Adobe Firefly is leading the transformation of creative workflows with its latest suite of AI tools, models, and agents introduced at Adobe MAX 2025. The upgraded Firefly platform features high-quality generation tools such as Generate Soundtrack, Generate Speech, and a new AI video editor, along with the innovative Firefly Image Model 5 that delivers stunning photorealistic images at a native 4MP resolution.
Highlights
Expanded Firefly Ecosystem
The Firefly ecosystem has grown with new integrations from partners like ElevenLabs, Google, Luma AI, OpenAI, Runway, and Topaz Labs. Firefly now also offers Custom Models that empower creators to train AI tailored to their individual styles, facilitating the generation of unique assets.
Project Moonlight: A Conversational AI Assistant
Adobe has previewed Project Moonlight, an interactive, AI-driven interface designed to aid creators within Adobe applications. This technology evaluates creators’ social channels and assists them in brainstorming ideas, enhancing visuals, and generating content simply by articulating their desires.
Ely Greenfield, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Adobe, stated that Adobe Firefly enhances the entire creative journey, facilitating the movement from initial idea generation to global sharing using AI-driven tools for video, audio, imaging, and design. The goal was to consolidate top AI models and industry-leading creative tools into one platform, enabling creators to effectively transform their concepts into reality.
Streamlined Creative Journey with New Tools
The newest version of Firefly simplifies the creative process, aiding users as they transition from brainstorming to final production with an array of advanced generative tools.
Firefly Boards and New Features
The AI-powered ideation space, Firefly Boards, now features Rotate Object for converting 2D visuals into 3D, improved PDF exporting, and bulk image downloading to enhance collaboration. Additionally, users can take advantage of Presets for immediate style generation and Generative Text Edit to modify text within images directly.
Powerful Tools for Video, Sound, and Image Generation
The latest release of Firefly brings a remarkable array of tools tailored for video, audio, and image creation:
- Generate Soundtrack (Public Beta): An AI music generator that delivers fully licensed, studio-quality tracks in seconds.
- Generate Speech (Public Beta): A text-to-speech solution that produces authentic voiceovers in various languages, utilising Firefly Speech Model and ElevenLabs technology.
- AI Video Editor (Private Beta): A multitrack, timeline-based editor enabling creators to merge generative and captured content, trim clips, add effects, and edit using transcripts or visual controls.
- Prompt to Edit: A user-friendly image editing interface allowing descriptions of visual modifications in everyday language, driven by Firefly Image Model 5 and partner models from Google, OpenAI, and Black Forest Labs.
Advancements in Image Generation
The newly released Firefly Image Model 5 (Public Beta) stands as Adobe’s most sophisticated image generation platform yet. It creates photorealistic imagery with accurate lighting, texture, and anatomical details for enhanced Layered Image Editing, allowing non-destructive and context-aware adjustments.
Custom AI Models for Unique Styles
Firefly Custom Models (Private Beta) enable creators to develop their own AI models tailored to generate content reflecting their personal or brand identity. These Custom Models remain private by default and can only be shared with explicit permission from their creator.
The Open AI Ecosystem
Adobe aims to maintain Firefly as the most accessible AI ecosystem in the creative sector, now providing access to premier third-party models such as Topaz Bloom, ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, Runway’s Gen-4, Google Veo 3.1, and OpenAI GPT Image. This adaptability allows creators to explore and combine different models seamlessly within the Firefly interface.
Availability and Access
- Firefly Image Model 5, Generate Soundtrack, and Generate Speech are currently in public beta.
- AI Video Editor, Firefly Custom Models, and Firefly Creative Production are in private beta and expected to be rolled out next month.
- Project Moonlight will be accessible in the upcoming months, with early access available through a waitlist.
- Until 1 December, Creative Cloud Pro and Firefly subscribers can enjoy unlimited image and video generations across all Firefly and partner models.