Adobe drops 2 game-changing AI tools for 3D artists

Adobe Substance 3D
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Generative AI continues to advance at a rapid pace, with text-to-image generators now able to handle text and video, to an extent. One of the next frontiers is 3D, and Adobe has just announced a potentially game-changing move with the first addition of tools driven by Firefly AI in Adobe Substance 3D, its suite of 3D programs.

Firefly, Adobe's own suite of generative AI tools, is already powering text-to-image features in the likes of Photoshop and Illustrator. Now it's coming to Substance 3D Sampler and Stager in a move that Adobe says will boost efficiency and creativity in 3D workflows for industrial designers, game developers, VFX professionals and other content creators. Here's what's included.

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Joe Foley

Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.

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