What's New In Adobe Firefly? Top AI Generation & Editing Features

Adobe’s had a big year with their AI advancements, and the expansion of their industry-ready Firefly native AI platform to include dozens of new features is testament to that. 

At the beginning of the year, Adobe Firefly was largely presented as an image generation tool capable of producing generated photos and image assets across a range of different styles. Cut to today, and the Firefly platform is churning out a lot more polished AI-generated content, spanning from vector graphics to video assets and even original music thanks to Firefly’s new ‘Generate music’ feature. 

So what can you do now with Adobe Firefly? Let’s dive in.

New AI image editing features

In addition to all the brand new generative AI tools for image-to-video, video expansions, and even text-to-audio features, Firefly’s existing image generation and editing tools have also gotten a huge update. 

There are a handful of new AI-powered editing features available not only through the Firefly web and desktop apps, but also through Photoshop, Illustrator and other Creative Cloud apps thanks to Adobe’s Firefly integrations.

These are just a few that have piqued user interest worldwide.

Remove photo (and video) backgrounds instantly

Firefly released a major update in their AI image editing tool suite that now lets you use AI to remove backgrounds instantly. Using the ‘Remove background’ auto tool, users can let Firefly’s built-in AI Assistant automatically identify the subject or subjects in a photo and remove the background automatically.

The ‘Remove background’ tool also works seamlessly with video clips. Firefly’s AI Assistant can automatically identify subjects in any video clip and remove the background instantly – no greenscreens needed! And if you do need to go and touch up background removal jobs in Firefly’s video editing suite, it’s easy enough to do thanks to the familiar UI of Premiere Pro.

Image upscale and photo restoration

On top of sharing a similar UI and layout to Premiere Pro, Firefly also provides a familiar experience for Photoshop users, with the platform’s AI image editing suite basically fitted with all your favourite Photoshop features, including image retouching and repair tools and denoise features.

Firefly’s AI-powered editing tools have also made it easier to upscale and enhance images with a single click. The AI Denoise and Generative Upscale tools use AI to automatically remove colour grain and restore finer details in virtually all low-resolution images, whether it be a landscape shot, a macro shot, or a full-body portrait in a windy, rainy, or low-lit setting.

Batch editing using automation

With Firefly’s new Interfaces feature, users can now create and run their own simple workflows, unlocking more automation possibilities for users managing batch jobs on a routine basis. 

The Interfaces feature is capable of supporting batch jobs with up to 500 assets, making it more than suitable for enterprise users or even photographers looking to build up a portfolio of consistent shots quickly – let’s say for a wedding photo album, or even for a selection of product shots for a retail or eCommerce brand.

While the Interfaces feature is still currently in beta testing, there’s a very high likelihood that the feature will roll out to Adobe’s other Creative Cloud photography apps including Photoshop and Lightroom, which is a long-standing fan-favourite for facilitating batch edits alongside its own new AI photo editing features.

Voiceovers, screen records, and webcam footage integration

Firefly is making it easier for digital creators to prepare video content for posting online. With Firefly’s in-platform video editing suite, users can now record voiceovers directly into their clip timeline, allowing content creators to perform voiceovers in real-time for a more organic final product.

The same goes for screen recording and webcam footage capture. If you’re looking to prepare a picture-in-picture video (like for a reaction video or if you’re a gamer who’s screen recording simultaneously to recording their own reactions via webcam), Firefly makes it easier to record directly into your existing video timeline, with or without audio.

AI video translation in 15+ languages

The updates to Firefly’s AI video tools don’t just stop there. Now, users can reap the benefits of Firefly’s integrated text-to-speech tools to produce AI-generated voiceover content in upwards of 15 languages. Simply write out your script in one language, and Firefly’s AI translation capabilities can convert your written script into an effortless dubbed video in your preferred language, plus multiple accent and vocal variants in masculine and feminine voices for each language as well.

You can also translate video files directly, no script needed. Simply upload your file, select the language you’d like for the video translation, and Firefly will do the rest. 

The compatible languages for Firefly’s AI video translation tool includes:

• English

• Hindi

• French

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Mandarin

Adobe has also stated this list will only continue to grow as they keep on expanding their AI translation features across video and audio generation.

Generate original and commercially-safe music

Speaking of audio generation, Firefly’s Generate music update has provided even more creative opportunities, this time in the realm of sonic expression! Using the Generate music feature, Firefly users can now compose 100% original audio tracks to suit a range of projects, whether it be a video ad, a Tiktok or Instagram reel, or even fill music for a podcast or other audio project.

Using Firefly’s new text-to-audio features, Generate music is capable of producing audio tracks of varying lengths and levels of complexity. You can produce your own 3-4 minute long original song, or even generate unique sound effects to add directly to your soundboard for a radio show. The options are endless, and with Generate music, you’re firmly in the driver’s seat.

Updates to Firefly AI Assistant

It’s been over twelve months now since Adobe first announced the rollout of Firefly’s highly anticipated built-in AI assistant. Back then at the last Adobe MAX event back in 2025, the feature was simply referred to as ‘Project Moonlight’ before being renamed Firefly AI Assistant earlier this year.

Today, the app’s built-in AI assistant is capable of so much more than it was back on its launch date. Users can now use natural, conversational language with their Firefly AI Assistant to not only generate new assets, but also to tweak and refine as needed with expert guidance from Firefly AI.

The way it works is elegantly simple:

• Provide your prompt – Use the prompt bar to outline to the Assistant what you want it to do. This could be anything, from ‘generate images of a snake wearing sunglasses in the desert’ to ‘resize these images for an Instagram post’.

• Assistant plans your workflow – Firefly AI Assistant will prepare a plan of action, outlining steps, tools, and functions involved. From here, it’s up to you to confirm or tweak.

• Execute the flow – Once the plan of action is confirmed, watch your AI agent carry out all the necessary steps for you, managing your fully automated workflow from start to finish.

• Refine with expert guidance – Firefly AI Assistant maintains a strong working knowledge of all of Firefly’s AI capabilities, so it can recommend new features and strategies for you along the way, expanding your own proficiencies with Firefly tools. You still get to oversee the workflow and accept or reject any suggestions made by your AI assistant as you work.

Compatibility with over 10 third-party AI partner models

Finally, Adobe’s commitment to making Firefly suitable for commercial and enterprise users entails so much more than simply training their AI models on copyright-safe content and protecting user privacy. It also means ensuring Firefly stays seamlessly compatible with all other industry-leading AI models.

Yes, recent updates to Firefly to include compatibility with more partner models now means that Firefly accommodates AI-generated outputs from upwards of 10 different tools. This means you can generate an image in Chat-GPT or via Gemini and continue editing and refining that image in Firefly.

Today, Adobe Firefly users can enjoy full compatibility across the following popular AI models:

• ElevenLabs

• Flux 1.1 by Black Forest Labs

• Flux.1 Kontext by Black Forest Labs

• Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) by Google

• GPT Image generation model by OpenAI

• Ideogram

• Imagen by Google

• Kling AI

• Runway Gen-4 by Runway

• Topaz Astra by Topaz Labs

• Topaz Bloom by Topaz Labs

By expanding Firefly’s compatible partner models, Adobe is ensuring users can deploy the right AI tool for their project (i.e. GPT Image for photorealism, ElevenLabs for voiceover content, etc.) and still keep their final assets centrally managed within their Firefly library.

Unleash your full creative potential with Adobe Firefly’s generative AI tools

From their ethical AI training practices to their commitment to improving their existing generative AI and editing features to meet the needs of real users, Adobe is only continuing to make strides in the world of industry-ready creative AI technologies.

Firefly’s cross-platform integration within the wider Creative Cloud suite is also opening up new doors for long-term Adobe users with established proficiency in some of the tech giant’s most widely used tools, from Photoshop to Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and even Acrobat with its new built-in AI PDF Assistant.

No matter what you’re creating, Adobe is delivering some dynamic AI generation and editing solutions that are guaranteed to optimise your workflow. And what’s to come? We’ll just have to wait and see what’s to be announced in this year’s Adobe MAX Creativity Conference, won’t we?

Adobe Firefly – FAQs

1. What are Adobe Firefly’s latest AI tools?

Following recent updates Adobe Firefly now offers industry-grade:

• AI image generation

• Video generation (short clips, B-roll footage, video upscaling, etc.)

• AI photo restoration

• Object and background removal

• AI voice generation

• AI translation

2. Does Adobe Firefly have a built-in AI Assistant?

Yes, Firefly uses an integrated AI Assistant to support users in getting the most value out of their user experience. Using the Firefly AI Assistant, users can develop and execute custom workflows to automate tasks like batch edits or ensure all produced work stays aligned with custom parameters included in a pre-established Style Kit.

3. When and where will Adobe MAX be hosted this year?

Adobe MAX will take place from November 10th-12th at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida. Attendees can either attend the conference in person or even online, with free online streaming for select keynotes and workshops/sessions.

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