ALERT! NEW LESSONS NOW LIVE! Artificial intelligence tools are changing the entire creative space. Adobe Photoshop has come out with an amazing AI tool that absolutely blows my mind.
This new generative fill tool gives us insight into the power of combining AI and creativity. In these new lessons we will talk about this new game changing feature added to Adobe photoshops latest software version.
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We will get a get a handle on the basics of generative fill and generative expand tools in Adobe Photoshop by doing basic projects.
We will get to change somebody’s clothes and hair style within seconds as well as create heart shaped clouds. We will get a chance to understand how the tool works by writing effective prompts, creating the right selections and more. There will be a few student projects along the way that you get to try your hand at including a body swap on a fox and creating a mythical dinosaur creature So, let’s learn this amazing new Photoshop AI tool together so we can be on the forefront of emerging technological advancements and upgrade our creative workflows.
I had similar experience with AI creation, though I used different platform. What can I say, this WOW effect was for a few days...After that I got tired to explain to it what I really want, the result was too poor (I am perfectionist), but most importantly I had 0 satisfaction in such creative process. I think this last factor for so many creative people will be crucial. We are not in this industry for serving our clients only, first of all we here because of us and creating new things. AI takes this pleasure/credit from us. Therefore, I don't play this games, its too boring.
AI is still struggling so much with finer details, if you are a perfectionist you are going to be massively disappointed. Hands, eyes, faces, it just does not look right so far. Typography is a mess in AI too. It is really fascinating still and I do see potential, but we are just at the very start of all of this.
It's interesting and as an upcoming self-taught graphical designer, who is also not currently in a job... it's very freightening at the same time, as many more people will be able to do basic things & those who are already amazing graphical designers & artists, will use it to further themselves even more.
So while it's definitely amazing having AI on the side & as and option to elaborate things, it's very scary as well.
I feel the same way. I feel like "cautious optimism" is a good term to phrase how I feel about AI right now. Just using Adobe Firefly for 20 hours straight in the last 48 hours I come away with mixed emotions of excitement about using the tool but also see its limitations on a lot of things. I am hoping Adobe takes it seriously and decides to slowly add finished AI tools to their current programs that also help to retain human creativity while using them. I know that will be hard to balance.
Thanks, Lindsay. Absolutely fantastic article on a subject that impacts us all. Thanks for all your research!
In the 90s, I was in photography school, learning the hands-on techniques and tricks to taking and developing high-end photos. But, my instructors pointed out that everything we were learning there would soon be obsolete because of this new thing called Photoshop. Bubble burst. I didn't finish photography school because of that, but because of other life circumstances.
Years later, I found myself in the graphic design world. I've been using Adobe products since near the beginning and have seen the new tools constantly increase my productivity, Photoshop included. What would take me days now only takes minutes or even seconds. It didn't replace my work. It improved it.
But to your questions, is AI another tool to advance productivity, or will it make us obsolete? I believe it's a bit of both. This advancement is a very different creature than the other new products and upgrades.
Back to the photography aspect. With advanced phones in everyone's pockets, we all seem to be photographers today. Images people used to pay professionals for they now take themselves albeit, in an obviously reduced capacity. However, when people want high-quality, personalized photos, they still hire a photographer—weddings, family photos, and custom corporate and business photos. People unwilling or unable to pay photographers were the first clients to disappear. But a professional photographer is still needed when it comes to the personalized good stuff.
I believe our fate is similar. Clients who don't prioritize the value of originality and high quality will be the first to go. Frankly, they already have. Canva and the like are all they need. But people needing, valuing, and who can pay for personalized, original, and high-quality designs will still need a graphic designer—at least for now.
AI will have such far-reaching impacts that it won't just be graphic designers. It will impact the fabric of our reality, society, and humanity. Buckle up. Let's see where this ride takes us.
Really well written response! I agree completely! I also liken this to when the $99 dollar logo competitions ran wild about 10-15 years ago. Who needed to pay a designer $500+ for a Logo when you can run a contest and get 60 designs to choose from for much less? Also, just a few years ago Fiverr changed the space by lowering the price on creative services. It cheapened design but also other creative industries. But those who focused on higher quality clients that valued their work, they actually might have done better because of all of it. I love your comparison to photography. There will always be a time when a pro is who you want to invest in and are proud to pay them for their incredible quality and human touch. AI will allow those who provide quality custom services to be the Crème de la crème
So interesting, Lindsey. I do more writing than art, although I create social media graphics for our promotional products company. Also mock-ups, so I’m basic. I’ve just discovered ChatGPT for my writing and social media prompts. Anyway, thanks for a detailed, informative article. You provide great information and advice. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hoping to do more writing in the next year as I slowly get away from video based content (it will be a much needed break!). Not sure I can edit videos much longer and retain my sanity. I loved my time with ChatGPT, it looks some time to really learn how to maximize the prompts and giving it prior information before getting what you needed but it was pretty fascinated by it all. I can see how helpful it might be for social media posts. Of course I can still spot AI writing from a mile away but it is evolving with time.
Well, years ago Timothy Leary was trying to figure out how to link the human brain directly to computers, and this is just another step in that direction. Nothing will replace hand made art, but nothing can stop evolution, just ask Duchamp. Learn and enjoy, and create with a new tool.
nothing is going to stop this train so we might as well buy a ticket. Once we get through the legal ramifications of sourcing photos and who gets the proper ownership and credit, i can really enjoy using these tools and I encourage anyone to experiment and form their own opinions on the matter. this is for everyone reading this comment, don’t let the mainstream news form your only opinion on AI
I knew this would be a sore topic for many people but we need to talk about it. MidJourney and many others are currently being sued. MidJourney ended its free trial the other day making it almost impossible for me to recommend anymore as I was mostly using to learn, not to use any of the imagery for commercial use (that is a whole other topic). Adobe is at least going to give credit and ask for permission from artists. It is currently in beta and has a watermark which states it cannot be used for commercial use. I think they are still going to be working out how to give credit to authors (I am sure that will be complex). AI will change so much in a 24 hour news cycle, I can write an article and it can be outdated in hours. This is a tough space, but I wanted to give some thoughts (pros and cons) for students. I tried to be balanced and honest but not everyone will agree with anything I say about AI. I would caution using anything right now for commercial use as that is still such a legal minefield.
I am already using AI to racially improve the quality of my work as a Brand Developer, especially through ChatGPT, thanks to this article which made me follow the links and delve more deeply into the subject. Lindsay you write beautifully and have the ability to explain things so clearly and eloquently, captivating us with your knowledge, expertise and wisdom. Thanks for everything you do.
I have been working as a graphic designer for 5 months in a digital marketing agency and I mostly work on designing digital or social media ads, but due to emergence of AI tools for generating digital ads which are pretty amazing, it brings me to thinking that whether in the future will marketing agencies even need a graphic designer.
My questions are...
"Should I adapt the traditional learning process of watching tutorials?"
Happy to hear everyones thoughts on AI or anything else related to this topic, or your experience with it.
ALERT! NEW LESSONS NOW LIVE! Artificial intelligence tools are changing the entire creative space. Adobe Photoshop has come out with an amazing AI tool that absolutely blows my mind.
This new generative fill tool gives us insight into the power of combining AI and creativity. In these new lessons we will talk about this new game changing feature added to Adobe photoshops latest software version.
How to Watch
Free Course updates on Udemy course Graphic Design Masterclass Learn GREAT design
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We will get a get a handle on the basics of generative fill and generative expand tools in Adobe Photoshop by doing basic projects.
We will get to change somebody’s clothes and hair style within seconds as well as create heart shaped clouds. We will get a chance to understand how the tool works by writing effective prompts, creating the right selections and more. There will be a few student projects along the way that you get to try your hand at including a body swap on a fox and creating a mythical dinosaur creature So, let’s learn this amazing new Photoshop AI tool together so we can be on the forefront of emerging technological advancements and upgrade our creative workflows.
I had similar experience with AI creation, though I used different platform. What can I say, this WOW effect was for a few days...After that I got tired to explain to it what I really want, the result was too poor (I am perfectionist), but most importantly I had 0 satisfaction in such creative process. I think this last factor for so many creative people will be crucial. We are not in this industry for serving our clients only, first of all we here because of us and creating new things. AI takes this pleasure/credit from us. Therefore, I don't play this games, its too boring.
AI is still struggling so much with finer details, if you are a perfectionist you are going to be massively disappointed. Hands, eyes, faces, it just does not look right so far. Typography is a mess in AI too. It is really fascinating still and I do see potential, but we are just at the very start of all of this.
It's interesting and as an upcoming self-taught graphical designer, who is also not currently in a job... it's very freightening at the same time, as many more people will be able to do basic things & those who are already amazing graphical designers & artists, will use it to further themselves even more.
So while it's definitely amazing having AI on the side & as and option to elaborate things, it's very scary as well.
I feel the same way. I feel like "cautious optimism" is a good term to phrase how I feel about AI right now. Just using Adobe Firefly for 20 hours straight in the last 48 hours I come away with mixed emotions of excitement about using the tool but also see its limitations on a lot of things. I am hoping Adobe takes it seriously and decides to slowly add finished AI tools to their current programs that also help to retain human creativity while using them. I know that will be hard to balance.
Thanks, Lindsay. Absolutely fantastic article on a subject that impacts us all. Thanks for all your research!
In the 90s, I was in photography school, learning the hands-on techniques and tricks to taking and developing high-end photos. But, my instructors pointed out that everything we were learning there would soon be obsolete because of this new thing called Photoshop. Bubble burst. I didn't finish photography school because of that, but because of other life circumstances.
Years later, I found myself in the graphic design world. I've been using Adobe products since near the beginning and have seen the new tools constantly increase my productivity, Photoshop included. What would take me days now only takes minutes or even seconds. It didn't replace my work. It improved it.
But to your questions, is AI another tool to advance productivity, or will it make us obsolete? I believe it's a bit of both. This advancement is a very different creature than the other new products and upgrades.
Back to the photography aspect. With advanced phones in everyone's pockets, we all seem to be photographers today. Images people used to pay professionals for they now take themselves albeit, in an obviously reduced capacity. However, when people want high-quality, personalized photos, they still hire a photographer—weddings, family photos, and custom corporate and business photos. People unwilling or unable to pay photographers were the first clients to disappear. But a professional photographer is still needed when it comes to the personalized good stuff.
I believe our fate is similar. Clients who don't prioritize the value of originality and high quality will be the first to go. Frankly, they already have. Canva and the like are all they need. But people needing, valuing, and who can pay for personalized, original, and high-quality designs will still need a graphic designer—at least for now.
AI will have such far-reaching impacts that it won't just be graphic designers. It will impact the fabric of our reality, society, and humanity. Buckle up. Let's see where this ride takes us.
Really well written response! I agree completely! I also liken this to when the $99 dollar logo competitions ran wild about 10-15 years ago. Who needed to pay a designer $500+ for a Logo when you can run a contest and get 60 designs to choose from for much less? Also, just a few years ago Fiverr changed the space by lowering the price on creative services. It cheapened design but also other creative industries. But those who focused on higher quality clients that valued their work, they actually might have done better because of all of it. I love your comparison to photography. There will always be a time when a pro is who you want to invest in and are proud to pay them for their incredible quality and human touch. AI will allow those who provide quality custom services to be the Crème de la crème
So interesting, Lindsey. I do more writing than art, although I create social media graphics for our promotional products company. Also mock-ups, so I’m basic. I’ve just discovered ChatGPT for my writing and social media prompts. Anyway, thanks for a detailed, informative article. You provide great information and advice. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hoping to do more writing in the next year as I slowly get away from video based content (it will be a much needed break!). Not sure I can edit videos much longer and retain my sanity. I loved my time with ChatGPT, it looks some time to really learn how to maximize the prompts and giving it prior information before getting what you needed but it was pretty fascinated by it all. I can see how helpful it might be for social media posts. Of course I can still spot AI writing from a mile away but it is evolving with time.
Well, years ago Timothy Leary was trying to figure out how to link the human brain directly to computers, and this is just another step in that direction. Nothing will replace hand made art, but nothing can stop evolution, just ask Duchamp. Learn and enjoy, and create with a new tool.
nothing is going to stop this train so we might as well buy a ticket. Once we get through the legal ramifications of sourcing photos and who gets the proper ownership and credit, i can really enjoy using these tools and I encourage anyone to experiment and form their own opinions on the matter. this is for everyone reading this comment, don’t let the mainstream news form your only opinion on AI
Well, Midjourney especially is just stolen Artstation, which is a giant copyright breach. Which goes against everything, you taught us.
And even Adobe didn't mind asking creators on Adobe Stock, if they want to be used and abused by their AI..
I knew this would be a sore topic for many people but we need to talk about it. MidJourney and many others are currently being sued. MidJourney ended its free trial the other day making it almost impossible for me to recommend anymore as I was mostly using to learn, not to use any of the imagery for commercial use (that is a whole other topic). Adobe is at least going to give credit and ask for permission from artists. It is currently in beta and has a watermark which states it cannot be used for commercial use. I think they are still going to be working out how to give credit to authors (I am sure that will be complex). AI will change so much in a 24 hour news cycle, I can write an article and it can be outdated in hours. This is a tough space, but I wanted to give some thoughts (pros and cons) for students. I tried to be balanced and honest but not everyone will agree with anything I say about AI. I would caution using anything right now for commercial use as that is still such a legal minefield.
I am already using AI to racially improve the quality of my work as a Brand Developer, especially through ChatGPT, thanks to this article which made me follow the links and delve more deeply into the subject. Lindsay you write beautifully and have the ability to explain things so clearly and eloquently, captivating us with your knowledge, expertise and wisdom. Thanks for everything you do.
I have been working as a graphic designer for 5 months in a digital marketing agency and I mostly work on designing digital or social media ads, but due to emergence of AI tools for generating digital ads which are pretty amazing, it brings me to thinking that whether in the future will marketing agencies even need a graphic designer.
My questions are...
"Should I adapt the traditional learning process of watching tutorials?"
OR
"Should I learn the AI tools first?"