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Adobe Express Replaces Design Guesswork With AI Text Prompts

Why draw a flower when Firefly can generate hundreds for you to choose from?

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Adobe's all-in-one Express design tool has exited beta and is now available globally with Firefly generative AI built-in.

Express is Adobe's easy graphic design software solution, making it simple to create flyers, resumes, banners, and logos, as well as Reels and TikTok videos. It uses a combination of drag-and-drop and one-click tasks to combine video clips, artwork, animations, and music for videos, while also offering access to thousands of design templates and Adobe Stock assets. But now you can just tell it what to create.

This new version is being touted as "AI-first" due to the integration of Adobe's Firefly generative AI, which is already being used in Photoshop, as well as coming to Premiere Pro and After Effects. For Express, Firefly allows users to "quickly generate custom images and text effects from text prompts in over 100 languages and [is] designed to be safe for commercial use."

Adobe also says integrating AI into Express "helps creators to take the guesswork out of design, and quickly find the perfect addition to content or get personalized template recommendations that fit unique styles."

Express has a free plan available which includes Firefly-powered features, so you don't need to pay to take advantage of AI in your creations. However, there is a Premium plan costing $9.99 per month or $99 per year which unlocks access to more features and thousands more royalty-free assets to use.

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Matthew Humphries

Matthew Humphries

Former Senior Editor

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I started working at PCMag in November 2016, covering all areas of technology and video game news. Before that I spent nearly 15 years working at Geek.com as a writer and editor. I also spent the first six years after leaving university as a professional game designer working with Disney, Games Workshop, 20th Century Fox, and Vivendi.

I hold two degrees: a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Games Development. My first book, Make Your Own Pixel Art, is available from all good book shops.

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