Lightroom adds first new slider in 4 years and will teach you how to use it
Say hello to Lightroom's first new slider in four years, the texture slider. The update joins new in-app learning tutorials, one of the company's most requested features. The list of updates also includes the start to batch editing for Lightroom mobile, album sharing updates, and more.
Adobe panics photographers by testing new plans for photo subscriptions
Don't panic -- the changes to Adobe's Lightroom and Photoshop subscription plans are just a test, the company says. After photographers panicked about the pricing changes, Adobe said that the change is just a test and that all three photography plans are still available -- if you contact the help center.
Illustrator teases tool to recolor an entire graphic in a few clicks
Not a fan of the colors in your graphic, but dreading the process of replacing each and every one? Adobe Illustrator could soon have a new tool that recolors an entire vector graphic at once, using the color palette from a photograph. Adobe teased the upcoming tool at a conference this week.
Adobe Premiere Rush CC is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S10 this year
The Samsung Galaxy S10 boasts a number of hardware improvements over previous Samsung phones, but it also offers a few software improvements too. Adobe Premiere Rush CC, for example, is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S10 later this year, and it has been optimized for the device.
Crouching, climbing, and creeping, the perfect Instagram shot knows no bounds
Just how far will you go for the perfect Instagram? A recent survey shows just how willing Instagram users -- and Instagram husbands -- are to climb, lie down, or let their food go cold for the perfect shot. With the survey, Adobe also launched a video as a tribute to Instagram husbands.
Firefox will disable Flash on its browsers by default in 2019
Mozilla will officially disable the Flash plugin by default in a 2019 release build, potentially as soon as September. A new bug report highlights a "deprecation roadmap" which will see Flash disabled by default in the Firefox 69 Nightly build followed by a stable release in September.
Photographers can now customize the layout of Lightroom Classic controls
Tired of scrolling past Lightroom tools that you don't use? Adobe Lightroom Classic now allows users to re-organize the Develop panel. The update comes along with new sharing options in Lightroom CC and updates to the mobile Lightroom app. Adobe today also announced compatibility for ProRes on some Windows programs.
Trigger live-action animations in Twitch with new tool coming from Adobe
Why use Bits for your favorite Twitch streamers when you can use Bits and trigger an action in the live stream? Adobe is developing an extension for Twitch using Character Animator that will allow viewers to trigger an action within the animation using Bits. The extension is currently under development.
Adobe’s craziest new tools animate photos, convert recordings to music in a click
Software giant Adobe shared a glimpse behind the scenes at what's next -- and the Creative Cloud future is filled with crazy A.I.-powered tools, moving stills, turning your voice into an instrument, watching an animation react to real-time tweets, and quickly masking a video. Here are the sneak peeks from Adobe Max 2018.
Adobe MAX 2018: What it is, why it matters, and what to expect
Each year, Adobe uses its Adobe MAX conference to show off its latest apps, technologies, and tools to help simplify and improve the workflow of creatives the world over. Here's why that matters and what you should expect from this year's conference.
Adobe’s Premiere Rush is a video-editing app designed for social media projects
During Adobe Max 2018, Adobe unveiled updates across the board for all Creative Cloud apps. From an entirely new app for digital drawing and painting to Photoshop for iPad, Adobe is focusing on mobility and artificial intelligence for the latest round of updates to Adobe Creative Cloud.
You can finally throw away your PC; Photoshop is coming to the iPad
Photoshop will soon be headed to tablets -- as a full version with the same capabilities, Adobe shared during Adobe Max 2018. From a new Content-Aware Fill to finally no longer having to hold the shift key while resizing layers, here's what's new in Photoshop, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom Classic CC.
Spoof Adobe Flash updaters are inserting cryptocurrency mining malware
New research from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks shows that Cryptocurrency mining malware could be hiding in your Adobe Flash Update. Though it is not certain how users end up at URLS which hide the malware for these attacks, there has been a significant spike recently.
With Premiere Elements’ new A.I. editor, you may finally finish that video project
Continuing a trend of artificial intelligence enhancements, Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements will now create entire slideshows and collages for you when you open the program. Both entry-level programs also include speed enhancements and support for new file formats in macOS.
Adobe modernizes the PDF with updates to Acrobat, Adobe Scan
Sure, PDFs are a universal format, but they can be hard to work with. Adobe is working to ease some of those challenges with updates to Adobe Acrobat DC, Acrobat Reader, and Adobe Scan. The update includes options to sign and fill out forms, to review PDFs as a team, and to scan multiple business cards at once.
Adobe survey finds digital assistants, smart speakers are popular with shoppers
A new survey of more than 1,000 American consumers about voice assistants and smart speakers offers dramatic new intelligence about shopping, adoption rates, types of usage, and a widening diversity of voice activities that reflect an expansion beyond music and weather.
MIT, Adobe’s new A.I. could bring one-click background removal, social filters
Separating objects from the background is a time-intense process used in a number of different photo edits. But MIT, Adobe, and Microsoft recently published research that could eventually turn the process into a one-click, easy edit. Here's how the A.I. works.
For Monaris, it’s a photography career launched on an iPhone and Instagram
On Instagram, she's known just as Monaris. But street photographer Paola Franqui has built a following largely with an iPhone and a smile before growing into a mirrorless camera system. We sat down with Monaris to talk photography, style, Instagram and editing -- and where the name Monaris came from.
Colby Brown isn’t afraid to fail (or fall) in pursuit of the perfect travel shot
Colby Brown has photographed Iceland more than two dozen times, captured (on camera) Jaguars in Brazil, lead National Geographic expeditions in South America. But what advice is does the travel photographer have for the photographers just starting out? We sat down with Colby Brown to talk photos, travel, style, and editing.
Adobe’s next big software secret? An augmented reality tool called Project Aero
Itching to create an augmented reality object? Adobe will soon have software to help. Adobe recently teased Project Aero, an upcoming software that helps design AR objects, including support for Apple's ARKit. The teaser comes with an art exhibit focused on immersive content in San Francisco.
Photo FOMO: Adobe’s slick Hollywood editing suite, IGTV’s test for teasers
Designed for Hollywood video editors, Adobe's newest office creates a state-of-the-art editing suite while inviting feedback for upcoming software. Inside this week's photo industry news, Cotton Carrier blats a Kickstarter goal for a new camera harness, Instagram launches a new IGTV test and more.
18 Lightroom keyboard shortcuts you can actually remember
Keyboard shortcuts make quick work of sorting and editing photos, but they're often tough to remember. Still, these 18 are worth remembering.
Is full Photoshop coming to iPad?
Will an upcoming version of Photoshop be as mobile-friendly as Lightroom CC? A report from anonymous company insiders says Adobe is working on a full version of Photoshop for the iPad. The move could bring full-powered photo editing to mobile devices.
Want to find out which viral photos were Photoshopped? So does Adobe
Choosing whether or not to believe that "news" photo you spot in your feed can take some detective work -- but Adobe is working to train an A.I. program to spot a fake photo in a few seconds. The program looks for images with deletions or with objects copied from that photo or another photo using color and noise.
Go viral faster with Project Rush, Adobe’s upcoming social-first video editor
Designed for social media videos, Adobe Project Rush is an editing program that syncs across mobile and desktop devices. The new app doesn't replace Premiere Pro, but serves as an easier entry point into video editing for YouTubers, vloggers, and other social media content creators.
How broke college grads made animation software used in Jurassic Park and Iron Man
Chances are, the last movie you watched probably used a software created by a bunch of broke college graduates 25 years ago. Adobe After Effects is now celebrating 25 years -- and has come a long way when designers left a single animation to render overnight. Here's the story of how a broke start-up created the now widely-used software.
New Adobe XD Starter Plan opens user experience design to all
The Adobe XD CC Starter Plan is a free version of the company's popular user experience design software. Made for students, beginners, or non-designers that are collaborating on a team project, the free version comes along with a handful of updates to XD and additional announcements.
Adobe drops all-apps Creative Cloud price to $5 for K-12 schools
Adobe Creative Cloud is now cheaper -- if you're a K-12 school. Adobe just announced that the all-apps plan is now $5 per student per year for schools, a drop from $35 a month; non-students pay $53 a month. The company also plans to launch new resources for educators.
Adobe just bought Sayspring, a program for creating voice-control apps
Adobe's experiments with voice control are likely to grow, now that the company has acquired Sayspring, a company with an app for developing personal assistant apps. Adobe hasn't yet shared how the software will be integrated into the Adobe family, but companies say the app will continue to be developed.
Lightroom’s overhauled camera profiles make your RAW photos pop
After ten years, the Adobe Standard camera profile is being updated with the more contrasty Adobe Color -- and a host of other new RAW profiles are joining it, which will help your images look better straight out of the camera.
Photo FOMO: Faster A.I. photo edits, smooth rolling bags, and ‘Kodachrome’
Adobe is working to make AI work faster, new photo bags range from smooth rollers to waist belts, and a new Netflix flick featuring a film photographer.
Adobe enables faster workflow with updates to XD, InDesign, and Illustrator
Adobe is adding a handful of user-requested features designed to create a more efficient workflow inside XD, Illustrator, and InDesign
If Lightroom is still slow for you, Adobe promises help is on the way
Adobe's Lightroom Classic photo software has been slow for a number of users since its launch last fall, but the company says an update next month should fix that.