Firefly Generative AI illustrations for Adobe Stock

[66Nick]

Hi,

I have just started finding my way around Adobe Firefly with the goal of selling the illustrations and images through Adobe Stock.

Please could anyone help and share their process of creating stock worthy assets from Firefly.  I really need help with the quality of the finished product so that it is within Adobe's guidelines and passes inspection without quality issues.

i have attached a previous attempt which was rejected for Quality Issues.

thank you

[Jill_C]

You could join the Adobe Firefly Discord channel. They often do livestreams .

[66Nick]

Thank you very much

[daniellei4510]

I don't see anything in this rejected image that would indicate you are not using Firefly correctly. It just needs some editing. The smallest bird could be removed, the wheels and spokes aren't rendered as well as the rest of the image, and there's a white thing that I assume was meant to be exhaust at the rear of the van that could be removed. 

[66Nick]

Thank you.  So I guess I would have to import the image to photoshop and edit the minor blemishes out? I think the wheels are meant to be like that because of the filter Inused in Firefly which was a 'paper cut' style filter. Perhaps less use of abstract filters would be better?

Also, do you know if Adobe Stock accepts the file size that Firefly outputs as I couldn't find an option to size in Firefly?

thanks so much for your time

[Abambo]

Adobe stock accepts assets with 4M pixels in size, as that is the minimal required size. Firefly has not been specifically developed for submitting to Adobe stock, but it can be used for that. As always, the quality requirements need to be met.

[Abambo]

Nice image, but beside the awful wheels, you have other artefacts like this one: 

Those issues and the like need to be addressed, before you can submit.

[66Nick]

Thanks very much.  Do you have any tips about upscaling images....should I be upscaling Firefly images for Adobe Stock?

[Jill_C]

Perhaps you should follow the Adobe Firefly Discord server or the Adobe Firefly Community Forum to learn more about how you can optimize your Firefly images.

[Abambo]

@daniellei4510 is here more expert than I am. If the generated image is not at the required size, you need to upscale, but generally you should avoid that.

[daniellei4510]

The minimum file size for Adobe is 4 MP, so you will need to upscale. If I'm recalling correctly, Mat Hawood from Adobe has stated that he normally upscales in Lightroom using the Enhance feature, effectively doubling the size of a 1024x1024 @ 72 DPI to a 2048x2048 @ 300 DPI, which should be adequate with respect to reaching the minimum.

I tend to go much larger using a variety of upscalers, but at the cost of requiring more time to edit the image. Upscaling not only enlarges the resident imperfections inherent in most all AI images, but potentially introduces new imperfections as well. If you want to go larger, try experimenting with Photoshop's Neural Filter 'Super Zoom.' I don't find it to be the best option for photo realistic assets, but it should work quite well if you are creating assets similar to the one you posted here.

[nicolettam12760100]

Hi, 

I tried using this Lightroom feature with Firefly images, but it doesn't work, i.e. it doesn't do the job. I don't understand where I'm wrong. 

[Abambo]

If you have a Lightroom issue, you should ask that in the Lightroom forum. This forum is about Adobe stock and contributors. We may give also some advice for Lightroom, however, your indications need to be more precise. You need especially to describe what you do in Lightroom.

[Jill_C]

What Lightroom feature are you referring to ?

[daniellei4510]

I think they were referring to the Enhance feature in Lightroom.

[Abambo]

I think they were referring to the Enhance feature in Lightroom.

By @daniellei4510

Whatever. They need to be more precise, if they need help with a feature.

[Nancy OShea]

Several flowers on the van are poorly drawn. 

The driver looks like a cat.  Is that intentional?

[synthetick]

All Firefly aspect ratios meet the 4 megapixel requirement, and there is no requirement to upscale.

Firefly is good with some prompts and bad with others, so it's really a case of trying out different prompts, styles, techniques etc. to find something you can work with. I don't think the campervan is a good one to work with because it has too many artifacts.

For Stock images I like to use Firefly to generate the main subject of my image, then I bring it into Photoshop and make the canvas size quite a bit bigger and I use Generative Fill with a blank prompt to expand the background around my Firefly image. I do this in multiple 1024x1024 blocks because that is the maximum size that you can generate with Generative Fill - anything bigger is just 1024x1024 upscaled. When I've filled in my canvas I flatten the image and add a Levels Adjustment Layer and use that to crush the white level, which helps show up where joins between the 1024x1024 blocks are noticeable - usually in the sky or in gradients. Then I fix those joins up with the color mixer brush and remove the adjustment layer. Finally I downsize the image to something closer to the required 4 megapixels and save as a jpg.