Adobe is giving its Firefly AI app a major upgrade, transforming it from a video generator into a full-fledged editing workspace. The biggest change is that Firefly now allows creators to edit videos using simple text prompts, so small corrections no longer mean having to recreate an entire clip from scratch every time something goes wrong. Adobe says the update is intended to make AI video creation more practical, especially as competition in AI video tools continues to increase.
The new Firefly video editor introduces a timeline view that allows users to fine-tune frames, sounds and pacing. Users can also edit videos through text transcripts, a feature aimed at spoken content. By deleting or rearranging lines in the transcript, Firefly automatically trims or reorders the corresponding video clips.
What else is new in Adobe Firefly?
Beyond editing, Adobe extends Firefly’s underlying models and creative tools. The app now integrates Runway’s Aleph model for precise video changes and Adobe’s own Firefly video model for camera motion control. Creators can upload a launch image along with a reference video to show how the camera should move through a scene. This helps create more consistent, cinematic shots without repeated trial and error.
Firefly also adds Topaz Labs’ Astra model, which can upscale videos to 1080p or 4K directly in the app. This allows low-resolution or older recordings to be enhanced without the need for separate image enhancement tools. On the imaging side, Adobe is expanding photorealistic image creation and editing by integrating Black Forest Labs’ FLUX.2 model into Firefly. It will also be available on platforms such as Photoshop and Adobe Express.
As competition increases in AI image editing software and video creation tools, Adobe is discounting the deal to keep users engaged with Firefly. The company says that through January 15, subscribers to Firefly Pro, Firefly Premium, and 7,000 and 50,000 credit plans will receive unlimited generations for all image models and the Adobe Firefly video model.
Taken together, the updates show that Adobe is advancing Firefly to an all-in-one AI workspace that combines generation, editing, upscaling and assembly in a single place. The update also comes as Adobe continues to expand access to its creative tools, recently offering free web access to Photoshop Web for a limited time and integrating photo and PDF editing features directly into ChatGPT, further blurring the line between AI assistants and full-fledged creative apps.
