Anyone who has used AI image or video generator We know that these tools often do the opposite of accuracy. If you're using an AI generator with a specific idea in mind, it can require a lot of work to bring that exact vision to life.
Adobe believes its AI hub, Firefly, can be a place where AI can be customized and precise, and that's what the company is aiming to do with the release of a new AI video editing tool on Tuesday.
Through 2025, Adobe has quietly emerged as one of the most accessible places. Generative AI tools. With subscriptions starting at $10 per month, Firefly is an affordable program that offers integrations with top models from Google, OpenAI, Runway, Luma, and several other leading AI companies. Topaz Labs is expanding its roster with Astra (available at ). firefly board) and Black Forest Labs' Flux 2.1 is available for Firefly and Photoshop desktop.
Steve Newcomb, Firefly's vice president of products, said in an exclusive interview that this partnership helps make Firefly an all-in-one hub for creators to leverage AI. Just as Photoshop is a “career partner” for photographers, Firefly aims to be a partner for AI video and image creators.
“If you are a photographer, [Photoshop] has everything you want. One subscription, all tools, all plugins in one place. You don't need to subscribe to 25 different photos,” Newcombe said. “So for us, at Firefly, our philosophy is: How can we be that home?”
One way is through partnerships with AI companies, similar to Photoshop plugins. Precise editing tools are another thing, he says.
That's why Adobe is making it easier to edit AI-generated content. Hallucinations such as objects disappearing and reappearing, strange blurriness, and other inaccuracies are common in AI-generated images and videos. For professional creators using Adobe, the inability to edit illusions makes AI almost unusable in the final project.
In my own testing, I often found the editing tools to be basic at best. At worst, they don't exist at all, especially with new AI video technologies. Firefly's new prompt-based AI video editing feature announced Tuesday is a way to get that hands-on control.
If you've ever edited images via prompts in Firefly, the video setup will feel very familiar. If you've never done it, prompt-based editing is a fancy term that basically means asking an AI to make changes, similar to when you talk to a chatbot. Google nano banana pro Gemini is an example of an AI tool that can be edited through prompts.
Firefly's video prompt editing also has the added bonus of being able to switch between models for editing. For example, you can generate it in Firefly and edit it in Runway's Aleph.
As with other AI chatbots and tools, prompt-based editing isn't always accurate. However, it's a great option that doesn't require you to leave Firefly for Premiere Pro.
In this example, notice how prompt-based editing turned the airplane into sneakers.
Newcombe said the plan goes beyond just prompt-based editing. AI-based precision editing tools for Firefly become even more important, allowing you to make even more granular changes. What makes this possible is a technology behind the scenes called layer-based editing that allows you to easily and deeply modify AI-generated images and videos.
Adobe plans to implement layer-based editing in the future, which could form the basis of future AI video editing tools. The goal is to make it easier to continue working with Firefly “all the way to the last mile” of editing, Newcombe said.
“We can run the entire range of the accuracy continuum all the way through, and you just have to think of prompts as one tool among many. But it's not the only tool,” Newcombe said.
For now, we have one more video editing news that will help you create more accurate AI videos.
AI video editing that requires no Premiere Pro expertise
Adobe is also bringing a fully AI video editor into beta on Tuesday. This is the next step in making AI videos editable and usable.
Debut at the company's annual general meeting max conference In October, a public beta version of the video editor was released. it sits between basic video editor And feature-packed Premiere Pro. Perfect for AI enthusiasts who don't need Premiere Pro expertise and want more powerful editing capabilities than OpenAI or Google.
A video editor helps you organize all parts of your project in one place. There is a multi-track timeline where you can compile all your clips and audio tracks. This is especially important. Because you can also create your own. AI voice and soundtrackFirefly AI videos are not natively generated with audio. (You can use Veo 3 or Sora 2 However, Firefly generates an initial clip with audio. ) You can also export in different aspect ratios.
“Think of Video Editor as one of our cornerstone releases to help you move to one place, one home, where you have one subscription and have access to all the models you need to get the job done,” said Newcomb.
