What Adobe Firefly Video generates, and what it costs.
Adobe Firefly Video generates fixed five-second clips at 24 frames a second, in 540p, 720p or 1080p, and charges for them by the second of output. It carries no version number, which is why it is the one video entry in this directory with an empty version label — Adobe has never shipped it as a numbered model.
Capabilities and specifications on this page come from Adobe’s own Generate Video documentation and its Firefly pages. Credit costs, plan prices and indemnification terms are set by the vendor and change without notice. The gallery below shows frames taken from clips Adobe published with the model; the video files themselves are not rehosted here.
What Firefly Video generates
Five figures from Adobe’s own Firefly Video announcement post: the Generate Video panel, plus one frame from each of four clips Adobe published. They are frames rather than finished stills because Adobe ships its examples as video files; every caption below quotes the prompt Adobe wrote for that clip. Adobe says all of them were generated in under 90 seconds.
Images © Adobe, from the Firefly Video announcement post
How Adobe describes Firefly Video
Firefly Video is sold the same way Firefly Image is: on the provenance of its training data and the safety of its output for commercial work, rather than on resolution or clip duration. The specification sheet reflects those priorities.
Five seconds, fixed
A generation produces a five-second clip. Where other models offer a duration setting, Adobe’s Generate Video flow documents one length — so a longer sequence is built by generating successive clips.
24 frames a second
The default cadence is 24fps, which matters if the result has to intercut with footage shot at cinema rates rather than with 30fps screen content.
Credits by resolution and second
Adobe prices generation per second of output and by resolution: 20 credits a second at 540p, 50 at 720p and 100 at 1080p. A five-second 1080p clip therefore costs 500 credits, which is where the plan tiers start to matter.
Trained on licensed content, not on user content
Adobe states that the model is trained on licensed content and public-domain material and explicitly that it is not trained on Adobe user content. That second half of the sentence is the one customers ask about, and it is Adobe’s own wording.
Indemnification for eligible enterprises
Adobe extended IP indemnification to eligible enterprise customers on 24 April 2025. The terms exclude non-Adobe models and features still in beta, so the scope has to be read rather than assumed.
What Adobe documents
Adobe’s Generate Video documentation is specific about length, resolution and credit cost, and specific too about the limits: this is a short-clip generator, not a long-form one.
Text to a five-second clip
The documented flow turns a prompt into a five-second video. Length is not a parameter the documentation presents as configurable.
Three resolutions
540p, 720p and 1080p, at 20, 50 and 100 credits per second of output respectively. The 1080p path is the one that consumes a plan’s allowance quickly.
24fps output
Adobe’s default frame rate for generated video is 24fps. That is documented behaviour, not an inference from example footage.
Commercially safe training data
Licensed content and public-domain material, and explicitly not Adobe user content. For teams that need to be able to state where the training data came from, this is the product’s main feature.
IP indemnification on enterprise terms
Available since 24 April 2025 to eligible enterprise customers, excluding non-Adobe models and beta features. Ask Adobe about eligibility rather than assuming the standard Firefly terms apply.
No published version number
Adobe markets this as “Firefly Video” or “Adobe Firefly Video Model”. There is no version to quote, and any “Firefly Video 5.0” you encounter is not an Adobe designation.
Documented specifications
Every row below is stated in Adobe’s own Generate Video documentation or on its Firefly pages. Where Adobe publishes a marketing claim without a matching setting, this page notes the discrepancy rather than repeating the claim.
- Developer
- Adobe
- Product name
- Firefly Video
- Model name
- Adobe Firefly Video Model
- Version number
- None published
- Clip length
- 5 seconds
- Frame rate
- 24 fps
- Resolutions
- 540p · 720p · 1080p
- Credit cost at 1080p
- 100 credits per second of output
- Credit cost at 720p
- 50 credits per second of output
- Credit cost at 540p
- 20 credits per second of output
- Cost of one 1080p clip
- 500 credits
- Training data
- Licensed and public-domain content; not Adobe user content
- Commercial use
- Commercially safe
- IP indemnification
- Since 24 April 2025 for eligible enterprise customers
- Excluded from indemnification
- Non-Adobe models and beta features
- Beta
- February 2025
- General availability
- 24 April 2025
Documented access channels
Firefly Video is reached through Adobe’s own Firefly surfaces and through the Firefly API for pipeline integration.
Firefly AI video generator
Adobe’s product page for generating video from text, with the current capabilities the company markets.
OpenGenerate Video documentation
Adobe’s own instructions for the Generate Video flow — the source for the five-second length, the 24fps cadence, the resolution options and the credit costs on this page.
OpenFirefly plans and pricing
The plan tiers and their monthly generative credit allowances, which decide how many 1080p clips a month actually costs.
OpenFirefly API
Programmatic video generation for teams integrating Firefly into their own pipeline, with its own credit model.
OpenAdobe Firefly Video FAQ
How long are Firefly Video clips?
Five seconds. Adobe’s Generate Video documentation presents one clip length rather than a configurable duration, so longer sequences are assembled from successive generations.
What resolution does Firefly Video output?
540p, 720p or 1080p, at 24 frames a second. Adobe’s product marketing mentions 4K in places, but the Generate Video settings document the three resolutions above; 4K appears in Premiere’s Generative Extend rather than in video generation.
How many credits does a Firefly Video generation cost?
Per second of output: 20 credits at 540p, 50 at 720p and 100 at 1080p. A five-second 1080p clip therefore costs 500 credits.
Is there a Firefly Video 5.0?
No. Adobe markets the product as “Firefly Video” or the “Adobe Firefly Video Model” and publishes no version number. Any “5.0 ” attached to it is not an Adobe designation.
What was Firefly Video trained on?
Adobe states licensed content and public-domain material, and explicitly that it is not trained on Adobe user content. That is the basis of the commercially safe positioning.
Does Adobe indemnify Firefly Video output?
IP indemnification was extended to eligible enterprise customers on 24 April 2025. The terms exclude non-Adobe models and beta features, so eligibility and scope need to be confirmed with Adobe rather than assumed.
Latest Adobe Firefly Video articles
Browse every published Adobe Firefly Video article, from introductions to practical guides and developer documentation.
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How to Use Adobe Firefly Video
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