Generative AI features in Photoshop on Desktop FAQ

Last updated on Oct 27, 2025

Get answers to frequently asked questions about using Generative AI features in Adobe Photoshop.

Generative AI features in Photoshop are available to Photoshop trialists and subscribers wherever Adobe provides services.

Photoshop users of all levels can use generative AI features. Easily import and open an image, make a selection, and enter a simple text prompt to achieve realistic results that will surprise, delight, and astound you.

Photoshop is the first Creative Cloud app to natively integrate Adobe Firefly, Adobe’s powerful generative AI technology. Users can leverage the power of Adobe Firefly directly in Photoshop to enrich their creative process and creative outputs.

You can check the Photoshop on desktop technical requirements.

Yes, in order to use generative AI in Photoshop at this time, you need to be connected to the internet.

Generative AI features are available in the Photoshop desktop app wherever Adobe provides services. Photoshop is bringing the power of generative AI to global audiences by supporting over 100 languages for text prompt inputs. It is not available for users in China.

Users can open and import assets, bring them into Photoshop, then use generative AI features. Each time you select Generate, a new Generative Layer is created. With the introduction of this new layer, a user must then save as a PSD or other layered file type to preserve their edits. There are multiple ways that you could end up with a PSD or other layered file type and a simple Save will preserve the layer. Not need to use Save As or Save a Copy.

Generative AI features are natively integrated into Photoshop desktop and on the web, so you can explore freely while still maintaining complete control over your creative process and outputs, all inside Photoshop.

Easily import and open an image, make a selection, and enter a simple text prompt to see the possibilities.

The newly generated content is created in a generative layer, enabling you to explore a myriad of creative possibilities and to reverse the effects when you want, without impacting your original image. Then, use the power and precision of Photoshop to take your image to the next level, surpassing even your own expectations.

Generative AI empowers you to create as quickly as you can type -- experiment with off-the-wall ideas, ideate around different concepts, and produce dozens of variations in a snap. Easily generate multiple image suggestions until you land on a variation you like. High-quality results, which previously took hours to create, are now produced instantly, enabling you to spend more time honing your creativity.

Check out Adobe Photoshop Help resources and Learn resources to get acquainted with generative AI in Photoshop.

Yes, generative AI features in Photoshop, deduct one generative credit per generation.

The Firefly model currently returns output of 1024x1024 pixels to Photoshop on the desktop and the web.