This article gives an overview of Adobe's Generative AI feature and provides iSolutions' understanding of the current situation related to their generative credits.

Overview of Generative AI feature

Adobe has introduced a feature called Generative AI into several of their applications, with more integration of the feature into their product line expected.  

From the Adobe site:

Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that enhances creativity by producing amazing results from simple text prompts. Generative AI features powered by Firefly are now available in our core creative tools and the standalone Firefly web app. We’re starting with images, text effects, and vectors, with Generative Fill and Generative Expand in Adobe Photoshop, Text to Image in Adobe Firefly, Generative Recolor in Adobe Illustrator, Text Effects in Adobe Express, and more. Next, we plan to bring generative AI powered by Firefly to 3D, animation, and video.

They have begun to ration the use of these generative credits.

iSolutions' understanding of the current situation

During a recent meeting with Adobe to discuss Generative credits and their use, the recommendation was to carefully consider what you wanted to achieve before attempting to generate AI to avoid 'wasting' credits.

The list below summarises iSolutions understanding of the current situation, but this may change:

• Credits will just be issued to users with Creative Cloud licences.
  Users with named licence will get 1000 credits a month. Users on shared device license will only get 25 credits.
  At the moment, some users have been issued 500 credits and some 1000. Adobe have been contacted to clarify the situation.
  
  
• Users on Shared device licences will get warning after 25 credits used with no option to continue using feature.
  
  
• Users on named license will see feature slow once 1000 credits used. It is not clear how slow feature will be. And this may depend on how many users globally are using features.
  
  
• We were informed that that this would be introduced in January 2024, but it went live in November 2023.
  
  
• Generally, one click is equal to one credit, either on:
  • Firefly site,
    or
  • Within Adobe application. 

Find out more about credits on Adobe support page "Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about generative credits".

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