Artists and designers are expressing concerns about the new AI features in Adobe Illustrator, which were showcased at the company's annual MAX conference. One of the features, Text to Vector, allows users to generate professional vectors using simple text prompts. Some artists see this as a threat to their creative profession and worry that it may lead to fewer job opportunities for designers. While Adobe promotes AI as an artist's "co-pilot," there are concerns about the potential impact on the industry.
Adobe has launched Generative Recolor, a generative AI tool that allows designers and marketers to change the colours, themes and fonts of graphics in Adobe Illustrator through text prompts. The tool is the latest addition to Adobe's cluster of generative AI tools and models under the umbrella of Firefly. Generative Recolor uses Firefly to generate a rendering of a scene or a theme based on textual prompts, then extracts the colour palettes from that image and applies it to the user's graphic, recolouring it based on the mood or theme a user requests.
SMD stencils, typically used for applying solder paste to PCBs, can also be used to create custom designs on LED matrix displays. By using Adobe Illustrator to generate the artwork for the stencils, users can easily create one simple shape and copy it over the whole array with proper spacing. The possibilities for custom designs are limited only by imagination.
