AI has democratized content creation. Now, anybody, regardless of their digital skills, can produce amazing creations. In the education field, this is empowering for both educators and students.
At the root of this new content creation is the prompt. Prompts are instructions given to AI to perform a task or generate an output. They guide the AI’s behaviour and influence the quality and relevance of its responses.
Through Adobe Express, with its all-in-one generative AI solution, users from any academic discipline can bring their creative visions to life. Whether creating professional-quality projects, infographics, videos, web pages, or social media posts, everyone can operate in a digital-first world.
What’s in a Prompt?
Prompts are the starting point in the AI creative process. They can be text descriptions, keywords, or commands, and they are the bridge between your intent and the AI’s capabilities.
They set the direction and scope of the generated content. Crafting clear and effective prompts is crucial in generative AI because the quality and relevance of the output depend heavily on what you ask for.
Effective prompt crafting is often an iterative process. This means experimenting with different prompts and refining them based on the initial outputs can produce more polished and precise results.
Imagine you wanted to ask Adobe Express to create a range of images for you. Here’s the best way to get the most out of your prompts:
Be specific
Detailed and specific prompts help the AI understand exactly what is required, reducing vague questions and enhancing the accuracy of the results. Use at least three words in your prompts. Stick to simple, direct language with a subject, descriptors, and keywords.
Here’s a non-specific prompt: Image of a cat
Here’s a specific prompt: A fluffy ginger cat sitting on a windowsill looking out at a modern cityscape at night.
Be descriptive
If you can describe it, you can create it. The more descriptive you are, the better your results will be. Let your imagination run wild and see what you can develop. Using the same example of image creation, look at these two prompts:
Here’s a non-descriptive prompt: A beautiful woman.
Here’s a descriptive prompt: Woman with a halo of curly hair and brown eyes, white dress, in a field of yellow flowers, realistic picture.
Use emotions
Consider your audience’s feelings to stand out and connect with them when creating something. Use words like love, gentle, and playful whether you want to create a heartwarming impression or a powerful, strong, uplifting one. Here are some examples:
A wise old man standing on the edge of a lonely cliff, overlooking a vast and barren landscape, lo-fi.
A tender moment of a young child sharing a heartfelt conversation with their wise teacher, love, wisdom.
Give more context
Providing context means you get content that is not only accurate but also appropriate for the intended purpose. Contextual information can include the target audience, the tone of the content, and the specific elements that should be included.
Here’s a prompt without context: Generate an infographic about the benefits of remote work. Here’s a prompt with context: A visually appealing infographic targeted at HR managers and business leaders highlighting the benefits of remote work, such as increased productivity, employee satisfaction, cost savings, and environmental impact.
As you can see, there are clear ways you can improve your prompt game to get the most out of any request you make of AI tools.
Getting Started with Adobe Express
What is Adobe Firefly? It is a generative machine learning model that drives Adobe Express. This is where you get to use the prompts we’ve just discussed. Adobe Express allows you to create and publish brochures, digital magazines, eBooks, posters, and presentations among other things. Getting started with Adobe Express is straightforward, with a user-friendly interface and comprehensive onboarding tutorials to guide you. Here’s an overview of some key features:
Dashboard: the main landing page where you can access all your projects, templates, and creative assets. It provides a quick overview of your recent activities and lets you easily start new projects.
Templates: a vast library of templates categorized by type (e.g., posters, social media posts, presentations). Templates are designed to help you quickly create professional-quality content.
All-In-One Editor: This is where you can create and customize your projects. It combines tools for editing images, text, and videos within a single interface.
Key features include:
- Text Editor: add and format text with various fonts, colours, and
- Image Editor: crop, resize, and adjust You can also apply filters and effects.
- Video Editor: trim, merge, and enhance video You can add transitions, text overlays, and audio tracks.
- Design Assets: A library of icons, shapes, stickers, and more to enhance your
- Generative AI: AI-powered tools to generate text effects, images, and animations based on the highly detailed prompts we’ve just discussed.
Adobe Express allows you to save your projects in the cloud, making them accessible from any device. You can also invite collaborators to work on projects with you in real-time, making sharing and receiving feedback easy.
Let’s Recap
With great prompts, the applications are endless. You can create engaging visual aids for lessons through infographics, posters, diagrams, and charts. You could also design interactive assignments and projects that include elements like digital storytelling and project-based learning.
There are applications for students and educators. Your digital skill level also doesn’t matter because Adobe Express is so user-friendly and intuitive.