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Jun 13, 2025
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- Generative AI in Creative Cloud
Learn what generative credits are and how to use them for generative AI features in Creative Cloud products.
Explore the basics of how generative credits work.
Generative credits are used to generate high-quality image, vector, video, and audio outputs. They can be used in most Creative Cloud products in your plan, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and Adobe Firefly, a web app and family of creative generative AI models used in our tools.
Most standard generative features, like Generative Fill in Photoshop, use one credit per generation. If you have a Creative Cloud Pro or Firefly plan, you have unlimited access to standard generations.
Premium generative features, like video, are more computationally intensive and require more credits. The number of credits used will depend on the length of the output. For example, generating 5 seconds of video will use fewer credits than translating 10 minutes of video. If you run out of credits, you can either wait until your generative credit balance resets for the next month or purchase more through the Firefly plans.
Learn more about how generative credits work, including how many you have in your account and how credits are consumed and renewed.
Frequently asked questions
Most features that consume generative credits will have the sparkle icon. Your plan type will determine if a credit is consumed. Learn more about Adobe's generative AI features.
Creative Cloud Pro and Firefly plans include unlimited access to standard generative features, and credits will only be deducted when using premium features. Some generative AI features don’t consume any generative credits.
Photoshop
- Standard generative features
- Generate Image: Generate images, add effects, or match the style of a reference image.
- Generative Fill: Enter text prompts to add or modify content and design elements in an image.
- Generative Expand: Extend or resize an image with the Crop tool and generate new content in the empty space that blends into the scene.
- Generate Background: Replace the background of your image with generated content that matches the lighting, shadows, and perspective of the subject.
Illustrator
- Standard generative features
- Generative Shape Fill: Fill vector shapes with detail and color.
- Generative Recolor: View color variants of your vector artwork.
- Text to Vector Graphic: Generate scalable, customizable subjects, scenes, and icons.
- Text to Pattern: Ideate customizable seamless patterns.
Premiere Pro
- Premium generative features
- Generative Extend: Add extra frames to any clip.
InDesign
- Standard generative features
- Text to Image: Ideate and create unique images with text prompts.
- Generative Expand: Resize images to fit the frame.
When you use a feature for the first time, you’ll receive a one-time message indicating that the feature is using generative AI and may consume generative credits.
*The dialog box may differ depending on the product.
Most generative features also show the sparkle icon that indicates the feature is using generative AI.
If it’s a premium feature, the tool icon may have a colored background or a crown icon. Or, the tool might be marked Premium.
Yes, generative credits are used across most Creative Cloud products. Generative credits are tied to your Adobe ID, and the number of credits depends on your plan(s).
You can access your generative credit count in your Adobe Account or by navigating to your product’s in-app home screen and selecting your profile icon. A counter will show the number of monthly generative credits allocated to your account and the number of generative credits you have used in this cycle.
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Select Account in the upper-right corner of the page.
Select your profile icon on the Adobe Account page to check your generative credit count. This menu will vary based on your plan type. A. Number of generative credits left in the current billing cycle B. Number of generative credits included in your plan
Select your profile icon on the Adobe Account page to check your generative credit count. This menu will vary based on your plan type.
No, Adobe will not charge you for additional credits unless you decide to buy more.
When you have exhausted your monthly credits, you can purchase an additional Firefly plan directly in the product or on our Firefly plans and pricing page.
Generative credits don’t roll over. The credit count resets each month based on your plan’s monthly reset date.
You can find your monthly reset date by visiting your Adobe Account anytime. Your monthly reset date is the day of the month on which you first initiated your plan.
Yes, generative AI features are visible across products, but a paywall will appear when you try to generate with a premium feature if you don’t have access to it.
For example, all users will see Generative Extend in Premiere Pro version 25.2 and later. Users with plans that have access to premium features will be able to use it, and users without access can use complimentary tries before upgrading.
