#Adobe

#Adobe

IPG announced a strategic partnership with Adobe to empower marketers through AI and audience data metrics.

Integration of Adobe's GenStudio into IPG engine aims to enhance content supply chains and create more authentic connections with consumers. [ more ]

Get significant discounts on Adobe subscriptions, up to 60% off for various categories of users. [ more ]

Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen oversees the evolution of Adobe's creative tools and shifting business models in response to technological advancements. [ more ]

Delta Emulator is changing its logo to avoid potential confusion with Adobe's stylized letter 'A'. [ more ]

Firefly Image 3 by Adobe, an improved generative AI model, shows advancements in realistic image generation, lighting, understanding of complex prompts, and depictive accuracy. [ more ]

Photoshop now offers more AI-powered features including image generation from text prompts, reference images, and easier backgrounds, streamlining design process for all users. [ more ]

Adobe's AI Assistant summarizes documents for quick information retrieval, with potential for email, presentation, and report formatting. [ more ]

The UK is drafting regulations for powerful AI models to limit potential harms, while OpenAI opens an office in Tokyo and Adobe develops a generative video model. [ more ]

Firefly AI by Adobe has unique selling points in creative workflows and commercial safety. [ more ]

Adobe is developing a generative AI video model for Premiere Pro that will allow users to generate video clips, add/remove objects with text prompts, and integrate third-party AI models. [ more ]

Adobe's Firefly AI model introduces new features in Premiere Pro: Object Addition & Removal, Generative Extend, and Text to Video. [ more ]

Adobe expands Content Credentials across applications

Content Credentials promote authentic content creation [ more ]

Positive analyst rating for Adobe stock based on growth trajectory and new product offerings

Strong demand for Adobe's generative AI initiative and enterprise solutions influence Buy rating [ more ]

Firefly Services offers AI-powered APIs for content creation in enterprise workflows.

Custom Models allow businesses to fine-tune Firefly models for their assets. [ more ]

Phillip Securities analyst Paul Chew maintained a Sell rating on Adobe with a price target of $465.00.

Paul Chew cited factors like Adobe's decelerating revenue growth, competition, and delayed revenue potential from AI tools for his Sell rating. [ more ]

Adobe uses Firefly AI model to enhance 3D workflows by generating textures and backgrounds from text descriptions.

New Text to Texture & Generative Background features in beta versions of Substance 3D Sampler 4.4 and Stager 3.0. [ more ]

Keith Weiss maintains Buy rating on Adobe with $660.00 price target.

Weiss highlights Adobe's growth potential through new innovations and integration of segments. [ more ]

Robert Oliver maintains Hold rating on Adobe with a price target of $525.00

Despite solid recent performance, caution persists due to guidance and pricing strategy changes [ more ]

Adobe introduces Project Music GenAI Control for AI-generated music creation and editing directly in Photoshop interface.

Users can input text prompts like genre or mood, then fine-tune audio using various adjustments within the tool. [ more ]

Adobe announced new experimental text-to-audio generative AI tools for music co-creation.

Project Music GenAI Control is compared to 'Photoshop for audio', offering precise AI-based audio editing. [ more ]

IPG partners with Adobe for generative AI tools

IPG committing over $100 million to building AI [ more ]

Generative AI tools for custom audio editing

Adobe's Project Music GenAI Control revolutionizes music creation [ more ]

Adobe unveils Project Music GenAI Control for customizable music generation based on text descriptions or reference melody.

Project Music GenAI Control allows users to adjust tempo, intensity, patterns, and structure, remix existing tracks, and extend music indefinitely. [ more ]

Users can create and customize music using text prompts with Adobe's Project Music GenAI Control.

The tool allows users to adjust repeating patterns, tempo, intensity, and structure of the generated music and can extend the length of audio clips. [ more ]

Adobe has introduced generative AI to Acrobat, enhancing document navigation and efficiency.

The AI Assistant in Acrobat can summarize documents, answer questions, provide citations, and recommend topics, benefiting students and business users. [ more ]

Kash Rangan reiterated a Buy rating on Adobe with a $640.00 price target based on resilience and adaptability.

Rangan believes expansion of the market, driven by generative AI, will strengthen Adobe's market position in offering a full suite of platform solutions. [ more ]

Adobe introduces AI Assistant in Acrobat for easier document navigation [ more ]

Artist Rich McCor has collaborated with Adobe to reimagine F1 circuits in famous UK landmarks using AI.

McCor used Adobe Firefly's Generative Fill tool to integrate the tracks into the iconic locations. [ more ]

The first-ever completed wearable garment called Project Primrose, an interactive Adobe dress, made its runway debut during New York Fashion Week.

Adobe's in-house tools, including Illustrator and After Effects, were used to design and animate the dress and make the fashion technology work. [ more ]

Adobe unveils interactive digital dress at New York Fashion Week

The dress features laser-cut polymer dispersed liquid crystal 'petals' that can change patterns multiple times per second [ more ]

Nine News Melbourne blamed an "automation" error for publishing an edited image of a politician, which Adobe has cast doubt on.

Adobe's statement doesn't refute Nine's claim that the use of Photoshop introduced erroneous changes to the image through automation. [ more ]

Kittl, a Berlin-based startup, has raised $36 million in a Series B funding round to further develop its graphic design tool.

The company aims to provide a powerful design tool that is more advanced than Canva and less complex than Adobe's applications. [ more ]

Adobe refuses to make any compromises to appease the UK competition watchdog's concerns about its $20 billion acquisition of Figma.

The Competition and Markets Authority's recommendations leave Adobe with the option to sell off Figma Design or face the deal being blocked entirely. [ more ]

The European Commission has filed an antitrust complaint against Adobe's $20 billion bid for Figma, citing concerns of reduced competition in interactive product design tools.

Figma is considered the market leader in interactive product design tools, and the merger with Adobe could create a dominant player in the market.

Adobe has already started phasing out its own interactive product design tool, Adobe XD, after announcing the deal. [ more ]

Over two in five Americans use TikTok as a search engine, with one in 10 Gen Zers relying on it more than Google.

TikTok is seen as more informative, digestible, personalized, and current compared to traditional search engines. [ more ]

Microsoft released 49 Windows security updates, including fixes for two critical-rated bugs.

There are four high-severity Chrome flaws in Microsoft Edge. [ more ]

Microsoft released patches to address 59 security vulnerabilities, including two zero-days being actively exploited.

The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges and execute remote code.

Adobe also released patches to fix critical-severity flaws in its products, including Adobe Acrobat and Reader. [ more ]

Adobe released 14 bulletins addressing 76 CVEs in various products including Acrobat and Reader, ColdFusion, Audition, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.

The patch for Acrobat and Reader is the largest with 17 CVEs and is often targeted in phishing campaigns.

The update for ColdFusion contains three Critical-rated CVEs and should be prioritized for testing and deployment. [ more ]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Adobe's cancellation policies, which users claim are complicated and include unfair fees.

Adobe may face severe fines for a potential breach of the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act. [ more ]

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released provisional findings on the Adobe and Figma merger, stating that it will eliminate competition, reduce innovation, and remove Figma as a threat to Adobe's software suites.

Figma is a major player in the UK design space, accounting for 80% of the market and a significant part of the country's app development sector.

The investigation concludes that the merger would eliminate competition in multiple fields, impacting sectors that generate $60 billion in annual revenue and employ 850,000 skilled workers. [ more ]

Adobe will be the new lead sponsor for the Women's FA Cup, aiming to boost the profile of the women's game and fan engagement.

The partnership will introduce new social media innovation and provide participating clubs with access to Adobe Express, an all-in-one content creation app.

The Women's FA Cup will have a total prize pot of £6 million, with a focus on financial benefit for clubs starting from the third round onwards. [ more ]

The European Commission has issued a formal antitrust complaint against Adobe regarding its proposed $20 billion acquisition of Figma.

The Commission believes that the merger may significantly reduce competition in the global markets for interactive product design tools and editing tools.

Adobe and Figma have until February 5th to respond to the Commission's objections and address regulatory concerns. [ more ]

Adobe released a batch of security fixes for multiple products including Acrobat, Reader, ColdFusion, InDesign, InCopy, and Audition.

The patches cover critical-severity flaws that expose systems to arbitrary code execution and memory leak issues.

Adobe stated that there are no known exploits in the wild for the vulnerabilities. [ more ]