All the best stuff for web designers announced at Adobe MAX
Project Felix
Photo compositing is one of the most interesting, fun, and awfully time-consuming things you can do with Photoshop. People use these techniques to make art, advertisements, experiments, and even to add special effects to movies. I used to do some photo-manipulation for fun when I was a teenager. I scared my mom. Long story.
Photoshop gets usability updates
Adobe Photoshop has a new search bar, that will let you search for functions if you forgot the shortcut, search through your documents, assets, online tutorials, and more. This will seriously speed things up for people who find themselves having to do something unfamiliar or find a function they don’t normally use. Additionally, it has the usual host of small improvements, like tighter integration with Adobe XD (you can copy SVGs back and forth), more cloud features, and new Adobe Stock templates right in the File > New menu. There is also now an enhanced layer properties window, and support for SVG fonts. Basically, Photoshop is the same beast it always was, but it has a few more convenience features now. That’s never a bad thing. If you want to know more about Project Felix and Photoshop, check out the official blog post.Dreamweaver has been overhauled
We previously discussed some big changes to Dreamweaver, and now they're here! To sum it up quickly, a whole new "developer mode" has been added to the app. If you prefer to work with code, you can, while sharing your work with colleagues who may prefer Dreamweaver's more visual features. Other features include:- Emmet is now included by default
- Live browser previews
- Quick Edit, and other features from Adobe Brackets
- Multiple cursors (it’s about time)
- A generally streamlined UI
Adobe XD is more collaborative than ever
Adobe XD will soon have commenting on designs when you share them with stakeholders. You will also be able to share design specs and style guide from any Adobe XD file, which could greatly simplify the process of compiling a style guide. They're also working on features that will allow you to work on documents with other designers, live. Kind of like Google Drive, only one designer won't be able to edit anything on an art board if another designer is already working on that art board.
Ezequiel Bruni
Ezequiel Bruni is a web/UX designer, blogger, and aspiring photographer living in Mexico. When he’s not up to his finely-chiselled ears in wire-frames and front-end code, or ranting about the same, he indulges in beer, pizza, fantasy novels, and stand-up comedy.
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