Last October, Adobe introduced a new assistant called “Project Moonlight,” which performed tasks by integrating with Adobe apps like Acrobat, Photoshop, and Express. This product is now being released as Firefly AI Assistant.
The Firefly AI Assistant will enter public beta soon. Adobe hasn’t clarified if it will have different pricing from the Firefly credit-based subscription tiers.
The Firefly AI Assistant allows users to describe desired creations, handling the rest. It operates across Adobe apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator, and more to perform tasks.
Users can control outputs via text prompts, buttons, and sliders. The assistant suggests actions, coordinates apps, and executes workflows while allowing user interaction.
It offers controls based on project needs, like adjusting tree levels in a forest photo. The assistant learns user preferences over time, suggesting appropriate actions.
Adobe is also launching “skills,” involving multiple steps, for the assistant. The “social media assets” skill helps adapt images across platforms by cropping, resizing, and optimizing file sizes.
Adobe has been advancing AI assistants for Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat. It’s exploring better integration with third-party large language models.
Competitors like Canva and Figma are developing agentic workflows, but Adobe emphasizes uniting its well-known tools.
“We can reduce the friction of learning our large tool catalog and offer value at the user’s fingertips with Firefly AI assistant and agentic experiences,” said Alexandru Costin, VP of AI and innovation at Adobe.
Adobe is enhancing the Firefly tool with a video editor, speech noise reduction, reverb and music adjustments, color tools, and stock library integration. It’s adding Kling 3.0 and Kling 3.0 Omni models to Firefly’s third-party AI models.