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Ashley Stroud
Participant
April 13, 2026
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I asked for a logo to be simplified into five colors for reproduction processes. It changed the name and year of the company in the logo so it is unusable. Yet, I got charge credits for this!

  • April 13, 2026
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Original Logo
Changed year result from Firefly

I asked Firefly to simplify the logo into five colors for a t-shirt run we are working on. It changed the year of the founding! I cannot use this. I could do it manually faster and not loose credits. The prompt was simply: vectorize this camp logo using only five colors: brown, green, black, yellow, red; use halftone effects to create variations of colors like beige, orange, and grey. Emphasis on print reproduction separation process.

    Correct answer Hajar Toutsi

    Hi Ashley Stroud,
    Thanks for taking the time to share this.

     

    What you’re asking for (accurate logo simplification, strict color separation, and preserving exact text like the founding year) is actually closer to a production/prepress workflow than a generative one.

     

    Tools like Adobe Firefly are designed to reinterpret and recreate images, not to precisely preserve every detail. Because of that:

    • Text (like names and dates) can sometimes be unintentionally altered

    • Color reduction isn’t handled as true print separations

    • The output may look visually similar, but isn’t guaranteed to be production-accurate

    That’s why you saw the founding year change, this is a known limitation of generative AI today, not something you caused with your prompt.


    If it may help, I used this prompt, and it gave me a close output to your request, but it won’t be vectorized:
    “Recreate this logo exactly. Do not change, rewrite, or reinterpret any text, letters, or numbers. Preserve all wording exactly as shown. Simplify the artwork into a flat vector-style design using only five colors: brown, green, black, yellow, red. Use halftone dot patterns to simulate additional tones (beige, orange, grey). Maintain original composition, layout, and proportions. No new elements.”  

    Recreated logo using Gemini 3.1 (w/ Nano Banana 2)

     

    Let us know if this was helpful.

    Hajar

    [Moved to questions]

    2 replies

    Ashley Stroud
    Participant
    April 14, 2026

    I've used over 200 credits to design a t-shirt artwork for my community service group. I exported 4K with transparency but the image is pixelated with the transparent grid behind it. It's unusable and I wasted credits. 

    Image is pixelated with transparency grid in the bitmap downloaded. Correct size, low quality.

    Use contour beige border around design and eliminate the rectangle with a transparent background.

    Hajar Toutsi
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 14, 2026

    Hi Ashley Stroud


    What feature in Firefly have you used to create your logo? please share with us both the image you downloaded and its public link, you can find it under Your Stuff > Generation History, select the generated logo and choose "Share public link" (If you prefer not to share it publicly, you can still paste the link in the inbox)

    Let us know.

    Hajar
    [Moved to questions]

    Hajar Toutsi
    Community Manager
    Hajar ToutsiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    April 13, 2026

    Hi Ashley Stroud,
    Thanks for taking the time to share this.

     

    What you’re asking for (accurate logo simplification, strict color separation, and preserving exact text like the founding year) is actually closer to a production/prepress workflow than a generative one.

     

    Tools like Adobe Firefly are designed to reinterpret and recreate images, not to precisely preserve every detail. Because of that:

    • Text (like names and dates) can sometimes be unintentionally altered

    • Color reduction isn’t handled as true print separations

    • The output may look visually similar, but isn’t guaranteed to be production-accurate

    That’s why you saw the founding year change, this is a known limitation of generative AI today, not something you caused with your prompt.


    If it may help, I used this prompt, and it gave me a close output to your request, but it won’t be vectorized:
    “Recreate this logo exactly. Do not change, rewrite, or reinterpret any text, letters, or numbers. Preserve all wording exactly as shown. Simplify the artwork into a flat vector-style design using only five colors: brown, green, black, yellow, red. Use halftone dot patterns to simulate additional tones (beige, orange, grey). Maintain original composition, layout, and proportions. No new elements.”  

    Recreated logo using Gemini 3.1 (w/ Nano Banana 2)

     

    Let us know if this was helpful.

    Hajar

    [Moved to questions]