Adobe is in the process of buying Frame.io, the cloud-based collaborative video editing platform, in a US$1.3 billion deal that could leave Final Cut Pro users out in the cold.
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Adobe Photoshop for iPad Gets Healing Brush, Magic Select, and Canvas Projection
Adobe has announced updates on Tuesday for its products on iPad and desktop. Photoshop Beta also debuts this month.
Adobe Fresco Updates With Non-Destructive Adjustment Layers
On Tuesday Adobe released updates across many of its Creative Cloud apps, including Fresco, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and others.
App Review: Adobe’s Photoshop Express is a Good, General-Purpose Editor
Andrew reviewed Adobe Photoshop Express and believes it gives users a nice balance between editing tools and photo filters.
Adobe Launches New Fonts Recommendations Feature
On Tuesday Adobe launched a new feature called Adobe Fonts Recommendations. It helps users receive the right fonts for their projects.
Adobe Spark Launches Collaboration Feature ‘Shared Templates’
On Monday Adobe announced a new collaboration feature for its Spark app called Shared Templates across the web, iOS, and Android.
Adobe Co-Founder and PDF Developer Charles Geschke Dies Aged 81
Charles Geschke (pictured above), who co-founded Adobe and helped develop the PDF, passed away aged 81 on Friday. He helped found the software firm in 1982 and a decade later was kidnapped at gunpoint, eventually being released unhurt after four days. BBC News reported on the tribute paid to Mr. Geschke by the current CEO of the company he created.
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said Geschke, widely known as Chuck, “sparked the desktop publishing revolution”. “This is a huge loss for the entire Adobe community and the technology industry, for whom he has been a guide and hero for decades,” he wrote in an email to the company’s employees. “As co-founders of Adobe, Chuck and John Warnock developed ground-breaking software that has revolutionized how people create and communicate,” he said.
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Adobe Releases Global Emoji Diversity & Inclusion Report
On Thursday Adobe released the Global Emoji Diversity & Inclusion Report. It surveyed 7,000 emoji users from around the world on how they use diverse and inclusive emojis.
Only half of global emoji users feel their identity is adequately reflected in current emoji options. More representative emoji, inclusive of different cultures, age groups, and ethnicities, are key in helping emoji users better express themselves. This goes a lot deeper than personal identification — it helps people accurately express how they are feeling.
Adobe’s Premiere Rush Adds Support for M1 Macs
On Tuesday Adobe released new updates for Premiere Pro and Premiere Rush. One of those updates is support for M1 Macs.
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Adobe Releases Update to ‘Source Han Sans’ Open Source Font
Adobe and Google partnered to create an open source font for East Asian languages called Source Han Sans. Adobe on Thursday released the latest iteration called Source Han Sans Variable.
The existing seven weights of Source Han Sans now come in a single file that encompasses the entire design space. This affords typographers more granular control: rather than seven static weights ranging from ExtraLight to Heavy, weight exists on a continuum and is expressed through minimum and maximum numeric values.