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New single app, Photography (1TB) and Lightroom subscribers get 25 generative credits
New single app and Photography (1TB) subscribers get 25 monthly generative credits, down from 500
What changed
- Single App (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and others)
- Was Before: 500 monthly generative credits
- After: 25 for new subscribers (500 for existing)
- Photography (1TB)
- Was Before: 500 monthly generative credits
- After: 25 for new subscribers (500 for existing)
- Lightroom
- Was Before: 100 monthly generative credits
- After: 25 for new subscribers (100 for existing)
When it applies to you
- New users
- Existing users
- Not affected: “There will not be any pricing or monthly generative credit changes for existing” single app or Photography subscribers
What this means for you
New Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and other single app subscribers, and new Photography (1TB) subscribers, get a twentieth of the monthly generative credits earlier subscribers get, at the same price. Existing subscribers keep 500 (or 100 for Lightroom).
What you can do
How we know
Adobe's help page says new single app and Photography (1TB) subscribers get 25 monthly credits from Jun 17, 2025.
An archived copy of Adobe's credits FAQ from Jun 3, 2025 lists 500 for single apps and 100 for Lightroom.
By Jun 18, 2025, the FAQ lists 25 for people who subscribed on or after Jun 17, 2025.
Adobe said existing single app and Photography subscribers keep their credits.
Sources
- Adobe Help: Changes to Creative Cloud for individuals plans (capture May 19 2025, last updated May 17 2025) · archived copy
- Adobe Help: Generative credits FAQ (before, capture Jun 3 2025, last updated May 23 2025: single apps 500, Lightroom 100) · archived copy
- Adobe Help: Generative credits FAQ (after, capture Jun 18 2025, last updated Jun 17 2025: 25 for subscribers on or after June 17, 2025) · archived copy
Full research notes
Adobe's help page on changes to Creative Cloud for individuals plans (last updated May 17, 2025): 'There will not be any pricing or monthly generative credit changes for existing Creative Cloud single app or Photography plan subscribers. However, starting June 17, 2025, new subscribers of the following plans will receive a reduced 25 monthly generative credits: Select mobile plans (Lightroom Mobile Premium, Photoshop Express, Illustrator on iPad); Photography plans (Creative Cloud Photography 1 TB); Single app plans (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, InDesign, etc.)'. Adobe's generative credits FAQ (last updated May 23, 2025) listed 500 monthly credits for single apps (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Animate, Dreamweaver, Adobe Stock, Photography 1TB) and 100 for Lightroom. The version updated June 17, 2025 splits the table: subscribed before June 17, 2025, 500 (single apps, Photography 1TB) and 100 (Photography 20GB, Lightroom); subscribed on or after June 17, 2025, 25. Photography (1TB) and Lightroom credits were raised again in February 2026 (separate record).
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