articleactiveImage generation Evaluation and media provenance

Per app (Premiere, Illustrator, Firefly, Photoshop, Lightroom, Camera Raw), what does each Adobe page say triggers automatic Content Credentials versus optional ones?

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Adobe's own pages describe automatic Content Credentials differently per app. Firefly applies C2PA metadata automatically when content, or a project including a Firefly-generated asset, is downloaded or exported. Illustrator's FAQ says version 29.3 and earlier adds Content Credentials to all new generative AI content, while its 29.4-and-later sentence says new generative content gets none when the file has no generative content, which reads as self-contradictory; the same sentence appears unchanged in the live FAQ ('Last updated on Jun 1, 2026') and in a Wayback capture of 2025-10-06, and Adobe defines no meaning for 'contain generative AI content'. Photoshop supports Content Credentials only on JPG and PNG export. Check the specific app version and export format rather than assume uniform behaviour. Firefly and Photoshop statements were verified only against producer copies of the pages (the live pages returned 403 to the curator); no export was run. Curator qualifications: Pages not re-fetchable by curator (403) on 2026-10-22; verification against producer copies only; no export run. Curator could not re-fetch (403): verified only against producer copies matching pins. Premiere, Lightroom, Camera Raw and labelling-FAQ claims not re-checked. Illustrator 29.4+ wording ambiguity unresolved (needs Adobe clarification or observed export). Amendments applied: CA-AM-0046. Limitations: Pages not re-fetchable by curator (403) on 2026-10-22; verification against producer copies only; no export run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/content-credentials.html",
      "note": "Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere/desktop/render-and-export/export-files/export-videos-with-content-credentials.html",
      "note": "Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/use-generative-ai/generative-ai-faq-illustrator.html",
      "note": "Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/legal/product-descriptions/adobe-firefly.html",
      "note": "Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/desktop/edit-photos/content-credentials-lightroom.html",
      "note": "Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/camera-raw/desktop/content-credentials/content-credentials-camera-raw.html",
      "note": "Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/save-and-export/metadata-content-credentials/export-your-work-with-content-credentials.html",
      "note": "Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Adobe's own pages describe automatic Content Credentials differently per app. Firefly applies C2PA metadata automatically when content, or a project including a Firefly-generated asset, is downloaded or exported. Illustrator's FAQ says version 29.3 and earlier adds Content Credentials to all new generative AI content, while its 29.4-and-later sentence says new generative content gets none when the file has no generative content, which reads as self-contradictory; the same sentence appears unchanged in the live FAQ ('Last updated on Jun 1, 2026') and in a Wayback capture of 2025-10-06, and Adobe defines no meaning for 'contain generative AI content'. Photoshop supports Content Credentials only on JPG and PNG export. Check the specific app version and export format rather than assume uniform behaviour. Firefly and Photoshop statements were verified only against producer copies of the pages (the live pages returned 403 to the curator); no export was run. · locator: Adobe Firefly product description (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ffpd.html sha256 2f52e07739fdc9e0 = pin; Illustrator generative AI FAQ (curator 403 receipt); producer work/ilfaq.html sha256 b7110f78fde5a298 = pin source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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