Adobe is fully investing in the AI video creation market. Its AI generation platform, Firefly, has recently received a major update: it officially launched a new video editor, which now supports precise local modifications based on text prompts, and integrates the FLUX.2 image model from Black Forest Labs, the Astra video super-resolution model from Topaz Labs, and the Aleph model from Runway, greatly expanding creative freedom and quality limits.

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Previously, Firefly's video features only supported "end-to-end generation" — if users were dissatisfied with any detail in the final video (such as the sky being too bright or the shot being too far), they could only re-enter the complete prompt and generate the entire video from scratch, which was inefficient and hard to control. Now, with the new editor, users can directly input instructions like "change the sky to overcast and reduce contrast" or "slightly zoom in on the subject," and the system will modify only the specified elements, keeping the rest of the content unchanged.

The new feature also brings a visual timeline interface, allowing users to adjust frame-by-frame visuals, audio, transitions, and other parameters for precise editing. Even more powerful is Adobe's self-developed Firefly Video model, which supports camera motion transfer: users can upload the starting frame and a reference video (showing the desired camera movement), and the AI can reproduce the same lens language, providing short video creators with cinematic camera movement capabilities.

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In terms of third-party model integration, Firefly has been very active:

- FLUX.2 (Black Forest Labs): an industry-leading image generation model, now available across all platforms, and Adobe Express users can also access it from January;

- Astra (Topaz Labs): supports intelligently upscaling low-resolution videos to 1080p or 4K, significantly improving output quality;

- Runway Aleph: enhances understanding of complex editing instructions.

To attract users to use it more deeply, Adobe has introduced a limited-time offer: users with Firefly Pro, Premium, or high-amount subscriptions can enjoy unlimited generation attempts for all image models and the Firefly video model before January 15th.

Since launching its tiered subscription plan in February this year, Adobe has rapidly iterated the Firefly ecosystem, launching web and mobile versions successively, and continuously introducing external models, building an open generation platform. This breakthrough in video editing capabilities marks Firefly's official transition from an "AI generation tool" to an "AI video creation workstation." Amidst competitors such as Runway, Pika, and Sora, Adobe is competing for the preferred entry point for creative professionals through professional-level workflows and ecological integration.