MAX 2016
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite Gets New Android Apps, Updates for Photoshop and Dreamweaver
Adobe showcased a plethora of new and upcoming features in the Creative Cloud suite at its Adobe MAX 2016 conference, taking place Nov. 2 to 4 in San Diego, CA.
Adobe Creative Cloud
is a suite of software tools for drawing, page layout, photo editing,
video editing and web design. The company updated the user interface
throughout the suite, updated the coding engine in Dreamweaver CC and
added a new universal search bar in Photoshop that lets users search
for tools, panels, menus, Adobe Stock assets, help content and
tutorials. Adobe has also released several new Android apps, including
Photoshop Sketch, Adobe Comp CC and Photoshop Fix.
One of the major announcements at the event's kick-off was the unveiling of Adobe Sensei,
a new framework and set of intelligent services built into the Adobe
Cloud platform. Adobe Sensei uses machine learning, artificial
intelligence (AI) and deep learning capabilities to help automate
mundane tasks and improve search capabilities, according to the
company. New Creative Cloud features that use Adobe Sensei include
Adobe Stock Visual Search and Photoshop's Match Font and Face-Aware
Liquify.
Other Creative Cloud features announced at Adobe MAX include:
- A new version of Adobe Experience Design CC (XD) for the Mac, including support for Layers and Symbols;
- Project
Felix, a new design tool that lets graphic designers combine two- and
three-dimensional visuals into photo-realistic images;
- Updates
to Adobe Premiere Pro CC, including auto-aware virtual reality (VR)
that detects and applies the correct setting to stereoscopic and
monoscopic media; and
- New Cinema 4D renderer in After Effects to improve speed and quality of 3D content generation.
In
the keynote speech at the launch of Adobe MAX 2016, Shantanu Narayen,
president and CEO of Adobe, described how the latest features in
Creative Cloud are moving closer to his ultimate vision of "a creative
process that redefines how we all work, where we have true location
independence, moving seamlessly from desktop to mobile to the web
without losing anything in translation; where you have your assets at
your fingertips; and where training and help and inspiration are there
even before you know you're going to run into a problem…. We are making
progress towards this vision."
Adobe will ship Creative Cloud
desktop software updates to Creative Cloud members before the end of
the year. New and updated mobile apps are available now for free
download from the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Further information about new Creative Cloud features can be found on Adobe's blog.
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Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at leilameyer@gmail.com.