Gain in-demand AI skills at Adobe MAX 2026

An insider’s guide to AI-focused sessions at Adobe MAX 2026

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As Robert Half ramps up to sponsor and exhibit at Adobe MAX 2026, we had a chance to connect with the Adobe team and gather insider insights on new event sessions with AI-focused content.

Adobe MAX 2026 means endless opportunities to learn about and get hands-on with Adobe’s latest AI-powered tools and innovations. Not sure where to start? New this year, you can browse the session catalog based on how deeply you want to engage with AI-focused content, making it easier to find the right fit. You'll also find a brand-new session track, Accelerating Creativity with AI, and endless opportunities to see how Adobe’s latest generative and agentic AI innovations are transforming creative work, orchestrating workflows, and expanding what's possible.

Choose your level of AI engagement

With the new AI Focus session filter, you can choose to browse sessions that feature AI-forward, AI-supported, or traditional techniques and tools. Whether you're skeptical or enthusiastic, gain practical skills and frameworks for integrating AI into your creative process on your terms.

Check out the Accelerating Creativity with AI session track

Excited about harnessing AI technology in Adobe tools? The best place to start is by exploring the Accelerating Creativity with AI session track.

AI is transforming design — not by replacing creativity, but by amplifying it. This track explores AI as a collaborator that accelerates exploration, handles repetitive tasks, and frees you to focus on solving the right problems with human insight. Learn to rapidly prototype concepts, build efficient workflows, navigate ethical considerations, and position yourself as a designer who masters both your craft and technology. Creative professionals and independent creators at all career levels will find something in this session track, which features the full range of Creative Cloud tools.

Featured sessions include:

Creative Courage, Craft, and AI Workflows that Actually Work: AI may have removed barriers to making things, but it hasn’t replaced the demand for taste and originality. Creative technologist Tomasz Opasiński gets hands-on with Photoshop and Firefly workflows that hold up in production without sacrificing craft. Executive Creative Director Dan Fletcher brings lessons from deploying generative AI across global Adobe campaigns, and a playbook of hard-earned insights to protect creative standards.

Set Out Without Fear: Why AI is Not Our Creative Titanic: Explore how creatives can cut through the noise and use AI more intentionally as a genuine creative partner. Laura Jordan Bambach, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Uncharted Studio, AI artist, and former D&AD President, shares practical ways to keep our creativity at the heart of our work while using AI to experiment with new creative approaches and bring ambitious ideas to life.

Build Worlds Faster: A Hybrid AI Workflow in Photoshop: Learn how to use AI in Photoshop and Firefly to skip the tedious parts of asset prep so you can spend more time animating, designing, and playing. Creative technologist Don Allen III walks through how he built a modular, interactive art world, one island at a time, using a hybrid AI and Adobe pipeline.

Looking for more? The Accelerating Creativity with AI track features 25+ sessions packed with insights.

AI-Assisted Creative Workflows for Powerful Editorial Layouts: Discover how AI-assisted workflows can help you create stronger editorial layouts in Adobe InDesign, from initial concept to polished presentation. Join designer, educator, and founder of LYH Studio, Sam Luo, as he demonstrates how Adobe Firefly, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign can work together to accelerate brainstorming, visual exploration, concept development, and content creation.

AI is Fast, Artists are Faster: Your Creativity + Adobe Firefly: This session is for creatives who want to stay ahead without losing themselves in today’s creative process. Join creative technologist Emily Bisset and get up to speed on where we are with AI and why creatives can get excited about what's to come. Expect an honest, practical overview of what Adobe Firefly can provide and how these tools and platforms help us solve real-world problems creatives face every day.

AI for Motion Design: Integrating Gen AI into After Effects: Push Adobe After Effects beyond its usual limits by integrating generative AI directly into your motion design workflow. Motion designer and educator Eran Stern shows how AI can accelerate ideation, simplify complex composites, and help you deliver high-quality work under real production pressure. This isn’t about replacing your craft; it’s about removing friction, so you can focus on what really matters.

Small Teams, Big Looks: AI Workflows for Premium Brand Content: What if your team could deliver bigger, bolder, more premium content — within the same budget, crew size, and timelines? Join Directors Guild of America director AJ Bleyer to explore how Adobe's generative AI tools help creative teams move from concept to execution with more speed, polish, and creative firepower. Let's rethink what's possible across pre-production, production, and post.

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