As I’ve probably mentioned already, when I first surveyed Adobe customers a couple of years ago (right after DALL•E & Midjourney first shipped), it was clear that they wanted selective synthesis—adding things to compositions, and especially removing them—much more strongly than whole-image synthesis.

Thus it’s no surprise that Generative Fill in Photoshop has so clearly delivered Firefly’s strongest product-market fit, and I’m excited to see Illustrator following the same path—but for vectors:

Generative Shape Fill will help you improve your workflow including:

• Create detailed, scalable vectors: After you draw or select your shape, silhouette, or outline in your artboard, use a text prompt to ideate on vector options to fill it.
• Style Reference for brand consistency: Create a wide variety of options that match the color, style, and shape of your artwork to ensure a consistent look and feel.
• Add effects to your creations: Enhance your vector options further by adding styles like 3D, geometric, pixel art or more.

They’re also adding the ability to create vector patterns simply via prompting: