Adobe Announces AI Agents and New Creative Tools for Photoshop and Premiere

What Is New

At its MAX event in Miami, Adobe announced several updates to its Creative Cloud suite and Firefly AI platform [1, 2].

Firefly and Prototyping

• Adobe is introducing a prototyping tool called Builder in private beta, designed for creating website and app designs [1, 3].
• Firefly Graph is a new tool to help creators build custom, repeatable workflows [3].
• Firefly is adding a new AI-powered video tool to assemble clips, images, and sound effects [1].
• Firefly AI Assistant is receiving upgrades, including a Plan Mode to review tasks, a Model Selector, and integration with Firefly Boards [2].
• Quick Actions for automating tasks like making video thumbnails and product ads are now generally available [3].

Creative Cloud Updates

• Photoshop is receiving a Relight feature to adjust lighting with customizable hue and brightness, and a Quick Compare tool for split-screen reviews [3]. The Remove Tool has also been updated to better reconstruct reflections and shadows [3].
• Premiere is getting a Generative Remove tool in beta to erase objects like boom mics from video timelines [3]. It is also adding a professional color grading system, object removal, and sound editing tools to separate dialogue, music, and ambience [1, 3].
• Lightroom is adding a blemish removal tool to desktop and an Open Eyes feature in public beta to fix blinking by using reference photos [3].
• Adobe is also releasing a local Model Context Protocol (MCP) to allow third-party agents from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to work locally on Creative Cloud files [2]. This is planned for a private beta in early 2027 [2].

AI Agents

• Adobe is introducing “always-on” agents that can perform recurring background tasks like organizing assets or quality checks [2].
• Adobe vice president Deepa Subramaniam stated the company is still determining which capabilities to expose via MCP and will rely on user feedback [1].
• Topaz Labs, an Adobe acquisition, is releasing two models: Wonder 4 for upscaling/denoising and ImageHDR for converting images to HDR [1].

Why It Matters for Students

Students using these tools can use the Firefly Builder for prototyping design ideas or use the Firefly AI Assistant to automate repetitive tasks. The new Premiere tools allow for easier video editing by removing unwanted background objects or cleaning up audio recordings. For photography students, the Lightroom updates provide automated ways to correct common issues like blinking eyes or skin blemishes.

Limits, Privacy and Academic Integrity

Adobe is currently in the process of deciding how many endpoints and capabilities to expose through the MCP, according to Deepa Subramaniam [1]. While third-party agents can make changes to native project files, all layers, vectors, and sequences remain editable so users can manually refine the work at any time [2]. Figma co-founder Dylan Field noted that MCP is not a perfect standard and may benefit frontier labs more [1].