Adobe AI: Adobe launches new creative assistants across Photoshop and Premiere Pro

The rollout of Adobe AI features marks a major shift in how creative professionals use Adobe tools, as the company introduces new AI-powered assistants across its core applications to speed up editing and simplify complex workflows.

Adobe says the new “creative agent” system will allow users to describe tasks in natural language while the software handles actions such as organising footage, adjusting layers, resizing visuals, and assembling rough video edits. The system is being integrated across Adobe Creative Cloud and the Adobe Firefly ecosystem.

The assistants are rolling out in public beta across major apps including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Frame.io, while Adobe After Effects remains in private testing.

In Premiere Pro, the assistant can organise raw footage, rename files, detect speech, and generate a basic edit sequence. In Photoshop, users can remove backgrounds, manage layers, and resize images for multiple platforms with minimal manual input.

Illustrator’s AI tools are designed to generate multiple design variations from structured data, while also identifying issues such as missing fonts or inconsistent colours. In InDesign, layouts can be updated automatically using brand guidelines and style assets.

Firefly has also been expanded with new tools for creators and businesses, including rapid brand kit creation and conversion of images into short video clips. These features are designed to support faster content production for social media and marketing teams.

Adobe has integrated its system with external platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, with planned support for Google Gemini and Slack.

Company officials said the aim is to reduce friction between idea and execution by allowing creative work to begin in conversational prompts rather than traditional editing workflows.

The new Firefly features are already available on the web, while more advanced capabilities remain limited to selected users during ongoing testing phases.