Photoshop Paywalls Pantone Colors, Is Turning Users’ Art Black

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Pantone is putting 15,000 colors behind a paywall for users on some of the most popular Adobe products starting next month—leaving designers who want to use, or have ever used in the past, no choice but to pay up if they want to use them.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3pedx/photoshop-paywalls-pantone-colors-is-turning-users-art-black

Adobe Max 2022 recap: big updates for Photoshop and Lightroom, plus Meta apps

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Adobe is partnering with Wix. The plan is to integrate the ultra-modular Express Embed SDK into the popular website builder to boost creativity and simplify workflows.

According to Yaniv Vakrat, Chief Business Officer at Wix, the firm will “explore ways in which we can enable our users to use Adobe Express capabilities to enhance the image editing process in our Wix Media Manager.”

https://www.techradar.com/news/live/adobe-max-2022-live-all-the-latest-updates-for-photoshop-lightroom-and-more

Designers worry Adobe won’t let Figma flourish

The world of creative technology was rocked last week by news that industry giant Adobe had acquired Figma, makers of a hugely popular suite of UI and UX design tools, for a whopping $20 billion. The response from designers was immediate — and for the most part, extremely negative.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/21/23363188/adobe-destroy-figma-designers-ux-ui-creative-cloud

Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design

Big news in the world of digital creative technology: Adobe today announced that it would acquire Figma for $20 billion, taking out one of its biggest rivals in the realm of digital design.

The deal definitely lays down the gauntlet for other big names in the world of digital design. Specifically it will be interesting to see what comes next for companies like Canva and Sketch.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/adobe-is-buying-figma-for-20b-taking-out-one-of-its-biggest-rivals-in-digital-design/

Adobe MAX 2021: Unleashing Creativity for All with the Next Generation of Creative Cloud

At Adobe MAX, the company announced major updates across Creative Cloud flagship applications powered by Adobe Sensei, accelerated the video creation process with the addition of Frame.io and advanced 3D and immersive authoring abilities. Adobe also previewed new collaboration capabilities with the introduction of Creative Cloud Canvas, Creative Cloud Spaces and betas of Photoshop and Illustrator on the web.

https://news.adobe.com/news/news-details/2021/Adobe-MAX-2021-Unleashing-Creativity-for-All-with-the-Next-Generation-of-Creative-Cloud/default.aspx