Remember all those sweet video features in Premiere we all saw a few months ago? Well, those and a host of other updates are coming today. There are a LOT of updates across the platforms, but we’ve done what we can to get all of the ones we think you will be interested in together here (you can find a bit more information specifically to Lightroom and Photoshop here).
Below are the features as listed by Adobe, as well as what they’re supposed to do/how they improve your workflow. Hopefully this list gets you started and on the right track to seeing what matters most to you as a creative professional.
Photoshop CC – 2015 Release (read more here)
Edit once, update everywhere with Linked Assets in CC Libraries
Assets in Creative Cloud Libraries can now be linked so that when a change is made to an asset, you and your team members have the option of updating it across any Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign projects wherever it’s used.
Design multiple artboards in a single document
Now you can create multiple design surfaces within a single document with new Artboards. Artboards work similarly to Adobe Illustrator and other design tools and were developed with today’s designers’ needs in mind. You can make each artboard a different size, easily lay out your artboards in Photoshop in a single document, see all of your artboards in a single view so you get a bird’s-eye view of your designs at once, easily copy and share content between artboards, and quickly export each artboard or all of your artboards.
Redesigned, intuitive, and streamlined Asset Export
Quickly and easily export your images and designs to a variety of formats thanks to a completely redesigned, intuitive, and streamlined exporting experience that gives you improved image export options, a new updated and enhanced ability to extract your assets, and a modernized Save for Web export – all with just a few clicks.
Preview your app and web designs in real time
Get precise and in context previews of your mobile app and mobile web designs on an actual iOS device in real time using Adobe Preview CC, a native iOS companion app, making sure your designs look great on iOS devices.
New experience for app design
Photoshop now includes a preview of a new technology called Photoshop Design Space (Preview), which offers a designated mode with new interactions and design-focused features that reduce clicks, mouse movements and clutter for designers working on mobile apps and websites.
Spot Healing Brush and Patch tools 120x faster than CS6
The Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush and Patch tools have been turbocharged with Mercury Graphics Engine enhancements. See your Healing Brush results in real time, and get Spot Healing Brush and Patch Tool results that are up to 120X faster than they were in CS6.
Illustrator CC – 2015 Release
Edit once, update everywhere with Linked Assets in CC Libraries
Assets in Creative Cloud Libraries can now be linked so that when a change is made to an asset, you and your team members have the option of updating it across any Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign projects wherever it’s used.
10x faster than CS6
Illustrator CC is now up to ten times faster than CS6, thanks to a new Mercury Performance System boost that turbocharges panning, zooming and scrolling.
10x greater zoom magnification
View and finesse the finest details in your most demanding artwork with 10 times higher zoom magnification, also thanks to new Mercury Performance System boost. Zoom magnification can now go beyond the previous 6400% limit to 64,000%.
Never lose your work
Recover your work when Illustrator crashes before you have a chance to save. Just reopen Illustrator and your document is restored to its pre-crash state.
Create custom graphs, charts and infographics
Designers using Illustrator CC can also create beautiful data-driven visualizations including custom charts, graphics and info-graphics using a preview of a simplified Chart interface.
Scale up mobile designs
Scale Photoshop Sketch drawings up to four times their original size with no loss in quality, so the art can be used in designs for posters, display graphics and other large formats.
InDesign CC – 2015 Release
Edit once, update everywhere with Linked Assets in CC Libraries
Assets in Creative Cloud Libraries can now be linked so that when a change is made to an asset, you and your team members have the option of updating it across any Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign projects wherever it’s used.
Twice as fast as CS6
InDesign gets its own Mercury Performance System boost with zooming, scrolling, and paging up and down complex documents now twice as fast than CS6.
Place images in table cells
Now, InDesign users can place images directly into cells of tables – either by dragging and dropping or via the content collector – allowing them to create tables that have a combination of both text and graphics in a much faster, simpler way than previously possible.
Easily publish documents online
Publish Online (Preview) is a new preview feature that allows you to repurpose the documents you have created for print by effortlessly publishing them online. The feature enables one click publishing of InDesign documents as a digital version that works on all devices, in any modern browser, without the need to install a plug-in. This Publish Online document can be accessed by anyone who has the document URL, and allows him or her to view the document in a beautiful, yet simple, online reading experience, on any device, and on any platform.
Paragraph shading
Designers also now have the ability to add color or shading to a paragraph.
Premiere Pro CC – 2015 Release
Dramatically simplified color workflows
The new Lumetri Color panel provides powerful color corrections using intuitive sliders and other simple controls.
Smooth out jump cuts in interviews
Morph Cut makes it easier to deliver polished interview content by smoothing out jump cuts in talking-head shots to create a cohesive, polished sequence.
Creative Cloud Libraries integration
Premiere Pro now has Creative Cloud Libraries, giving you in-app access to all of your assets.
Enhanced Premiere Clip support
Capture and assemble video wherever inspiration strikes you using Adobe Premiere Clip, then step up to the full creative power of Adobe Premiere Pro.Clip projects now open directly in Premiere Pro, a seamless transition from your mobile editing experience to the power of a professional desktop NLE.
Time Tuner
Deliver content that is the right duration without time-consuming micro-editing. Adjust the length of your video with new Adobe magic that automatically adds or removes frames at scene changes, in sections with still images, or low visual activity, or during quiet audio passages. Time Tuner is a feature of Adobe Media Encoder, which is included with Adobe Premiere Pro.
After Effects CC – 2015 Release
Creative Cloud Libraries integration
After Effects now has Creative Cloud Libraries, giving you in-app access to all of your assets.
Uninterrupted Preview
Uninterrupted Preview allows artists to adjust a composition’s properties and even resize panels without impacting playback.
Face Tracker
Track faces with exceptional accuracy by managing the level of detail you track. Simple mask tracking lets you quickly apply effects only to a face, such as selective color correction or blurring a person’s face. You can also track specific points on the face such as pupils, mouth, and nose. Change colors of the eyes or exaggerate mouth movements without frame-by-frame adjustments.
Easily animate 2D characters with your webcam
The groundbreaking Adobe Character Animator (Preview) brings 2D figures to life using a webcam to track facial movements, record dialog and apply movements in real time onto a pre-configured character.
Simplified Preview
Designed for new users just getting into motion graphics and visual effects, Simplified Preview offers intuitive default behaviors while allowing veterans (After Effects experts) to customize their preview options for different triggers or simply revert to legacy behaviors in a few mouse clicks.
Dreamweaver CC – 2015 Release
Responsive design
Rapidly build and layout production-ready websites that dynamically adapt to fit various screen sizes, making responsive design a part of your everyday workflow.
Device Preview
Preview the appearance of your pages or test interactivity in real-time, so you can see how your design will look and adapt in an actual mobile browser.
Batch export from PSD
Batch extract web-optimized images with multiple resolutions from a Photoshop document.
Code editor improvements
Write standards-based HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code using tools like code completion, built-in validation, and site-management.
Muse CC – 2015 Release
Instant access to premium fonts from Typekit
Adobe Typekit web fonts are now available in the Adobe Muse font menu.
Blogs, shopping carts, and other new partner widgets
Download new Adobe Muse Add-ons to add a shopping cart, integrate and style a blog from any blog service like WordPress or Tumblr, create tables, and add unique design elements like bullets and buttons, and more.
Contact form updates
Add radio buttons and check boxes to allow site visitors to select single or multiple options in a contact form.
Ongoing code improvements to ensure Adobe Muse meets the latest web standards
Ongoing code improvements to ensure Adobe Muse meets the latest web standards.
Flash Pro CC – 2015 Release
Bone Tool
Animate objects by linking a series of symbols together with a bone structure.
Video import on timeline
Import HTML5-friendly H.264 videos directly onto the timeline to use a guide layer.
Sprite-sheet export
Export all of the bitmaps in your HTML5 Canvas project as a single sprite sheet, reducing the number of files in your project.
Audio-splitting
Split audio files directly on the timeline to coordinate blank frames as you animate.