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Generative Extend overview

Last updated on Apr 14, 2025

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Experience the power of Adobe Firefly generative AI in Adobe Premiere Pro. Extend clips to cover a transition, hold on a reaction shot, or hit an audio cue – even generate missing ambient sound.

The Generative Extend tool, powered by Adobe Firefly, lets editors add those extra few frames to tell their story their way. Just click and drag to seamlessly add a few more frames to the beginning or end of a video or audio clip – to hold on to a character reaction for an extra beat, create a smoother transition, extend background sounds, or hide an unwanted camera movement. An internet connection is required to access Generative Extend as it utilizes a cloud AI model.

Alert:

If you've recently upgraded to Premiere Pro 25.2, you might encounter an error stating that support is limited to 1280x720 and 1920x1080 resolutions when using 4K or vertical clips. To resolve this issue, please restart Premiere Pro. We're aware of this issue and will release a fix shortly.

How it works

Identify a clip in your sequence you’d like to extend. Video clips should be at least 2 seconds long, while audio clips must have a minimum duration of at least 3 seconds.
Select the Generative Extend Tool in the Toolbar.
Select and drag the edge of a video or audio clip to the desired length.

Generative Extend will create additional frames and insert them into your sequence.
The AI-generated frames are labeled. If you're not satisfied with the initial extension, right-click on the AI-generated label and select Regenerate for a new variation.
If you want to replace the AI-generated frames with original media at any point, right-click on the AI-generated label and select Revert to Original. You can also unlink the audio and video and revert either of them to the original media if the original media exists in the project.

Note:

Video clips can be extended up to 2 seconds, while audio can be extended up to 10 seconds.

Alert:

Generative Extend is currently unavailable to some users in the following circumstances:

Generative Extend is powered by Adobe Firefly, which isn't available in Russia, Belarus, and China. Users in these countries cannot access this feature. Learn more about using Generative Extend.
Users who are part of K-12 and educational organizations may experience limited or no access to Generative Extend.
Some enterprise users, particularly those with a CCE v3 license, don't have Firefly services enabled. Therefore, they will not be able to access Generative Extend.

Current media requirements

Video

These requirements are on the source media. Right now, you can’t extend media outside of these parameters, even if they are scaled in a sequence. 

Video Source Media Resolution:
- 1920x1080 or 1080x1920
- 720x1280 or 1280x720
- 3840x2160 or 2160x3840
- 4096x2160 or 2160x4096
12-30fps
8 bit, SDR

Audio

Generative Extend cannot create or extend spoken dialog. During extension, existing dialog will be muted to preserve the integrity of the original speech content.
Due to the complexity of musical structures and potential copyright concerns, clips containing music are not eligible for extension.
Currently, only mono and stereo audio are supported. Surround sound and 5.1 audio formats are not compatible with Generative Extend.

Managing Generated Content

When you use Generative Extend, the AI-generated media is combined with your original clip to create a new clip in the Project panel. Each extension is saved as an H264 MP4 or .wav file in the Captured and Generated scratch disk assigned in your project settings. To set this location open Project Settings > Scratch Disks. Here, you can specify a new location for your generated media, allowing you to manage your storage according to your workflow and space requirements.

Ongoing Development and Limitations

Generative Extend is the first application of generative AI for editors inside video editing software. It's an exciting tool to help many editors solve a common editing pain point, but this is just the beginning. We know that many workflows require higher-quality outputs and robust turnover processes. In the coming months, we'll expand the range of media types that can benefit from Generative Extend, including formats and color space. We're also working on reviewing the advanced workflow to make passing projects to other creatives seamless.

Additionally, some limitations are known in this iteration with the following features:

Generative Extend can only be applied to the beginning or the end of a clip, not both.
Speech to Text transcription, Text-Based Editing and Captioning
Media Intelligence
Markers
Modify clip properties (Audio Channels, Color, Interpret Footage, Timecode) and speed adjustments
Timecode and user-entered metadata
Interchange formats (XML, AAF, EDL, OMF)
Replace with After Effects Composition and Edit in Audition workflows
Multicam Source Sequences
Productions
iPhone HDR clips

Learn more about these limitations and suggested workarounds.

Privacy and Data Usage

Your media is never used to train Adobe's AI model. It's solely used to create the requested extension, ensuring your content remains private and under your control. Learn more about our generative AI commitments.

Future Improvements

We're constantly working to enhance Generative Extend. Future updates aim to support higher resolutions, frame rates, HDR content, and additional aspect ratios, including vertical video for social media.

Your Feedback Matters

Help us improve! After each extension, right-click on the AI label and select Good Output or Poor Output. You can provide specific feedback on why the result worked well or needed improvement.

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