Adobe Fireflyvs
Midjourney
Midjourney: Both generate AI images from text prompts, though Midjourney focuses purely on image quality rather than app integration.
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Adobe's generative AI suite for images, video, audio and vector content
Overview
Adobe Firefly is a family of generative AI models and a web app from Adobe that lets users generate and edit images, video, audio and vector graphics from text prompts. It powers generative features inside Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and Express, and is positioned as commercially safe because it is trained on licensed and public-domain content. Firefly offers a credit-based subscription system across free and paid tiers.
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Midjourney: Both generate AI images from text prompts, though Midjourney focuses purely on image quality rather than app integration.
Canva: Canva offers a competing AI-assisted design workflow bundled with templates and layout tools.
Pricing
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Free
Free
Standard
$9.99 /mo
Pro
$19.99 /mo
Premium
$199.99 /mo
Capabilities
Text to Image
Generate images from text prompts using Firefly image models.
Generate Video
Create short video clips from text or image prompts.
Generative Fill
Add, remove or extend image content inside Photoshop using AI.
Text Effects and Vector Generation
Generate styled text and vector graphics for use in Illustrator.
Creative Cloud Integration
Firefly models are embedded directly into Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator and Express.
Content Credentials
Attaches metadata to generated content to disclose AI involvement.
Generative Fill for Video
Extends or removes elements within video clips using AI in Premiere Pro.
Credit-based usage tracking
Tracks generative credit consumption across image, video and audio tools in-app.
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