Adobe Firefly Enhances Video Creation with New Features, Highlights Privacy Commitment

July 17, 2025
Adobe Firefly Enhances Video Creation with New Features, Highlights Privacy Commitment
  • Although style presets are exclusive to Adobe's Firefly AI model, the company plans to support third-party AI models in the future to stay competitive.

  • Since its launch, Firefly models have generated over 26 billion assets globally, highlighting its widespread adoption.

  • Firefly primarily targets short, high-quality clips, contrasting with longer video generation tools like OpenAI's Sora, focusing on ease of use for creators.

  • Adobe emphasizes user privacy by ensuring content created with Firefly is not used for training AI models and is protected through digital signatures, reinforcing responsible AI use.

  • The platform now supports uploading composition references and offers new style presets such as claymation, anime, line art, and 2D, enabling users to maintain a consistent aesthetic across multiple clips.

  • Keyframe Cropping enables precise video formatting by uploading initial and final frames, specifying cropping preferences, and describing scenes, with an 'Enhance Prompt' feature to refine user inputs.

  • All partner models, including Google's Veo 3, are accessible with a single Adobe sign-in, and Adobe commits to not using user-created content for model training, ensuring privacy and security.

  • Adobe Firefly's subscription plans start at $9.99 per month, with higher-tier options, while competitors like Google offer plans up to $20 per month or $250 for full access to Veo 3.

  • Adobe has upgraded its Firefly platform with new features that significantly enhance video creation, including improved motion fidelity for smoother, more natural videos, especially for dynamic subjects like animals.

  • A new 'Generate Sound Effects (beta)' feature allows users to quickly create impact sounds and atmospheric noises, with four variations per clip, though speech support is limited.

  • Firefly now includes a 'Text to Avatar' feature that converts scripts into videos with customizable avatars, making it easier to produce educational and promotional content.

  • Users can create videos in various aspect ratios—vertical, horizontal, or square—adding flexibility for different platforms and formats.

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