On the Firefly homepage, select Video > Edit multi-track video.
Last updated on
Oct 28, 2026
Learn how to use Quick Cut to upload media to the timeline and create an initial draft for your video story using Adobe Firefly.
Timeline is a beta feature in Adobe Firefly, now available for testing and feedback.
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Create quick cuts using your uploaded media in a few simple steps.
Quick Cut in Timeline helps you quickly assemble your video clips, images, and audio into a cohesive preliminary cut. By combining your uploaded media with AI assistance, you can create an initial video layout that's ready to be refined and edited.
This feature works with both new and existing projects in the Timeline. To generate a quick cut, you need:
- A Firefly account with access to the Timeline
- Video, audio, or image files ready to upload from your device
Select the Quick cut icon in the lower-right corner to open the Quick cut panel.
In the Video type section, select:
- Dialogue-driven: For quick cuts of videos that rely heavily on spoken audio, such as interviews, conversations, or reviews.
- Visual-only: For quick cuts of videos that are driven entirely by visuals, with little to no speech.
Go to the Use media from dropdown menu and define which media files Quick Cut should use. Select one the these:
- Current Project: Utilize all media files added to the project.
- Current Timeline: Utilize all media files added to the timeline
- Current Timeline Selection: Utilize only the selected media files from the timeline.
Note
If your timeline is empty, you'll see a No media detected message— in this case, choose the Select files option to add media to your timeline.
In the What kind of video do you want to create? prompt box, enter a prompt describing the story idea you want to create.
Tip
Writing effective prompts helps Quick Cut create better results. Focus on describing the mood, pacing, and narrative flow you want rather than specific technical details.
From the Aspect ratio dropdown menu, select your preferred aspect ratio for the video.
- Automatic
- 16:9 YouTube, Vimeo
- 2:1
- 4:3 Facebook ads
- 5:4 Instagram, Facebook
- 3:2 Facebook ads
- 3:4 Reels, Stories
- 9:16 TikTok, Stories, Shorts
- 1:1 TikTok, Reels
- 4:5 Instagram, Facebook
- 2:3 Reels, Stories
From the Video Duration dropdown menu, select how long you want the final video to be. You can choose from:
- Auto
- 30 seconds
- 60 seconds
- 90 seconds
- 3 minutes
- 5 minutes
- 10 minutes
- 15 minutes
If you wish to generate supplemental video shots from the added assets, select Create B-roll track and add it over your main timeline. B-roll is unavailable for Visual-only video types.
Select Create to generate your initial video draft.
If your timeline is empty, the output is added automatically to it. If your timeline already contains content, select Open timeline to open the generated quick cut in a new window, or select Start over to restart the process.
Once processed, you can use other Timeline features to create new content, adjust the transcript, adjust clip timing, add transitions, or incorporate additional effects.
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