Adobe Firefly adds Firefly Design, Graph and Builder at Adobe MAX 2026
Adobe Firefly received its largest set of additions of the year on November 10, 2026, when Adobe opened its MAX conference in Miami Beach with three new creation spaces, a reworked creative agent and a longer list of third-party models inside the app. The new spaces are Firefly Design, a single canvas for illustration, image editing, animation, 3D and print; Firefly Graph, a builder for repeatable multi-step workflows; and Firefly Builder, which turns a natural-language description into an interactive prototype of a website, presentation or app.
Most of what Adobe showed is not yet finished software. According to Adobe's announcement, only four items are generally available today: the Edit Text, Retouch and Relight image tools and the Quick Actions gallery. Firefly Design and Firefly Graph are in beta, Firefly Builder is in private beta behind a waitlist, and the background "always-on agents" were shown as a preview, with a beta planned for early 2027 according to a separate Adobe post.
Adobe also expanded the roster of outside models that Firefly users can pick, naming Dreamina Seedance 2.5 from ByteDance, Kling 4.0, OpenAI's GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst and GPT Image 2.6 Flare, and Google's Nano Banana 2.1 among the recent image and video additions. Partner models now come from Topaz Labs, ByteDance, Google, Kling, OpenAI and ElevenLabs alongside Adobe's own Firefly models. The company did not announce any change to Firefly plan prices or generative credit allowances at MAX, and its announcement points readers to the Firefly pricing page for plan details.
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ADOBE FIREFLY AT MAX 2026: WHAT IS AVAILABLE NOW AND WHAT IS IN BETA.
The gap between what Adobe demonstrated and what a subscriber can open today is wide, so the status of each feature is the first thing to check. The table below groups the Firefly announcements by the availability Adobe gave for each one in its November 10 materials.
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Firefly feature | Status on November 10, 2026 | Access |
Edit Text, Retouch, Relight | Generally available | Firefly app |
Quick Actions gallery | Generally available | Firefly web and mobile |
Edit Object | Not stated | Firefly app |
Firefly Video editing updates | Not stated | Firefly app |
Firefly Design | Beta | Firefly app |
Firefly Graph | Beta | Firefly app |
Firefly AI Assistant (Creative Agent) | Beta | Firefly app and Firefly Boards |
Always-on agents | Preview, beta planned early 2027 | Firefly AI Assistant |
Firefly Builder | Private beta | Waitlist |
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Adobe's announcement lists the generally available items explicitly and describes "all other new tools and capabilities" as beta, with Firefly Builder singled out as private beta. Edit Object and the Firefly Video timeline changes are not assigned a status in the materials Adobe published, so they fall under that general beta wording until Adobe says otherwise.
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FIREFLY DESIGN, FIREFLY GRAPH AND FIREFLY BUILDER EXPLAINED.
Firefly Design is the most significant change to the app's structure. Adobe describes it as a design editing space that puts illustration, image editing, animation, 3D and print on one canvas, so that a brand identity, a package or a campaign can move from first idea to client review inside a single file. A related Adobe post adds that the space handles raster and vector work, motion, 3D and print together and includes client review and export. Layout and print work previously meant leaving Firefly for Adobe Express, Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign, and Firefly Design is Adobe's attempt to keep that work inside Firefly itself.
Firefly Graph addresses repeated production work rather than single generations. Users build custom workflows that chain AI models and Adobe tools, then iterate on them and run them again. Adobe's examples are character studies, shot lists, and applying brand guidelines across the assets of a campaign. A built-in AI assistant helps create and tune each workflow, which places Graph closer to a node-based automation tool than to a prompt box. For a social media team that produces the same set of formats every week, a saved graph replaces a manual sequence of generation, editing and resizing steps.
Firefly Builder is the furthest from general use. It accepts a natural-language description of an interactive, on-brand prototype such as a website, a presentation or an app, and produces a first version without code. Users can then edit elements directly on the canvas, and a design system keeps the project visually consistent. Access requires joining a waitlist, and Adobe has given no date for a wider release.
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ADOBE CREATIVE AGENT IN FIREFLY: PLAN MODE, MODEL SELECTOR AND ALWAYS-ON AGENTS.
The Adobe Creative Agent, which powers the Firefly AI Assistant in beta, gains three controls in this release. The first is persistent customization: creators set formats, colors, brand guidelines, characters and products once and apply them across later projects instead of restating them in every prompt. The second is Plan Mode, which shows the agent's plan before it starts so the user can review, edit and approve each step, or let the agent run without review. The third is a Model Selector, which lets the user fix a model for a session or switch to Auto-Select, where the agent chooses a model based on the requested output.
The agent is also now available inside Firefly Boards, the app's mood board and storyboard space, where ideas are developed through conversation while boards take shape. Adobe additionally describes deeper integration with the Firefly video and design editors for brainstorming.
The always-on agents are the most ambitious part of the announcement. Adobe says they handle recurring work in the background, such as organizing incoming assets, checking quality and preparing content for different channels, and keep working when the user steps away. A companion Adobe blog post states that these agents are previewed first in the Firefly AI Assistant and that a beta is planned for early 2027, with a central dashboard for monitoring and approving their work. No subscriber can use them today.
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FIREFLY IMAGE, FIREFLY VIDEO AND QUICK ACTIONS: THE UPDATES USERS CAN TRY TODAY.
The generally available part of the release is concentrated in image editing. Edit Text, Retouch and Relight allow localized changes to one part of an image while leaving the rest untouched, and Edit Object extends the same idea to individual objects. These tools target the most common complaint about generative editing, which is that a small correction often regenerates the whole picture and changes details the user wanted to keep.
Quick Actions is a gallery of dozens of ready-made workflows. Adobe's examples range from one-step fixes such as Remove Object and Thumbnail Generator to guided projects such as Build Product Ad, and the gallery also includes trend-focused actions and actions made by creators that others can remix with their own style. Quick Actions is generally available on Firefly, including the mobile app.
Firefly Video gains editing features that cover the path from concept to final cut. Users can build a story from narrative arc to scenes and shots, assemble clips on a simplified timeline, add captions, and generate transitions and b-roll with what Adobe calls top industry models. On mobile, Adobe says creators can upload footage, outline a story, arrange clips and generate transitions or b-roll from the Firefly app.
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PARTNER MODELS IN ADOBE FIREFLY AFTER MAX 2026.
Firefly has become a multi-model studio in which Adobe's own models sit next to those of competitors. The MAX announcement names Topaz Labs, ByteDance, Google, Kling, OpenAI and ElevenLabs as model partners and points to an Adobe help page for the full list. The newly highlighted additions are listed below.
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Model | Developer | Type |
Dreamina Seedance 2.5 | ByteDance | Video |
Kling 4.0 | Kling | Video |
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst | OpenAI | Image |
GPT Image 2.6 Flare | OpenAI | Image |
Nano Banana 2.1 | Image | |
Wonder 4, Image HDR | Topaz Labs | Upscaling and restoration |
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The two OpenAI models arrived in the OpenAI API only days earlier; Data Studios covered their API pricing in our report on GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst and Flare and compared them with Google's model in GPT-Image-2.6 vs Nano Banana 2.1. Adobe's separate Creative Cloud announcement adds that the Topaz Labs models Wonder 4 and Image HDR handle upscaling, denoising, deblurring and sharpening, and that Google's latest image and video models are coming to Firefly, Photoshop, Adobe Express and Premiere as part of an expanded Google partnership.
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WHAT CHANGES FOR ADOBE FIREFLY SUBSCRIBERS: PLANS, CREDITS AND ACCESS.
Adobe did not change Firefly plan prices or generative credit amounts at MAX, and none of its November 10 announcements gives a figure for either. Partner models in Firefly normally consume generative credits at rates that vary by model and resolution, so the cost of the new third-party models depends on the plan and on the settings chosen in the Generative settings panel.
Adobe's current special offer remains relevant for individual subscribers. According to Adobe's help page, last updated October 27, 2026, the Firefly Pro, Firefly Pro Plus and Firefly Premium plans, together with the 4,000, 7,000, 10,000 and 50,000 credit plans, include unlimited generations on select models for up to a year from the day the plan starts. The offer works only on firefly.adobe.com and in the Firefly mobile app, excludes Teams and Enterprise plans, and lists its covered models as of October 13, 2026. That list predates MAX, so the new additions such as Kling 4.0, Seedance 2.5 and Nano Banana 2.1 are not shown on it, and Adobe says partner models can be added or removed and that the offer can be modified or limited at any time.
For users, the practical steps are simple. The Edit Text, Retouch and Relight tools and the Quick Actions gallery should appear in the Firefly app now. Firefly Design, Firefly Graph and the AI Assistant features are labeled beta and may be gated or change before general release. Firefly Builder requires joining the waitlist at Adobe's Builder page, and always-on agents cannot be used until the beta Adobe plans for early 2027. Readers who use Adobe tools from inside ChatGPT can find the earlier integration described in our guide to ChatGPT and Adobe integration.
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ADOBE MAX 2026 BEYOND FIREFLY: CREATIVE CLOUD, GOOGLE, MICROSOFT AND DISNEY.
The Firefly release was one of several announcements on the first day of MAX. In Creative Cloud, Adobe previewed local MCP integrations that let third-party AI agents call Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and After Effects while keeping native, editable project files with their layers, sequences and compositions; Adobe says this is coming to Creative Cloud customers in early 2027. AI Assistants built on the Creative Agent are in beta in Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign, After Effects and Frame.io. Photoshop gains Generative Restyle and Relight, Premiere gains Color Mode, which is generally available, and Lightroom adds Open Eyes in beta.
Adobe also described an expanded partnership with Google that includes Acrobat in Google Workspace, broader Gemini and Gemini Enterprise connectors for Acrobat and Adobe's creative tools, Adobe creative tools in AI Mode in Google Search, and Gemini models powering AI features in Acrobat. With Microsoft, Adobe optimized Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects for Arm-based Windows PCs, with Substance 3D Painter in beta on the same hardware, and integrated Adobe Express into Microsoft Photos on Windows.
The Walt Disney Company signed a multi-year strategic alliance under which Adobe becomes an Official AI Innovation Partner. Adobe says it will support concept exploration in Disney's innovation labs and in parks and cruise development using custom AI models and tools.
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ADOBE FIREFLY DESIGN, GRAPH AND BUILDER: CONFIRMED FACTS AND OPEN QUESTIONS.
The confirmed part of the release is narrow. Four Firefly features are generally available as of November 10, 2026, the partner model list now includes Seedance 2.5, Kling 4.0, GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst and Flare and Nano Banana 2.1, and the Creative Agent gains customization, Plan Mode and model selection in a beta AI Assistant. Firefly Design and Firefly Graph are public betas, Firefly Builder is behind a waitlist, and always-on agents are a preview with a beta planned for early 2027.
Several points remain open. Adobe has not said when Firefly Design, Graph or Builder will leave beta, whether any of them will require a higher plan, or how many generative credits a Graph workflow or a Builder prototype will consume. The credit rates for the newest partner models, and whether they join the unlimited-generation offer, are also absent from the MAX materials. The single survey figure Adobe cited, that 78 percent of creators say creative AI has accelerated the growth of their business or following, came without a sample size or country breakdown in the announcement. Subscribers deciding whether to upgrade for the new spaces have little to base that choice on until Adobe publishes availability dates and credit costs for the beta features.
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