Adobe's Illustrator CC, now part of the Creative Cloud offering, contains a number of new and enhanced features, namely the new Touch Type tool that enables to manipulate characters like individual objects; brushes based on photographs; the ability to search for fonts; the new Free Transform tools designed to transform objects in a more immediate and intuitive way; faster type performance; various cloud synchronizing options; the ability to unembed images; and other new features. The new Illustrator will be available on June 17th, exclusively to Adobe Creative Cloud members. [source]

Adobe has introduced an all-new version of Premiere Pro. The Premiere Pro CC, an Adobe Creative Cloud exclusive, features a redesigned timeline, intuitive track targeting, and dozens of new shortcuts; the new Link & Locate functionality that helps users track down their clips quickly; a Lumetri Deep Color Engine including the new Looks Browser, enabling to add looks from Adobe SpeedGrade as easily as adding a dissolve; Audio Clip Mixer for precise audio control; brand-new capabilities for importing and manipulating closed captions; multiple GPU export support; support for a wider range of GPUs in the Mercury Playback Engine; and more. Coming mid-June. [source]

Get your hands on the latest release of MODO, Luxology's modeling, animation, and rendering software for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux systems (Linux version is currently in beta). The new version - including new procedural particle engine, audio playback and a sound channel modifier, schematic improvements, dedicated dynamics simulation layer, large scene performance improvements, unlimited network rendering, and more - can now be test driven by downloading a free 15-day trial version. [source]

Adobe's web design offering Dreamweaver CC will be available mid-June, exclusively to Creative Cloud subscribers. The new version adds intuitive visual editing tools incl. the ability to quickly apply CSS properties like gradients and box shadows; the enhanced Fluid Grid Layout interface; drag and drop jQuery UI widgets; typography-oriented functionality like the Adobe Edge Web Fonts Library, powered by Adobe Typekit; simpler interface, with smoother workflows; and more. [source]

Adobe has officially introduced the new version of its flagship video compositing software After Effects, now named After Effects CC and available exclusively to Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers. The CC version of After Effects features the much discussed live 3D pipeline integration with CINEMA 4D; the Refine Edge tool for natural-looking composites without keying specially shot footage; new Warp Stabilizer VFX, a major upgrade to the popular Warp Stabilizer; new 3D Camera Tracker; Pixel Motion Blur tool; new Bicubic resampling option for layer scaling; streamlined user interface; and an accelerated core with improved support for NVIDIA GPUs, and 64-bit operating systems; plus the newly unveiled Sync Settings feature. The Sync Settings functionality gives users the ability to upload settings files from local computer to Creative Cloud and then download settings from Creative Cloud to any other computer from within After Effects. The CC edition of After Effects, which is version 12.0 of the application, will be available on June 17th. All new features are part of Creative Cloud that each member gets as part of their subscription. For those who still prefer the traditional model, the CS 6 edition will still be available for purchase. [source]

Steinberg announced the availability of WaveLab 8 and WaveLab Elements 8, the new generation of its popular audio editing and mastering solution. With over 150 new features, the latest incarnation of WaveLab comes with more tools and workflow enhancements than in any other WaveLab version. Highlights include the intuitive speaker management system, advanced EBU R128-compliant loudness metering, iZotope's MBIT high-end dithering algorithms and Voxengo's acclaimed CurveEQ (more). WaveLab 8 and WaveLab Elements 8 are now available at your local Steinberg dealer and in the Steinberg Online Shop. Updates and upgrades from older WaveLab versions can be purchased as download products in the Steinberg Online Shop. [source]

At Adobe MAX, Adobe unveiled a significant update to Adobe Creative Cloud, the company's flagship offering for creatives. Available in June and packed with new features, Creative Cloud reimagines the creative process through a set of "CC" desktop applications and sophisticated cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities. Creative files can be stored, synced and shared, via Creative Cloud, on Mac OS, Windows, iOS and Android; and Behance, the world's leading online creative community. By signing up for Creative Cloud today, creatives will be set up to download and use these latest cloud-enabled innovations from Adobe, when they are available next month. This update to Creative Cloud includes the next generation of Adobe desktop applications - including Adobe Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Dreamweaver CC and Premiere Pro CC. Adobe's desktop tools, previously known as Creative Suite (CS), are now branded CC to reflect that they are an integral part of Creative Cloud and have been reinvented to support a more intuitive, connected way of creating. [source]

At Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference, Adobe announced Adobe Photoshop CC as part of a major update to Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe's desktop apps, including Photoshop, were previously known as Creative Suite (CS), and will now be branded CC to reflect that they are an integral part of Creative Cloud. Photoshop CC will be available exclusively to Creative Cloud members, in June. This update combines Photoshop standard and Photoshop Extended features to deliver greater accessibility to 3D tools and image analysis, while Creative Cloud integration offers flexible collaboration and sharing capabilities. Photoshop CC brings a wide range of new features and enhancements, including advanced deblurring and sharpening technologies (Camera Shake Reduction, Smart Sharpen), new photo-editing capabilities (Adobe Camera Raw 8), improvements to rounded rectangles, and more. Photoshop CC also includes all the Photoshop feature innovations delivered exclusively to Creative Cloud members over the last year, including: Smart Object support for Blur Gallery and Liquify effects, Conditional Actions, and CSS support for faster web design. More information is available on the Photoshop.com Blog. [source]

AMD launched the AMD Radeon HD 7990, the world's fastest graphics card (tests performed by AMD as of 28 February showed higher average performance than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 in the 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme and Crysis 3). AMD Radeon HD 7990 delivers top performance and world-class technology for playing the latest DirectX 11 games in extreme resolutions and multi-monitor configurations. The card combines two high performance GPUs with 6GB of GDDR5 memory, and supports up to six simultaneous displays with AMD Eyefinity, as well as Ultra HD displays. And thanks to its advanced cooling system, the noise level created by the HD 7990 measured at 30.1 dBA (system idle) and 37.8 dBA (furmark), respectively. The AMD Radeon HD 7990 graphics card is sold at an MSRP of $999 US. [source]

Epic Games and Mozilla have continued a close collaboration first revealed during last month's Game Developers Conference to release the Epic Citadel demo on the Web running in HTML5. No plug-ins or added components are needed to experience the free app. Epic Citadel is built using standards-based technologies like HTML5, WebGL and JavaScript, and should work in any standards-based browser implementing those features. For optimal performance, Epic recommends loading it using Firefox Nightly version 23 or above, which includes optimizations for asm.js, a highly-optimizable subset of JavaScript pioneered by Mozilla, whose performance can rival native code. [source]