Use the Selection tool to select the shape you want to fill with vector graphics.
You can use shapes such as open and closed paths, basic shapes, grouped objects, and compound paths. You can also select multiple shapes.
Use the magic of Generative Shape Fill to add detailed vector graphics to shapes.
Generative Shape Fill is a beta feature in Illustrator on desktop now available for testing and feedback.
Generative Shape Fill, powered by Adobe Firefly, lets you fill shapes with detail and color in your own style.
Simply select a shape, provide a brief description of the fill you have in mind, and set the required creative controls. Illustrator swiftly generates multiple variations as output for you to explore. Once you try them out, choose the one that best suits your artwork. Each variation is arranged in logical groups, allowing you to do further edits easily.
Generate unique fills guided by the outlines of shapes and optional text prompts.
Use the Selection tool to select the shape you want to fill with vector graphics.
You can use shapes such as open and closed paths, basic shapes, grouped objects, and compound paths. You can also select multiple shapes.
In the Contextual Task Bar that appears, select Gen Shape Fill.
You can also access Gen Shape Fill from the Object menu, the context menu when you right-click the shape, and the Quick Actions section of the Properties panel.
In the prompt field, type in a description of the fill you're looking for. As you type, prompt suggestions guide you along, helping you add more detail.
The prompt is optional, but without it, the fill will be based entirely on the outline of the shape.
Use the options in Shape strength and detail as needed:
Use the options in Style Reference as needed:
Select View all settings , and in the Gen Shape Fill dialog box that opens, select Color and Tone to refine the colors for your fill, as needed:
Select Generate in the Gen Shape Fill dialog box. Variations of the fill appear in the Properties panel. The first variation automatically appears on the canvas as a generated object, indicated by on its bounding box, filling the shape. The shape remains on the canvas independent of the fill. A Generative Object layer is also created in the Layers panel.
In the Contextual Task Bar, use the arrows to preview the variations and select the one that best suits your artwork.
When you select a generated object on the canvas, its linked variations (the set of variations from which you selected one) appear in the Variations section of the Properties panel, allowing you to manage them contextually.
You can centrally manage all the variations generated in your document using Generative Shape Fill and Text to Vector Graphic in the Generated Variations panel (Window > Generated Variations). Even if you delete a generated object from the canvas or its linked variations from the Properties panel, they aren't deleted from the Generated Variations panel. On the other hand, if you delete a variation from the Generated Variations panel, it's no longer available as a linked variation for the object on the canvas. You can always undo the deletions by pressing Ctrl + Z or Cmd + Z.
Generate Similar isn't available for variations generated using Generative Shape Fill.
You can run Generative Shape Fill on an object created using Generative Shape Fill. Unless you ungroup the object, the new output will follow the original shape's outline.
Suppose you generate fill-1 on a shape with Shape Strength set to Loose. Then, you generate fill-2 on fill-1 with Shape Strength set to Tight. Fill-2 will match the outline of the original shape, not that of fill-1. If you want the output to match the outline of fill-1, you need to ungroup fill-1, and then generate.
If you ungroup a generated object, it loses all its linked variations.
When you run Generative Shape Fill on an object created using Generative Shape Fill, the new object inherits all the linked variations.
When you create a copy of a generated object, the copy inherits all the linked variations. Deleting one instance of a linked variation won't affect the other instance.
Hover over a variation, select More options , and then select one of the following:
Generative Shape Fill is available in the Illustrator app wherever Adobe provides services, except in China. It's designed to be safe for commercial use.
Illustrator users can access Generative Shape Fill in the app and get access to generative credits for priority processing of generative AI content as a part of their license.
Illustrator is one of the Creative Cloud apps that natively integrates Adobe Firefly, Adobe’s powerful generative AI technology. Users can now leverage the power of Adobe Firefly directly in the Illustrator app to enrich their creative processes and outputs.
Generative Shape Fill is a generative AI capability powered by Adobe Firefly. Unlike other Illustrator capabilities, this capability enables you to create detailed, editable vector illustrations from an existing shape using a text prompt.
Generative Shape Fill is a generative AI-powered capability intended to complement existing tools in Illustrator.
Generative Shape Fill works in the Illustrator app, so it shares the same system requirements.
Yes, in order to use Generative Shape Fill, you must be connected to the Internet.
Generative Shape Fill is available in the Illustrator app wherever Adobe provides services, except in China, and supports over 100 languages.
Generative credits are applied when using Generative Shape Fill. Learn more about what they are and how many are applied.
Content Credentials are a new kind of tamper-evident metadata that get added to the assets generated using Generative Shape Fill and exported as .jpg, .png, or .svg files. They increase transparency around the origins and history of the assets they are applied to. Learn more about Content Credentials.
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