The Generate Speech feature is the first time Adobe has added text-to-speech functionality to Firefly, using its own Firefly models as well as models from Eleven laboratories. Adobe says it will support 15 languages at launch with Generate Speech and will be able to add emotion tags. These tags are not universal, so you can add different tags to different parts of the line to change the inflection. The Generate Soundtrack and Generate Speech features will be available to Firefly soon.
The novel Firefly video editor is also available. For the first time, you can access a full multi-track video editor in your browser with Firefly built-in. Adobe says it’s built to connect multiple sources, combining generated and captured video, audio and image content. There there will be a waiting list for the Firefly video editor, but Adobe has not announced when it will be generally available.
AI assistants in Photoshop and Express
The recent buzzword in the world of artificial intelligence is agentic AI – an AI assistant that performs specific tasks for you. Adobe already has such an assistant in Acrobat, but it brings the same capabilities to Photoshop and Express. Adobe says the assistant will provide a balance between “touch and agent” and will serve as an educational tool for navigating Adobe applications.
In Photoshop or Express, you can launch the assistant to perform various tasks. It can point you to the right tool depending on what you’re doing, while giving you control over the end result. AI assistant w Express is now available to trybut you have to register Photoshop waitlist.
Project Moonlight and ChatGPT integration
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As usual, Adobe took some time in MAX to preview what’s coming next beyond these immediate updates. Two major announcements? Project Moonlight and ChatGPT integration.