Yesterday was day one of Adobe’s annual event Adobe Max in which they announce all of the neat things they’ve been up to. Here are a few of the highlights I’m most excited about in the new Adobe CC applications:
Photoshop:
- select text with click and commit text by clicking
- multiple undo function (just keep hitting Command Z to undo)
- content aware fill
- frame tool (much like indesign’s frame tool)
- symmetry mode
Indesign:
- automatically adjust layout when changing page sizes, margins, and bleeds
- activate fonts within indesign
- import and export comments into pdf format
XD:
- auto-animation
- add voice interactions
- responsive resize tool
- developer plugins
Illustrator CC
- edit repeating objects across art boards with global edit
- complex colour gradients
- custom toolbar
And what’s very exciting (though not coming until next year) is the full version of Photoshop on iOS! But what’s the most exciting of all is that Typekit is now called Adobe Fonts and is part of all Creative Cloud plans. That means all 1500 fonts from Adobe are free to use with any Creative Cloud plan and there is no sync limit. They’ve also streamlined the way fonts are activated. Awesome!
Here’s the highlight reel from the keynote: