Following the acquisition of Affinity design software by Canva, concerns emerged over the possibility of a shift from its one-time purchase pricing model to a subscription-based format. In response, the two entities have made a commitment, reassuring their user base that the transition to a subscription model will not be mandatory. On Wednesday, a joint statement was … [Read more...]
Canva Acquires Affinity Suite In Landmark Deal To Challenge Adobe’s Dominance. See Details And Reactions From Designers.
In a strategic move to fortify its position in the creative software market, Canva Inc. has completed its acquisition of the widely admired Affinity suite, targeting a broader competition with Adobe Inc. This marks Canva's most substantial purchase to date, underlining its commitment to challenge the long-standing dominance of Adobe in the creative software … [Read more...]
“I’m A Graphic Design Student And I Feel Like I Picked The Wrong Field”
A design student recently turned to Reddit to voice their concerns about their future in graphic design, amidst widespread concerns over the industry's downturn and tales of job dissatisfaction. With graduation looming, they're worried about their job prospects, especially since their education didn't cover the wide range of skills listed in job postings. Despite enjoying … [Read more...]
Cool Or Scary? New Video Shows The Insane Power Of Adobe Generative AI
Adobe Generative AI is revolutionizing the graphic design industry by empowering designers with powerful tools that streamline their creative processes. AI benefits: From automated image manipulation to intelligent content-aware recommendations, Adobe's AI-driven features save time and enhance design precision, fostering new levels of efficiency and creativity. With AI, … [Read more...]
Graphic Design Just Changed Forever With Adobe’s New Stardust Tool
Imagine if you could move, edit, and replace individual objects in a flat JPEG photo as if it were layered? And when you move an object, the background gets generated automatically. Adobe's Project Stardust is a revolutionary object-aware editing engine that was showcased at the company's Max Creativity Conference this year. Stardust uses artificial intelligence and … [Read more...]
Adobe Has Created An Interactive Dress That Can Change Colors, Patterns, And Animate In Real Time
The Adobe Max Creativity Conference is an annual endeavour by the tech giant to showcase potential future technologies, tools, and features that may ultimately be integrated into their product suite. But this year, Adobe came up with a unique innovation in the fashion space that left the crowd awestruck and has gotten everyone talking about the possible implementations of … [Read more...]
Incredible New Tool From Adobe Lets You Add Or Remove Objects In VIDEOS Using The Power Of Generative Fill
Every year, Adobe offers a sneak peak into potential future technologies at its MAX Creativity Conference, showcasing new tools and features that could become a part of their final products. At this year's conference, most of the MAX Sneaks leveraged the power of Generative AI across multiple mediums, from photos and videos to audio and 3D. One tool that caught everyone's … [Read more...]
Graphic Designer Turns 350-Year-Old Painting Into A Nike Ad Within Seconds With Photoshop Generative Fill
Using Photoshop's recently-introduced Generative Fill AI Tool, TikTok user @pictelate transformed the famous 17th century painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, into a speculative advertisement (spec ad) for Nike. Pictelate used Generative Fill text prompts to extend the painting background and turn it into a gym. He made the girl 'wear' a Nike headband, a … [Read more...]
How To Use Photoshop’s “Generative Fill” AI Tool, The Biggest Game Changer In The Design Industry
Adobe's Generative Fill in Photoshop (beta) is a revolutionary step forward in creative and design workflows. This innovative feature, serving as a 'co-pilot' for users, is powered by Adobe Firefly, the company's suite of creative generative AI models. Subscribers of Photoshop can conjure up spectacular imagery using just a simple text prompt. The incorporation of this tool … [Read more...]
33 Memes That’ll Make Every Designer Laugh
Calling all graphic designers, pixel pushers, and Photoshop wizards! Are you tired of staring at your screen, battling uncooperative clients, and squinting at never-ending lines of code? Well, fear not, because we have the ultimate antidote to your creative woes: funny memes designed especially for you! Prepare to chuckle, snort, and maybe even snort-laugh as we dive into a … [Read more...]
Adobe Firefly Is A Revolutionary AI Model That Will Change The Way You Design
Adobe Firefly is a family of creative generative AI models that will transform the conversation between creator and computer into something more natural, intuitive, and powerful. With Adobe Firefly, creators of all skill levels will be able to generate content such as images, audio, vectors, videos, and 3D to creative ingredients like brushes, color gradients, and video … [Read more...]
37 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Stuck in the middle of a tough project with a stiff deadline? Is your client giving you sleepless nights? Are you tired of your boss micromanaging everything? If your answer is yes, then you need a healthy dose of meme-therapy to brighten your day. Memes stimulate the release of endorphins that create a sense of well-being in the body. In a study of 472 graphic, web, and UI … [Read more...]
Amazing New ‘Super Resolution’ Tool In Adobe Photoshop Can Turn Low-Res Pics To High-Res
In a major breakthrough for the photography industry, Adobe has released a powerful new feature called 'Super Resolution' that can upsize an image 4x times while preserving its details and colors. For instance, you can turn a 10-megapixel image into a 40-megapixel image and maintain its sharpness at a higher resolution, thereby improving its quality. Enlarging a … [Read more...]
Free And Cheaper Alternatives To Photoshop, Illustrator, And Other Adobe Creative Software
Looking for free options for Adobe Creative Cloud programs? Quze has compiled a list of free and cheaper (one-time purchase) alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Animate, and Audition. The list includes some well-known alternatives like Affinity Suite, Corel Draw, Canva, Sketch, Figma, etc. and also a few relatively … [Read more...]
New Feature In Illustrator Can Extract Colors From An Image And Apply Them To Your Vector Artwork
The Recolor Artwork tool in Illustrator lets you select and change the colors of your existing vector artwork using a color wheel. But choosing the right colors and changing them individually can be a tedious process. Now, Adobe is coming up with a Color Theme Picker for the Recolor Artwork tool that will let you extract colors from an image or palette of your choice, and … [Read more...]
Finally, A Photoshop Face Mask For All Graphic Designers
Advertising creatives Jose Miguel Ramirez and Michael Kleinman came up with a cool face mask for designers that looked like a transparent Photoshop layer, symbolizing the Mask Tool. The 'Photoshop Mask' Mask measured 7" × 4" and consisted of a sublimated polyester exterior with a soft microfiber lining and elastic ear loops. The initial batch of masks were released in … [Read more...]
39 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Are you in the middle of a tough project with a tight deadline? Are your clients giving you sleepless nights? Are you tired of your creative director micromanaging everything? If yes, then what you need is a healthy dose of meme-therapy to help brighten up your day. Memes stimulate the release of endorphins that create a sense of well-being within the body. In a study of 450 … [Read more...]
Photoshop’s New ‘Object Selection Tool’ Is A Dream Come True For Designers
Adobe Photoshop has a new tool called 'Object Selection Tool' that is designed to accelerate your selection workflow. It is available from Photoshop version 21.0 onwards, and is placed above the Quick Selection and Magic Wand tools in the tool bar. To use, just select the tool and click and drag over the object in your photo. Using Adobe Sensei machine learning, the tool … [Read more...]
35 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Are you in the middle of difficult project with a stiff deadline? Is your client giving you sleepless nights? Are you tired of your boss micromanaging everything? If yes, then what you need is a healthy dose of meme-therapy to help brighten up your day. In a study of 520 designers and developers, neuroscientists found that memes helped reduce work burnout by upto 64%. They … [Read more...]
8 Great Adobe Font Combinations For Your Next Design Project
Previously, we featured 15 great Google Font combinations for your graphic, web, and UI design projects. In today's post, we look at some beautiful Adobe Font combinations, with the help of this excellent list compiled by Polish designer Tom Koszyk. Koszyk also suggests which font combinations to use for a particular type of app or website. For example, DIN and Neue Haas … [Read more...]
Adobe Develops AI That Can Detect If Faces Were Manipulated In Photoshop
Researchers at Adobe and UC Berkeley have developed an AI method that can detect whether faces in photos were manipulated using Adobe Photoshop's Liquify Tool. The research team trained a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) on thousands of portrait images on which Face Aware Liquify was applied using a Photoshop script. In a series of subsequent experiments, the AI was able … [Read more...]
32 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Stuck in the middle of tough project with a stiff deadline? Is your client being an unreasonable prick? Has your boss put the entire workload on you? If yes, then now is the time to indulge in some meme-therapy and brighten up your day. Memes have been scientifically proven to reduce work-related burnout by upto 57%. In a study of 480 designers and developers, … [Read more...]
Free And Cheaper Options To Photoshop, Illustrator, And Other Adobe Creative Software
Freelance illustrator, artist, and author Michael Sexton has compiled a list of free and cheaper (single purchase) alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, After Effects, and Audition. Michael created the list after Adobe's recent price hike of its photography plan from $9.99 to $19.99. After an outcry from creatives, the price … [Read more...]
What Type Of Creative Personality Do You Have? Take This Quiz By Adobe And Find Out
Adobe Create Magazine has come up with an interesting new quiz titled Creative Types that tells you what kind of a creative personality you have. The test uses psychological research to asses your basic habits, and helps you better understand who you are as a creative. The results will also tell you how to maximize your natural gifts, and what kind of creative … [Read more...]
Adobe After Effects Has A Powerful Tool That Can Remove Any Object From Your Video
Content-Aware Fill is a useful tool in Photoshop that lets you remove unwanted objects from your photos. But what if you want to remove objects from a video? You'll need to edit each frame individually and then stitch them back together. Well, all that has changed now in the latest release of After Effects (16.1), which includes a powerful new Content-Aware Fill feature that … [Read more...]
28 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers
Are you in the middle of a tough project with a stiff deadline? Is your boss or client being a d*ck? Are you tired of creating "Buy Two, Get One Free" flyers and banners? If yes, then indulge in some meme-therapy and brighten up your day. Scientific research has proven that memes help reduce work-related stress by stimulating the release of endorphins that trigger a sense of … [Read more...]
Adobe ‘Good Bones’ Lets You Change Vector Shapes Easily By Adding A Skeleton Structure
When you create artwork in Adobe Illustrator, the underlying geometry of the vector graphics can be quite complex. If you need to change the appearance of your vector figure, you'll need to edit each anchor point individually, which can be quite a task. For example, if you want to open the mouth of a vector dinosaur that you've created, you'll need to tweak each anchor point … [Read more...]
Adobe ‘Fast Mask’ Lets You Quickly Select And Mask Any Moving Object In A Video
In After Effects, if you want to add text or an effect behind an object in a video, you can use the Roto Brush to select the object, and then apply a mask. However, the current Roto Brush is not a very intuitive tool and in most cases the mask breaks after the first frame, specially if the object is fast-moving (like a dancer or a person running). You can spend hours manually … [Read more...]
Short, Useful Animations To Help You Create Icons Easily In Adobe Illustrator
Melbourne-based designer and entrepreneur Marc Edwards has come up with a series of speedrun videos that show you simple techniques to create vector icons in Adobe Illustrator. Each video lasts only a few seconds and takes you through an optimal (and sometimes surprising) method to create common UI icons like bluetooth, headphones, inbox, settings, hourglass, lightning … [Read more...]
Adobe ‘Moving Stills’ Turns Static Images Into 3D Animated Photos And Videos
When you're browsing through old photos do you sometimes wish you could view a video or a 3D animation of the same scene? Although companies like Apple and Samsung let you capture Live Photos or Motion Photos with their mobile devices, those are just flat video recordings taken a few seconds before you click a picture. The images don’t really give you a 3D perspective – … [Read more...]
Adobe Fontphoria Can Capture Text In Images And Convert Them To Fonts
How many times have you wanted to know the name of a font used in a particular design or artwork? In some cases, the letters have been hand-drawn and the font doesn't actually exist. But imagine if there was a technology that could scan the text in an image and create an entire font out of it. Well, Adobe is working on a brilliant new tool called Fontphoria – a glyph … [Read more...]
20 Memes Every Designer Will Relate To
Are you in the middle of a tough project with a stiff deadline? Is your client or boss being a prick? Are you tired of creating "Buy One, Get One" ads and banners? If yes, then indulge in some meme-therapy and brighten up your day. Memes have been scientifically proven to help reduce work stress by stimulating the release of endorphins that trigger a sense of well-being … [Read more...]
Photoshop’s New, More Powerful ‘Content-Aware Fill’ Can Realistically Remove Any Object From Your Photos
Adobe Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill is a useful tool to remove unwanted objects from your photos, but sometimes the results can fall short and there are no options to customize the results. Well, all that has changed in the latest version of Photoshop CC (20.0). Content-Aware Fill has received a powerful new upgrade that gives the tool its own workspace and additional … [Read more...]
Designers, You’ll Love These $5 Keychains Of Popular Graphic Design Softwares And Memes
Singapore-based graphic artist Yu Xin has come up with a cool series of $5 keychains for graphic designers, based on popular Adobe programs and their interfaces. If you've ever worked with a demanding client, you'll relate to the meme-based Photoshop and Illustrator keychains that feature PS and AI file icons with funny filenames. The idea came to Xin when she was working on … [Read more...]
Designer Creates Beautiful Team Badges During The World Cup
Venezuela-based illustrator and graphic designer Moises Fernandez designed some beautiful team badges for his Instagram page during the World Cup. Created with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, the crests feature beautiful illustrations and artwork, with national symbols and relevant colors for each team. Check them out below. … [Read more...]