes, can you try using the Model 3? We have already raised the issue with the product team, where the reference image is not working with Model 4. 
Let us know if this works for you.  We appreciate your patience. 
Thanks 

Thanks, Samantha, for the detailed post. I appreciate it. I troed your prompt in Text to vector and got these images: