Adobe presented a behind-the-scenes look at cutting-edge design and interactive technologies at Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference. MAX Sneak Peeks offer a unique opportunity to see inside Adobe's engineering labs and to preview future applications and features during their early stage of development. The opening keynote introduced a hardware project named "Mighty" (and a related short ruler project named "Napoleon") which aims to marry traditional drawing tools with the mobility and flexibility of tablet devices. Other sneak peeks discussed Edge Code, adjusting lighting in After Effects and Photoshop, Perspective Warp in Photoshop, and more. [source]

Desktop publishing and design software Adobe InDesign CC, unveiled at the Adobe MAX conference, features under-the-hood improvements resulting in faster performance; a new look; font search and font preview functionality; new QR code creator; Creative Cloud synchronization functionality; HiDPI and Retina display support; EPUB enhancements; and other new and enhanced features. The new InDesign will be available as a part of Adobe's Creative Cloud offering, this June. [source]

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]

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]

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]

Todd Kopriva's After Effects blog features an article detailing the much discussed CINEMA 4D and After Effects integration. It describes the included CINEMA 4D Lite R14, and the overall workflow between both applications. [source]

Boris FX unveiled a new VFX Browser for its flagship Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) plug-in collection. Available as a free download, the new BCC Effects Library Browser plug-in allows editors and motion graphics artists to instantly preview thousands of BCC presets via animations that integrate timeline video. The free plug-in can be used on any system with a BCC-compatible host application - even if BCC is not installed. The Boris Continuum Complete Effects Library Browser plug-in will be available as a free download during Q2 2013. [source]