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Midjourney still defines aesthetic AI imagery for many designers — painterly styles, cinematic lighting, and a community-driven prompt culture on Discord. v6 improved hands and typography, though commercial workflows often pair it with Photoshop cleanup.
Canva bundles Magic Write, text-to-image, and background removal for non-designers shipping social posts daily. Templates plus AI mean marketing teams publish faster, though brand-critical campaigns still benefit from Figma or Adobe finisher work.
Firefly focuses on commercially safer generative assets — integrated into Photoshop, Illustrator, and Express with Content Credentials. Creative teams already on Creative Cloud adopt it to avoid legal gray areas of random checkpoint models.