Save time with AI-enhanced video editing.
The AI video editor can help you simplify and speed up the editing process. Cut, tweak, trim and reorder different video and audio clips on one timeline and watch your story come together with ease.
What is the Firefly AI video editor?
Firefly’s AI video editor is an integrated platform that lets you upload, edit and merge your videos and clips in one place. You can use the AI video editing software to speed up the post-production process, and even generate new clips to complete your material.
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Discover some of the top-rated free AI video editing tools with Adobe Firefly and use the power of AI to edit incredible videos faster. Read on and learn what the Adobe Firefly AI Video Editor can do for you.
Use prompts to edit your video professionally.
Generate additional video clips with the help of generative AI, then edit using simple text-based prompts. Make changes to the background, place objects in the foreground and overlay with your own sound effects or AI voiceovers.
Choose a scene to transform.
Create new scenes using any frame on the timeline. Adobe Firefly can then turn them into finished stories.
- Transform your videos for different social media formats (vertical, square, horizontal).
- Cut and edit your interview and podcast recordings using text-based editing.
- Integrate B-roll instantly into product reviews and tutorials.
Level up your video content for every occasion.
Whether you’re creating tutorials, ad campaigns or a family video album, the Adobe Firefly AI Video Editor can help level up your content. Input your clips, try out different edits and tweaks, then share your video in a platform that suits you.
Why use Firefly for AI video editing?
Editing AI videos in Firefly is quick and easy. You’ve got full creative control from start to finish, in one of the best free video editing software solutions with AI features.
These features include:
- Collating and editing clips straight from your web browser
- Automating tedious tasks like subtitling or background removal to bring your scenes to life without the busy work
- Using natural language prompts so the AI video editor can make the changes you need
- Quickly output quality edits to increase your workflow and production speed
- Making further edits with the Firefly Video Editor or Adobe Premiere for desktop.
How to use the Adobe Firefly AI video editor.
Adobe Firefly AI Video Editor is one of the best video editors for creatives, social media managers, and content creators. You can start to tell compelling stories with the Firefly AI Video Editor in these simple steps:
- Open Firefly.
Go to the Adobe Firefly homepage and select Video module > Start from scratch or Open Editor. If you’re already in the Generate Video experience, choose Edit in the Video Editor. - Access and add your generations.
Log in and open Generation History to find your earlier text-to-video outputs and established Firefly video creations. Drap and drop these clips into the primary timeline, or upload files from the Media panel. Add other shots on upper tracks for cutaways, overlays, or titles. - Trim and split your scenes.
Hover over the edge of a clip to trim your video content. Use the Split tool where you’d like to cut the clip. The main track keeps your story in order, even when shifting things around. - Add any text.
Open the Text panel and select a template to start writing. You can then edit the copy in the canvas and refine in Properties to change font, size, colour, and more. - Overlay your audio.
Drag and drop any music, voiceovers, or sound effects you want to include onto an audio track. Select your clip and go to Properties > Volume to adjust the sound levels. Time the beats and narration to play at the same time as cuts for effect. - Create new clips.
Choose Generate then type your prompt, and set the time and video size. Then hit Create. You’ll see your creation in Generation History. Move it to your timeline to extend your story with new clips. - Export.
Select Download to export your final video and pick the format you want to save it as, including 720p, 1080p, or 4K resolution. Your video will then be saved to your device.
Looking to add more touches? Go further with AI-powered video editing tools from Adobe Premiere.
How does the AI video editor automatically generate captions?
Adobe AI video editors use speech-to-text to transcribe spoken audio into text in seconds. Our AI analyses any audio and enables language selection. Once you generate the captions, you can edit them and they’ll exist as an editable subtitle track on the timeline in your video editor.
What features should I look for in an AI video editor?
When choosing an AI video editor to use, look for AI features that assist in your workflow, or make complex tasks easier. For example, an editor that can automatically generate captions can be incredible for accessibility. The ability to use generative AI to create new clips to enhance existing footage can also be helpful, and text-to-prompt editing can help if you need to review your video timeline.
The best AI video editor for creatives.
Adobe Firefly’s AI Video Editor is perfect for creatives and content creators across all media, helping you to bring your vision to life in a fraction of the time. There are a range of benefits and reasons to use Adobe Firefly AI:
- Create high-quality videos from scratch, or from existing images of your own products or work
- Add voiceovers and generate music with Firefly, and assemble them in the AI video editor
- Suitable for commercial and private work
- Generate videos from 2D and 3D images
- Create cinematic B-Roll with camera controls – perfect for contextual clips
- Make the changes you want with a simple prompt
- Realistic cinematic output
- Absolute creative control – from lighting to camera motion, animation timing and more
- Storyboarding is easy, perfect for mock-ups or pitches.
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AI video editor FAQs.
Adobe Firefly includes AI video editing features such as adding your creations to a multi-track timeline, adding titles, importing media from other sources, generating video from a frame directly in the timeline, and much more. You can do this within a browser, with no need to download anything – this lets you create from anywhere.
No, you don’t need video editing experience to use the AI video editor. The interface features are designed so that it’s easy and intuitive for even non-experienced users to make videos easily. You don’t need to be a design expert to use Adobe Firefly.
Yes, Adobe Firefly is a free AI video editor. Create videos using a few simple prompts. You can always go back and redo the prompts and create again or refine if you’re not happy with the result the first time. You’re free to do this until you’re happy with the result.
If you want to access some of the more advanced AI video editing features, you might want to upgrade to a paid Adobe Premiere plan.
The best AI video editor should make it quick and easy to refine and edit your video content, wherever you are. With Adobe Firefly’s AI video editing features, you can do just this. Upload and rearrange your clips, type out your editing prompts, and the tool will help make sure your video tells the right story, in the right way.
When choosing the best AI video editor for YouTube content creators, it’s worth considering speed and ease-of-use, especially if you’re uploading multiple videos per week. Adobe Firefly offers prompt-based video editing, so you can get results fast – perfect for keeping to your content schedule.
Each choice of free AI video editing software comes with its own limitations. These usually include restricted usage (e.g., limited exports, storage, prompts, etc), lower resolution outputs, mandatory watermarks, or reduced access to all editing tools, advanced features, or slower outputs.
Yes, free AI video editors can output professional-grade edits with the right prompts and tools. These can be suitable for anything from personal projects to social media outputs or online adverts. Adobe Firefly ensures video output is commercial safe, so you don’t need to worry about issues with rights.
Yes, there is an Adobe Firefly app that you can download to iOS and Android for your smartphone and tablet. Sometimes the best ideas come to you on the go. So, the next time you get creative inspiration and the urge to edit your videos when you’re out and about, log in, edit and bring your AI videos to life with the Firefly mobile app.
Yes, Adobe Firefly’s images and videos are commercially safe as the AI tool is trained to exclusively use content with full rights permissions. The content is taken from commercially safe datasets, licensed and public domains, and does not use customer data. For more information, check out the Firefly AI approach.
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Generate Speech
Quickly turn text into natural-sounding speech for videos, podcasts and eLearning. Add realistic, high-quality voices in 20+ languages with customisable emotion, pacing and emphasis with AI text to speech.
Generate Soundtrack
Generate Soundtrack analyses your video to match your story and compose customised, 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, life-like avatar with Text to Avatar. It’s fast, easy and always safe for commercial use. Perfect for business, education or social media content.
