All-New Adobe XD, Adobe Dimension, Adobe Lightroom CC Photo Service
and Dozens of New Feature Updates Announced Today
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Today at Adobe
MAX, the Creativity Conference, Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) unveiled the
next generation of Creative Cloud, including four brand new
applications, Adobe XD CC for experience design, Adobe Dimension CC for
2D to 3D compositing, Character Animator CC for 2D animation, and an
all-new cloud-based photography service, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC.
In addition, Adobe announced feature updates to its flagship
applications including Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC and
Premiere Pro CC, and ongoing expansion of its Adobe Stock service.
All of these updates include capabilities powered by Adobe
Sensei, Adobe’s artificial intelligence and machine learning
platform, and are the latest in a series of innovations from Adobe that
serve modern creative professionals and enthusiasts wherever and however
they work. From the rapidly expanding system of mobile-first
applications or the recent addition of branded, premium features to
Adobe Spark, Adobe is building out a range of fast, flexible solutions
for creative projects of all types.
“Adobe continues to lead the creative revolution, driving modernization
and innovation that will accelerate the creative process across all
platforms and devices,” said Bryan Lamkin, executive vice president and
general manager, Digital Media at Adobe. “Today, we unveiled a new
generation of Creative Cloud, with a wide spectrum of capabilities—from
new experience design, 2D animation and 3D rendering apps to an all-new,
cloud-based photography service. These tools enable creative
professionals and enthusiasts to express themselves and reach their full
creative potential anytime, anywhere, on any device.”
In addition to seeing Adobe’s latest innovation, attendees will hear
from the world’s best creative minds including designer Jonathan Adler,
actor and director Jon Favreau, photographer Annie Griffiths and music
producer and DJ Mark Ronson. MAX also brings together major technology
companies such as Microsoft, CDW, Dell, Google, HP and Intel, as well as
design-first, creative brands such as Coca-Cola, Airstream, Pantone and
Moleskine. A livestream of the keynotes can be viewed on Wednesday,
October 18 starting at 9:00 a.m. PT here.
Accelerating Creativity with Adobe Sensei
As part of this Creative Cloud release, Adobe continues to embed
artificial intelligence capabilities across the entire system of
applications and services with Adobe Sensei. These Sensei-powered
features enable creators to go from concept to completion much faster
and bring the power of advanced technology and deep learning to
accelerate the creative process.
Next Generation Creative Applications
- Adobe
XD CC: Developed in open partnership with the design
community through a public beta, Adobe XD is the all-in-one
cross-platform solution for designing and prototyping mobile apps and
websites. Created by designers for designers, Adobe XD delivers the
necessary speed, precision and quality to go from static comps or
wireframes to fully interactive prototypes in minutes.
- Adobe
Dimension CC: Previously Project Felix, Dimension gives
graphic designers the power and flexibility of 3D with the ease and
simplicity of working with 2D. Dimension enables graphic designers to
quickly create and iterate on photorealistic 3D images to realize
branding and packaging designs in real-world settings.
- Adobe
Character Animator CC: Previously in beta and launching
today, this 2D animation tool helps bring still image artwork from
Photoshop or Illustrator to life. Character Animator has been
showcased on primetime shows including “The Late Show” with Stephen
Colbert, “The Simpsons” and Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money.” New features
include pose-to-pose blending, new physics behaviors and visual puppet
controls. Adobe Sensei also helps improve lip-sync capability by
accurately matching mouth shapes with spoken sounds.
All-New Lightroom CC Photography Service
Lightroom
CC is Adobe’s all-new cloud-centric photo service for editing,
organizing, storing and sharing photos – from anywhere. Designed for
professionals and enthusiasts, Lightroom CC features a more intuitive
user interface, enables powerful editing in full resolution, and
automatically synchronizes changes across mobile, desktop and the web.
Lightroom CC makes organizing photography collections easier with
features like searchable keywords that are automatically applied without
the hassle of tagging. And Lightroom CC makes it simple to share photos
on social media.
Adobe also announced performance and editing updates to Photoshop
Lightroom Classic CC, previously known as Photoshop Lightroom CC, which
continues to focus on a more traditional desktop-first workflow. More
information about Lightroom CC is available in this press
release.
New Innovation and Performance Enhancements Across Flagship
Applications
- Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC: Previously known as
Photoshop Lightroom CC, Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC features
performance and editing improvements including an enhanced Embedded
Preview workflow that enables users to scroll through large sets of
photos to select a subset of images significantly faster than before.
- Adobe
Photoshop CC now offers significantly expanded photography
support, major improvements in learning and getting started, and
enhanced overall performance.
- Adobe
Illustrator CC delivers multiple workflow, user experience and
performance improvements.
- Adobe
InDesign CC expands your ability to work more efficiently so you
can create multi-page layouts with ease.
- Adobe
Premiere Pro CC introduces deep collaboration features,
state-of-the-art immersive 360/VR workflows and Responsive motion
graphics controls.
- Adobe
After Effects CC improves the efficiency of motion graphics
creation by streamlining your ability to create data-driven graphics
and deliver high-quality VR and 3D results. And it does it all faster
with GPU performance enhancements.
One-Click Access to Assets and Inspiration
New integrated assets, expanded services and education resources help
customers get started and realize their creative potential, including:
- Adobe
Stock expands its asset collection with the introduction of
hundreds of professionally-created motion graphics templates for video
users in Premiere CC and After Effects CC. The most comprehensive
creative marketplace now has over 100 million assets including photos,
illustrations, videos and vectors.
- Adobe
Typekit now leverages Adobe Sensei to provide a whole new way to
search for fonts. Users can submit their own photos of type and find
similar fonts available on Typekit. The new Typekit visual
search technology is also the first Adobe Sensei-powered service that
will be available to third-party developers.
- Inspiration and Education: Adobe announces additional
investment and expanded resources to help customers get started and
realize their creative potential. This includes the launch of AdobeLIVE
on Behance, a livestreaming channel where 10 million Behance community
members can learn from and inspire each other. The channel now
features 24 hours of weekly programming, and will expand to 24/7
programming starting in 2018.
Scaling Creativity and Design for Business
Adobe XD, Dimension and Adobe Stock are being adopted
by global brands and agencies to deliver engaging experiences at scale
across devices and channels. Design is more critical to businesses than
ever before and companies like HP, Boosted Boards, Vice Media, Viacom
and Dentsu Aegis are leveraging Adobe XD and Adobe Stock in Creative
Cloud. New integrations between Creative Cloud and Adobe Marketing
Cloud, part of Experience Cloud, help businesses deliver content
velocity across creative-to-marketing workflows.
For a comprehensive view of the latest Creative Cloud innovations, click here.
Pricing and Availability
Updates to Creative Cloud desktop software are now available, including
membership plans for individuals, students, teams, educational
institutions, government agencies and enterprises. Adobe’s mobile apps
are available for download from Apple App Store and Google Play now.
As part of the MAX release, Adobe is also offering a new series of
photography plans tailored for customers’ unique needs.
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For photographers that want an all-in-one plan that offers the full
benefits of the Lightroom CC service plus the transformative power of
Photoshop, the Creative Cloud Photography plan with 1 TB includes
Lightroom CC, Lightroom for mobile and web, Photoshop CC, Adobe Spark
with premium features, Adobe Portfolio, and 1 TB of cloud storage
($19.99/month, but available at $14.99/month for the first year for
existing Creative Cloud Photography customers).
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The all-new Lightroom CC plan addresses the needs of photographers who
want a cloud-based photography service for editing, organizing,
storing and sharing their photos from wherever they are, and includes
Lightroom CC, Lightroom for mobile and web, Adobe Spark with premium
features, Adobe Portfolio, and 1 TB of cloud storage ($9.99/month).
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Lightroom CC has also been added to the existing Creative Cloud
Photography plan with 20 GB of storage to help users get started with
the new service. This plan remains at $9.99/month and includes
Lightroom CC, Lightroom for mobile and web, Lightroom Classic,
Photoshop CC, Adobe Spark with premium features, Adobe Portfolio, and
20 GB of cloud storage.
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Lightroom CC has also been added to Creative Cloud All Apps plans with
100 GB as part of the annual subscription price.
Also, for the first time since the introduction of Creative Cloud five
years ago, a modest adjustment in commercial pricing will take effect
for North America customers only on March 1 or at existing customers’
next contract renewal. Until March 1, new subscribers will benefit from
current pricing and not see any pricing adjustment until their first
annual contract renewal. Pricing will vary by plans - for example, CC
for Individuals All Apps annual plan will increase by 6 percent from
$49.99 to $52.99. For more details visit https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/redefining-modern-creativity-with-the-next-generation-of-creative-cloud.
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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