Major Updates to Flagship Apps, Launch of Premiere Rush CC for Social Video and Previews of Photoshop CC and Project Gemini on iPad Accelerate Creative Cloud Innovation and Value
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at Adobe
MAX, the Creativity Conference, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced major
updates to Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop CC, Lightroom
CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Premiere Pro CC and Adobe XD. Adobe
also introduced Adobe Premiere Rush CC, the first all-in-one,
easy-to-use video editing app for social media creators, simplifying
video creation and sharing on platforms including YouTube and Instagram.
Adobe previewed new iPad versions of Adobe Photoshop CC and Project
Gemini, a drawing app, reinforcing the company’s commitment to
delivering high-performance apps that work seamlessly across surfaces.
“Today, we unveiled a portfolio of next-generation creative apps that
deliver meaningful value to our community by transforming creative
workflows across devices and platforms,” said Scott Belsky, chief
product officer and executive vice president, Creative Cloud, Adobe. “By
continuing to innovate in our flagship apps, extending into exploding
segments such as experience design and social video creation, and
pioneering in emerging mediums like touch, voice, 3D and augmented
reality, Adobe Creative Cloud has truly become the creativity platform
for all.”
Expanding Innovation Across Creative Cloud Applications and Services
Adobe introduced major updates to its desktop applications, including: a
new Content-Aware Fill workspace in Photoshop CC; performance and
workflow improvements across Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic; the
ability to design with photorealistic, Freeform gradients in Illustrator
CC; a powerful Content-Aware Fit in InDesign CC; the power to instantly
create and animate unique, stylized puppets using a webcam and reference
artwork with Character Animator’s new Characterizer; a new rendering
engine for improved render preview performance in Dimension CC; and new
Sensei powered search features and exclusive content in Adobe Stock,
including a new library of clips from GoPro. In addition, Adobe
announced it is addressing the needs of the video animation industry
with new workflows and integrations across apps, including Animate to
After Effects, Animate to Character Animator and Adobe XD to After
Effects.
Adobe XD, the all-in-one UX/UI solution for designing websites and
mobile apps, now features new capabilities leveraging recently acquired
Sayspring technology to empower designers to prototype experiences and
apps for voice-powered devices, such as Amazon Echo. New voice
capabilities, including voice triggers and speech playback, enable
designers to create powerful experiences with screen and voice
prototyping now in one application. In addition, developers can now
leverage Adobe XD APIs to build plug-ins and app integrations that add
new features, automate workflows and connect XD to the tools and
services designers use every day.
Unleashing Social Video Content Creators with Premiere Rush CC
Designed specifically for online video creators, Premiere Rush CC
integrates capture, intuitive editing, simplified color, audio and
motion graphics with seamless publishing to leading social platforms,
such as YouTube and Instagram, all together in one easy-to-use solution.
With Premiere Rush CC, content creators do not have to be video, color
or audio experts to publish professional-quality videos. Premiere Rush
CC harnesses the power of Premiere Pro CC and After Effects CC, offers
built-in access to professionally designed Motion Graphics templates in
Adobe Stock to get started quickly and features a Sensei-powered,
one-click auto-duck feature to adjust music and normalize sound. It also
allows access anywhere, enabling users to create compelling video
projects – optimized for social distribution – on one device and publish
from another with a consistent user experience across desktop and mobile.
Previewing High-Performance Creative Imaging and Drawing Apps Across
Devices
Adobe previewed two future mobile apps designed to usher in a new era of
multi-surface creation while complementing workflows across Adobe’s
existing flagship desktop applications:
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Photoshop CC on iPad: Redesigned for a modern touch experience,
Photoshop CC on iPad will deliver the power and precision of its
desktop counterpart. Photoshop CC on iPad will let users open and edit
native PSD files using Photoshop’s industry-standard image-editing
tools and will feature the familiar Photoshop layers panel. With
Photoshop CC across devices, coming first to iPad in 2019, you will be
able to start your work on an iPad and seamlessly roundtrip all of
your edits with Photoshop CC on the desktop via Creative Cloud.
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Project Gemini: A new app designed to accelerate drawing and painting
workflows across devices, Project Gemini, coming first to iPad in
2019, combines raster, vector and new dynamic brushes into a single
app experience built for drawing. Project Gemini enables artists to
use and sync their favorite Photoshop brushes and works seamlessly
with Photoshop CC.
Unparalleled Productivity Enhancements with Adobe Sensei
The 2019 release of Creative Cloud delivers more than a dozen new Adobe
Sensei-powered features and productivity enhancements – building on
dozens of existing Sensei-powered features already available to Adobe
Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud customers.
Sensei-powered features in the 2019 release include:
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An expanded Content-Aware Fill workspace in Photoshop CC that offers
greater precision and control to save editors valuable time when
working with their images.
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A new Content-Aware Fit feature in InDesign CC that intelligently
detects an image and crops or fits it to an image frame automatically.
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New Freeform Gradients in Illustrator CC that enable the creation of
natural gradients.
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A new tool in Character Animator CC, Characterizer, that transforms
any style of portrait into a vivid, animated character.
Designed to make creatives more successful and supercharge their
productivity, the 2019 Creative Cloud release delivers significant
performance and usability improvements, greater cross-application
integration, intuitive collaboration features and faster access to file
assets and services. Among the new capabilities, Adobe is optimizing the
in-app Start experience to accelerate customer on-boarding with new apps
and improve discoverability of new features and product capabilities.
Additional workflow improvements include a contextually-aware Properties
Panel in InDesign CC to display options based on the object selected,
expanded Undo and auto-resizing in Photoshop CC, a customizable toolbar
in Illustrator CC and a modern UI in Bridge CC with support for bulk
uploads of libraries. Creative Cloud members also get the all new Adobe
Acrobat DC, which provides a completely reimagined way to share work
and get it reviewed and approved without sending email attachments or
managing version control.
Previewing the Future of Immersive Design
Adobe previewed Project Aero, a new cross-device AR authoring tool that
enables creators to design augmented reality experiences. Project Aero
is the first AR app built for designers and artists and was first
sneaked on-stage at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference earlier this
year. Project Aero enables optimal delivery of AR experiences,
empowering creatives to place digital content in the real world. At
Adobe MAX, Adobe showcased an AR-powered retail store of the future,
revealing the exciting possibilities of immersive design experiences.
Empowering Enterprise Customers
Adobe announced
deeper integrations between Creative Cloud and Adobe Experience Cloud
that unify creative and marketer workflows. With these integrations,
brands can now easily access assets in Experience Manager within
Creative Cloud apps, Adobe Stock images can be leveraged in Experience
Manager, and 3D content designed with Dimension CC can be adjusted in
Experience Manager and published as marketing assets.
For a comprehensive feature summary and overview of Creative
Cloud innovation and new features visit:
Pricing and Availability
Updates to Creative Cloud desktop software are now available to all
Creative Cloud subscribers, including membership plans for individuals,
students, teams, educational institutions, government agencies and
enterprises. Adobe’s mobile apps are available for download from the iOS
App Store and Google Play.
Photoshop CC on iPad, Project Aero and Project Gemini on iPad will be
available in 2019. Spark Post on Android, previously available as a
public beta, is now available as a 1.0 app in the Google Play store.
The all-new Premiere Rush CC, available now on Windows and macOS and via
the iOS App Store (Google Play store availability coming in 2019), is
offered across a series of plans tailored for customers’ unique needs.
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Premiere Rush CC is available for $9.99/month to individuals,
$19.99/month to teams and $29.99/month to enterprise customers.
Premiere Rush CC is also included as part of All Apps, Student and
Premiere Pro CC single app plans and comes with 100 GB of CC storage.
Additional storage options, up to 10 TB, are also available for
purchase.
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Premiere Rush CC Starter Plan: Available for free, the Starter Plan
gives customers access to all Premiere Rush CC features, use of
desktop and mobile apps and the ability to create an unlimited number
of projects and export up to three projects for free.
About Adobe MAX
Adobe MAX brings together the world’s best creative minds, industry
luminaries and celebrities. MAX 2018 keynote speakers and presenters
include Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron
Howard, comic book artist Nicola
Scott, one of the world’s most prolific photographers Albert
Watson and comedian Tiffany
Haddish, who will host MAX Sneaks – a preview of technology
innovation brewing in Adobe Research. MAX attendees will also witness an
exclusive trailer preview of Sony’s upcoming feature animated film,
“Spider-Man™: Into the Spider-Verse,” and appearances by Questlove
and Lilly Singh. In addition, MAX brings together major technology
companies including HP, CDW, Dell, Google, Samsung and Intel, and
design-forward creative brands such as Adidas and Sony. A livestream of
the Adobe MAX keynote presentations can be viewed here
on Monday, October 15 starting at 9 a.m. PT and on Tuesday, October 16
starting at 10 a.m. PT.
About Adobe Sensei
Adobe Sensei is a framework and set of intelligent services built into
the Adobe Cloud Platform which dramatically improve the design and
delivery of digital experiences. Adobe Sensei leverages the company’s
massive volume of content and data assets, as well as its deep domain
expertise in the creative, marketing and document segments, within a
unified artificial intelligence/machine learning framework. To learn
more, visit adobe.com/go/sensei.
About Adobe
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more
information, visit www.adobe.com.
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