Adobe has made significant strides in integrating Adobe Firefly and enhancing the Acrobat AI Assistant to boost creativity and productivity in digital documents. Beginning June 18, Acrobat users can utilize text prompts powered by Adobe Firefly to generate and edit images within PDFs. The Acrobat AI Assistant now supports queries and insights across various document types, including PDFs, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint files.
Introducing Firefly Generative AI in PDFs
Adobe Firefly’s new features allow users to enhance existing images and generate new visuals within PDFs without leaving the application. Key features include:
Edit Image in Acrobat
- Generative Fill: Allows users to fill missing text or graphics in scanned documents.
- Remove Background: Enables users to remove backgrounds from images and create transparent objects.
- Erase: Facilitates the erasure of specific elements within an image, creating space for new content.
- Crop: Empowers users to crop images to the desired size and shape.
Generate Image in Acrobat
- Users can add new images to PDFs using text prompts powered by Adobe Firefly.
- The ability to adjust size and style makes it easy to integrate new visuals into existing documents.
These tools enable users to create professional visuals in Acrobat, catering to diverse needs such as business plans, investor pitch decks, and promotional materials.
Image Source: Adobe – AI Assistant Interface with Document Files
Boosting Productivity with Acrobat AI Assistant
The Acrobat AI Assistant introduces features that streamline content creation and information synthesis across multiple documents:
Insights Across Documents
- Users can identify key themes and trends from selected documents and format information into impactful content.
- This feature empowers users to uncover hidden insights, creating more effective documents.
Enhanced Meeting Transcripts
- Automatically generates summaries of virtual meetings, highlighting main topics, key points, and action items.
- This feature saves time and increases productivity by streamlining meeting documentation.
Image Source: Adobe – Generative Summary Interface
Commitment to Safety and Transparency
Adobe’s AI features, including Firefly and Acrobat AI Assistant, adhere to AI Ethics principles of accountability, responsibility, and transparency. Firefly is trained on licensed content to ensure commercial safety, and Content Credentials provide transparency for AI-generated content.
- Adobe ensures data security and reliability through stringent protocols and human oversight.
- This commitment to safety and transparency gives users confidence in their ability to generate high-quality, professional documents.
Image Source: Adobe – AI Assistant with Suggestions
Pricing and Availability
Adobe offers free access to Acrobat AI Assistant features from June 18 to June 28. After this period, free Reader or paid Acrobat customers can subscribe to an AI Assistant add-on starting at $4.99 per month until September 4.
- Acrobat Standard and Pro customers will receive 250 generative credits per month at no additional cost for a limited time to use with the new image features.
- Initially available in English on desktop, other languages will follow.
For more information on Adobe’s commitment to data governance and security, visit their blog.
