Make faster, smarter edits.
Cut, trim, and rearrange video and audio clips on a simple layered timeline. Build your story with an AI video editor that simplifies editing and speeds up workflows.
What is the Firefly AI video editor?
The Firefly AI video editor is a single workspace where you can edit videos, upload clips, and generate new clips that fit your existing footage.
Prompt to edit your video in the AI video editor.
Create a video with generative AI and use plain language to make edits in the AI video editor. Add or remove objects or change backgrounds to take your video from almost there to picture perfect.
Drop in a new scene and refine it with the AI video editor.
Generate new scenes from any frame on your timeline — then use the video editor to turn your creations into finished stories.
- Edit different types of social media video formats (vertical, square, horizontal).
- Create interview and podcast cuts using Text-Based Editing.
- Integrate B-roll quickly into product reviews and tutorials.
Level up your demos, tutorials, and training videos.
From initial idea to final cut, build the compelling video content you need with Firefly as your AI video editor.
Why use Firefly for AI video editing?
Firefly makes AI video editing fast and intuitive by giving creators full control from ideation to execution. With Firefly, you can use integrated tools to:
- Assemble clips directly in your web browser
- Edit your generated videos using natural language prompts
- Continue to edit further within the Firefly video editor or Adobe Premiere desktop
How to use the AI video editor in Adobe Firefly.
Follow these steps to tell a standout story with the Firefly video editor.
- Start in Firefly.
From the Adobe Firefly homepage, go to the Video module and choose Start from scratch or Open Editor. If you’re currently in the Generate Video experience, select Edit in the Video Editor. - Access and add your generations.
Sign in and open Generation History to browse your previous text to video outputs and supported Firefly video generations. Drag these clips or any uploaded files from the Media panel onto the primary timeline track. Stack additional shots on upper tracks for cutaways, overlays, or titles. - Trim and split your sequence.
Hover over the edge of a clip to trim it. Use the Split tool to cut a clip where desired. When you move clips around, the main track will help keep your story tight. - Add text.
Open the Text panel and choose a template. Edit in the canvas and refine in Properties to change font, size, color, and more. - Add audio.
Drag music, voiceover, or effects to an audio track. Select a clip and use Properties → Volume to balance levels. Nudge timing so beats land on cuts. - Generate new clips.
Open Generate in the right panel. Enter a prompt, set duration and aspect ratio, and generate. Your result will appear in Generation History — drag it straight into the timeline to extend your story. - Export your video.
Click Download and choose your format to save your story locally to your device.
Need more power and precision? Take your videos into Premiere to refine them further with AI-powered features.
Questions? We have answers.
Firefly now includes a browser-based video editor so you can assemble your generations directly in Firefly. With the video editor AI, you can access your Firefly generation history, assemble your generations on a multi-track timeline, add titles, and import media from other sources. You can also generate video from a frame directly in the timeline.
No prior editing experience is required. The video editor AI capabilities in Firefly are intuitive for anyone to get started and assemble their clips, directly in their web browser.
Generate video within the editing workflow, right from the editor. No need to use a separate app — the video generation capabilities are right where you need them, when you need them, as part of the timeline assembly experience.
Access your Firefly generation history so you can easily access and assemble generations, including video, images, voice, soundtracks as you work.
Create more compelling content with text templates and editable text properties.
We believe the best AI video editor helps creators edit video fast with creative AI. With Firefly, you can cut and rearrange clips in your timeline, then generate new clips to fit into your video. Without leaving your workflow, you can add titles, voiceover, and audio to complete your video.
Explore more Firefly tools.
Generate Speech
Quickly turn text into natural-sounding speech for videos, podcasts, and eLearning. Add realistic, high-quality voices in 20+ languages with customizable emotion, pacing, and emphasis with AI text to speech.
Generate Soundtrack
Generate Soundtrack analyzes your video to match your story and compose custom, emotionally rich music for every platform. Go from ideas to tracks instantly with Firefly’s AI music generator — licensed to use anywhere.
Generate Sound Effects
Imagine any sound effect and create it with Generate Sound Effects. Describe the effect, upload reference audio, or act it out into your mic — then easily add your high-quality effect to any video.
Avatar Generator
Create a studio-grade video featuring an engaging, lifelike avatar with Text to Avatar. It’s fast, easy, and always safe for commercial use. Perfect for business, education, or social media content.
