Adobe Firefly Image 5 Brings Support for Layers, Will Let Creators Make Custom Models

Why It Matters

The enhancements give creators deeper control and a unified AI workflow, strengthening Adobe’s competitive edge against rivals like Canva and expanding its revenue potential in the fast‑growing generative‑AI market.

Summary

Adobe unveiled Firefly Image 5, boosting native generation resolution to 4 megapixels and improving human rendering, while introducing layered and prompt‑based editing that lets users modify objects without losing detail. The update adds a closed‑beta feature for creators to build custom image models from their own artwork by dragging and dropping assets, and expands third‑party model support across OpenAI, Google, Runway, Topaz and Flu. Adobe also refreshed its video generation tool with layer‑and‑timeline editing, and added audio capabilities that generate full soundtracks and speech via ElevenLabs. The revamped Firefly site now lets users toggle between image and video generation, select models, adjust aspect ratios, and view recent history and shortcuts to other Adobe apps.