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Adobe Centers Creative Suite on Agentic AI With Firefly Image 5, App Assistants and Audio Tools

Public betas for soundtrack and speech arrive as Adobe opens its platform to partner models, prepares YouTube Shorts workflows, and pursues a ChatGPT handoff.

Overview

  • Adobe unveiled Firefly Image Model 5 alongside Prompt to Edit, introducing conversational, layered image changes designed for higher‑fidelity, context‑aware edits.
  • An AI assistant in Adobe Express is now in public beta, while a Photoshop assistant and Project Moonlight are in private beta to coordinate assistants and draw creative context across apps and social channels.
  • Firefly’s Generate Soundtrack and Generate Speech launched in public beta, and a web‑based Firefly video editor with a multitrack timeline is currently in private beta.
  • Adobe is integrating third‑party models across Creative Cloud, including Google Gemini and Black Forest Labs for image workflows, ElevenLabs for voice, and Topaz for upscaling, while expanding enterprise and creator options with Firefly Foundry and custom models in early access.
  • A Create for YouTube Shorts workflow will roll into Premiere mobile and YouTube, and Adobe says it is working with OpenAI to let ChatGPT start and hand off Express projects with no launch date announced.