What is Adobe Firefly?
Adobe Firefly is a generative AI tool that enables users to create and edit content using simple language prompts. Users can generate images, video and music, apply creative effects, edit images, and quickly develop ideas without requiring advanced skills. Unlike many AI image generation platforms, Adobe Firefly has been designed with commercial and educational use in mind. The model has been trained using licensed content, helping to address some of the copyright and intellectual property concerns often associated with generative AI.
Firefly is integrated into Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Express, and the Firefly web application, allowing users to incorporate AI-powered creativity directly into their existing workflows.
For schools, multi-academy trusts, colleges, and universities, Firefly can help students explore creative concepts, generate visual assets, and develop digital skills that are increasingly relevant in modern workplaces. As AI becomes an increasingly important part of education and the workplace, providing students with access to these technologies can help develop valuable future-ready skills.
Staff can use Adobe Firefly to quickly create engaging educational resources, presentations, posters, newsletters, and classroom displays without requiring advanced design skills. Marketing and communications teams can use Firefly to create content for school websites, social media, and promotional materials, while significantly reducing the time spent sourcing or designing imagery. This enables staff to focus more time on teaching, learning, and school improvement activities while still producing professional-quality content.
Which Adobe plans have Firefly for education?
Firefly is available through Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Creative Cloud Pro. Schools looking to fully utilise Adobe’s premium AI capabilities should consider the Adobe Creative Cloud Pro Plus for Education plan – which includes a 1,000 credits per user / month.
Creative Cloud Pro Plus for Education includes the complete Adobe Creative Cloud suite alongside enhanced generative AI capabilities powered by Firefly. This gives staff and students access to applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Adobe Express, and more.
The Pro Plus plan provides additional generative AI credits compared to standard Creative Cloud plans, allowing users to create more AI-generated content and make greater use of Firefly’s advanced features. In addition, it’s possible to purchase Premium credits for education separately – in values of 2,000, 7,000 or 50,000 credits per user / month.
Final thoughts
For schools and colleges looking to unlock the full potential of Firefly, Adobe Creative Cloud Pro Plus for Education offers the most comprehensive experience, combining industry-standard creative applications with advanced generative AI capabilities.
If you’re considering Adobe licensing for your educational institution and would like to find out prices for Adobe firefly, or discuss the most suitable plan, our team can help you explore the available options – contact us here.