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Adobe plans a full version of Photoshop for iPad in 2019
It’s never been entirely clear why Adobe never entirely embraced the iPad given its increasing prominence in the creative industries. The company has launched several apps for the slate, but none as full-featured as the full-fat, desktop version of Photoshop. That’s now set to change, according to sources familiar with the matter, who have told […]
Adobe unveils improved Adobe Scan app, new Office 365 integrations
Adobe today announced a slew of updates and integrations across Adobe Document Cloud, its suite of cloud-based apps for converting and processing PDFs. The company’s free document scanning app for Android and iOS, Adobe Scan, is getting some improvements thanks to machine learning. Adobe Sign, its electronic signature service, is now deeply i…Read More
Adobe reveals a sneak preview of Master Plan, an AI-assisted planner
EXCLUSIVE: One of the many highlights at Adobe Summit each year is the “Sneaks” segment, where the company shows off projects that give a glimpse of where its technology is going next. Sometimes these previews turn into real products. Even if they don’t make it to that stage, seeing where Adobe is headed and what […]
Adobe designers offer 4 insights into VR’s future
GUEST: Adobe has traditionally pioneered tools and workflows for professionals and creatives to build for a digital medium. The rise of virtual reality has led to Adobe building the platforms necessary for creators to transition into the world of 3D spatial computing. I’ve interviewed four innovators from Adobe Research and Adobe’s Design Lab who are […]
An Adobe Flash 0day is being actively exploited in the wild
Enlarge / A screenshot of the malicious Excel document spreading a Flash zeroday. (credit: Talos) An increasingly sophisticated hacking group is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe’s Flash Player that lets them take full control of infected machines, researchers said Friday. The critical, use-after-free vulnerability, which is indexed as CVE-2018-4877, resides in the latest version […]
Figma raises $25 million to take on Adobe with a browser-based interface design tool
Figma, an interface design and prototyping tool that works in the browser, has raised $ 25 million in a series B round of funding from Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, and Index Ventures. Founded out of San Francisco in 2012, Figma is one of a number of players plying their trades in the UI design and prototyping […]
Adobe Lightroom uses AI to edit your photos like a pro
Many photo editing apps have an auto-adjust feature that can improve photos, but pros tend to steer clear of it for a reason — it’s more of a vague guess than an informed edit based on experience. Wouldn’t it be nice if it learned from the pros? It does now. Adobe has released updates to […]
Adobe Scan uses AI to find documents in your photo gallery
Adobe introduced a new feature for Scan, the iOS and Android app that converts scanned documents into editable PDFs using your phone’s camera. Thanks to the latest update, Scan can look through your phone’s pictures and find receipts, documents, forms and more thanks to AI. It will then turn them into editable and searchable PDFs […]
In spectacular fail, Adobe security team posts private PGP key on blog
Enlarge / Um, yes, that was Adobe PSIRT’s private PGP key on their website. Best get their new public key. Having some transparency about security problems with software is great, but Adobe’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) took that transparency a little too far today when a member of the team posted the PGP […]
