Over the past few years, Adobe has made key updates to our core creative apps—focused on improving workflows, creative control and overall performance based on community feedback.

Last updated: April 22, 2026 (added new Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere & Firefly features released in April of 2026)

Below is a summary of the features we've added across our Creative Cloud products:

Photoshop

• Select Details capability in Object Selection tool
• Improved Select Subject and Remove Background with Cloud Processing
• Adjust Colors in the Contextual Task Bar
• Improvements to Hue Saturation Adjustments Panel
• Improved Actions (beta)
• Selection Brush Tool
• Adjustment Brush
• Adjustment Presets
• Remove Distractions (People & Wires)
• Improved support for 32-bit HDR images, OpenColorIQ
• Live co-editing (beta)
• Various new fonts in Adobe Fonts
• Improved font browser
• Dynamic Text
• Adjust Color enhancements
• Shape tool enhancement
• Expanded File Format Support (AVIF and JPEG XL JXL)
• Harmonize (AI but not generative AI)
• Select Subject with On-Device processing (Added 10/28/25)
• Remove Background with On-Device processing (Added 10/28/25)
• Improved Remove Tool (Added 10/28/25)
• Select Details in Object Selection Tool (Added 10/28/25)
• Dynamic Text (Added 10/28/25)
• Temperature and Tint Adjustment Layers (Added 10/28/25)
• Gen Fill with Partner Models (Added 10/28/25)
• Google Gemini (Nana Banana) (Added 10/28/25)
• Topaz Upscale Model (Added 10/28/25)
• Send to Firefly Boards (Added 10/28/25)
• More consistent results with Reference Image (Added 1/14/26)
• Easily remove objects or people with updated Remove tool (Added 1/14/26)
• Create more with added Firefly models in Generative Fill + Generative Expand (Added 1/14/26)
• Adjust texture with Grain adjustment layer (Added 1/14/26)
• Adjust contrast with Clarity and dehaze adjustment layer (Added 1/14/26)
• Generate Similar in Generative Fill + Generative Expand now uses updated Firefly Fill & Expand model (Added 3/2/26)
• Open cloud documents in Firefly Boards from Adobe Photoshop (Added 4/1/26)

Illustrator

• Retype
• Mockup
• Objects on Path
• Dimension Tool
• Enhanced Image Trace
• Up to 10x faster linked files embedding
• Up to 5x faster images processing
• Up to 5x faster top 10 most used effects (Calligraphic Brush, Stroke effect, Offset Path, Art on Path Brush, Drop Shadow, Blur, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Rasterize)
• More responsive menu access
• Links panel enhancements
• Faster font navigation
• Color tools and workflows (Eyedropper, Create Gradient, Color picker, Create Swatches Info)
• Snapping tools and workflows (Smart Guide)
• Artboard tools and workflows (naming, ordering, copy-paste)
• Improvements to font workflows (Embed fonts directly to Ai files, Momochidori variable font)
• Add or duplicate artboards faster
• Rename and spot multiple artboards to stay organized
• Access recent colors instantly
• Repeat artboard actions instantly
• Place artwork precisely on select artboards
• Rearrange your selected artboards, anywhere on the canvas
• Apply gradients using your existing fill
• Draw and preview in real time with the Pencil tool
• Up to 3x faster launch (Added 10/28/25)
• Up to 6x faster file save (Added 10/28/25)
• Enhanced Font Browser (Added 10/28/25)
• Perceptual and Dithering Gradients (Added 10/28/25)
• Gradient Presets (Added 10/28/25)
• Hex code shortcut support (Added 10/28/25)
• Expanded eyedropper support (Added 10/28/25)
• Snap to Tangent and Perpendicular (Added 10/28/25)
• New Snap Quick Access Panel (Added 10/28/25)
• Extended snapping tool & object support (Added 10/28/25)
• Streamlined Artboard management Turntable (Added 10/28/25)
• Gen Expand (Added 10/28/25)
• Adobe Express Integration (Added 10/28/25)
• Generate with partner models in Text-to-Vector Graphic (Added 12/17/25)
• Scale objects using relative or absolute values (Added 2/25/26)
• Ideate and visualize using Firefly Boards (Added 2/25/26)
• Export Illustrator files directly to Adobe cloud storage (Added 2/25/26)
• Export artboards and assets as TIFF (Added 2/25/26)
• Generate with new partner models when using Text to Vector Graphic (Added 2/25/26)
• Fill shapes with partner models when using Generative Shape Fill (Added 2/25/26)
• Get auto model recommendations when using Text to Vector Graphic (Added 2/25/26)
• Turntable out of beta and into GA (Added 3/30/26)
• Create more variations with Auto Select in Text to Vector Graphic (Added 3/30/26)
• Apply style reference with new partner models when using Text to Vector Graphic (Added 3/30/26)
• Export files directly to Adobe cloud storage from Export for Screens (Added 3/30/26)

Premiere Pro

• Media Intelligence and Search
• Caption Translation in 27 languages
• Completely rewritten color management
• Audio Category Tagging (gives you one click access to the most common audio tools)
• Text-Based Editing improvements including bulk delete and markers
• Free sound effects in the Essential Sound Panel
• Re-written native MKV support
• Dynamic Waveforms
• Re-written support for H.264 for Mac/Windows
• Updated Properties Panel
• Linear Timecode Support (LTC)
• Faster plugin loading for quicker Premiere Pro launches
• Completely rewritten support for H.264 in MP4 and MOV (4x increase in performance on Apple silicon
• Lots of format support updates and new hardware accelerated formats
• Live waveform editing
• Multi-transitions
• Snappier timeline playback
• New hardware acceleration for NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
• ARRIRAW HDE decoding support
• Advanced filtering in Search panel
• Label colors in sequence tabs
• Improved color metadata handling for DNxHR, DNxHD, PNG
• 90 modern, real-time effects and transitions (Added 10/28/25)
• Redesigned Ellipse, Rectangle and Pen masks (beta) (Added 10/28/25)
• Improved 3D perspective tracking (beta) (Added 10/28/25)
• Timeline performance improvements (Added 10/28/25)
• Live audio waveform drawing (Added 10/28/25)
• Expanded GPU acceleration (Added 10/28/25)
• Video thumbnails are GPU-accelerated (IBC) (Added 10/28/25)
• Sequence improvements (Added 10/28/25)
• Effect Control Panel improvements (Added 10/28/25)
• New Object Mask (beta) (Added 10/28/25)
• Media Intelligence for Search (Added 10/28/25)
• Media Intelligence for Similar Clips (Added 10/28/25)
• Auto-bleep (Added 10/28/25)
• Premiere on iPhone (Added 10/28/25)
• Improved Frame.io Integration (Added 10/28/25)
• New Adobe Stock Panel (Added 10/28/25)
• Open Firefly Videos (Added 10/28/25)
• Firefly Integration (Added 10/28/25)
• Native support for Nikon N-RAW (Added 11/19/25)
• Send Premiere on iPhone projects to Premiere on desktop (Added 11/19/25)
• Frame.io panel integration (Added 11/19/25)
• Adobe Stock integrations in Premiere (Added 11/19/25)
• Quickly clean up audio with bulk bleep or mute (Added 11/19/25)
• Find footage faster with media intelligence (Added 11/19/25)
• Send media from Firefly to Premiere desktop (Added 11/19/25)
• Native Support for Windows on ARM (Added 1/19/26)
• Video transition handles (Added 1/19/26)
• Send media from Firefly Boards to Premiere desktop (Added 1/19/26)
• Redesigned shape masks (Added 1/19/26)
• AI-powered Object Masking (Added 1/19/26)
• New effects and transitions (Channel Blur, Gradient, Noise) (Added 4/22/26)
• Apply Sharp and Smooth modes in Object Masking (Added 4/22/26)
• View audio and video waveforms in the Source Monitor (Added 4/22/26)
• Navigate timelines with Sequence Index (Added 4/22/26)
• Relink media faster with smarter search (Added 4/22/26)
• Global Audio Mute (Added 4/22/26)
• Marker support in the Search panel (Added 4/22/26)
• Content Credentials in Premiere (Added 4/22/26)
• Color Mode for Premiere (beta) (Added 4/22/26)

After Effects

• Improved Freeze performance with Roto Brush
• Label Color Menu Swatches
• Multi-layer keyframe copy-paste
• Reverse paste keyframes
• Shadow catchers
• Embedded 3D model animations
• Extract depth data from Advanced 3D scenes
• Support for OBJ import from Libraries
• New presets for numbers, shapes and more
• Camera & Light properties in panel
• Performance improvements to 3D compositing, Effects and presets, Exporters and rendering, Expressions and scripts, GPU, and Properties panel
• New text scripting hooks for font management
• Import files directly to a folder in the Project panel
• Per-character Text and Paragraph styling in Expressions
• Decluttered 3D Model Import
• Accepts Lights switch for 3D layers
• 3D model preview thumbnail
• Cinema 4D 2025 upgrades + support for NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
• High Performance Preview Playback
• HDR preview support
• 3D model animation controls in Properties panel
• Animated Environment Lights
• Customized Transparency Grid & panel background colors
• New Commands for Creating Nulls from Points
• Smooth Zoom
• Reveal projects in File System
• Improved offset commands for layers and keyframes
• Support for CICP metadata
• Learn about Effects before applying them
• Quick Offset layers and keyframes (Added 10/28/25)
• 3D Single Gizmo to simplify managing complex scenes and reducing visual clutter (Added 10/28/25)
• Improved default 3D camera settings (Added 10/28/25)
• Copy and paste only text formatting (Added 10/28/25)
• CICP Metadata support (Added 10/28/25)
• Modify Default Camera Settings (Added 11/19/25)
• Single 3D Gizmo for multiple 3D layers (Added 11/19/25)
• Added Tip of the Day (Added 11/19/25)
• Substance 3D Materials (SBSAR) (Added 1/19/26)
• Create parametric meshes (Added 1/19/26)
• Enable lights to cast shadows (Added 1/19/26)
• Support for Variable Font Axes (Added 1/19/26)
• Improved Illustrator layer conversion (Added 1/19/26)
• Import SVG files as vectors (Added 1/19/26)
• Unmult effect for Keying transparency (Added 1/19/26)
• Lossless Compressed Playback (Added 1/19/26)
• Crop composition to selected layer(s) bounds (Added 1/19/26)
• New built-in audio effects (Added 1/19/26)
• Refreshed After Effects Preferences (Added 1/19/26)
• List of general After Effects fixes (Updated on 1/21/26)
• AI-powered Object Matte (Added 4/22/26)
• Displacement support for 3D materials on parametric meshes (Added 4/22/26)
• Search and instantly apply effects, presets, or commands (Added 4/22/26)
• Proportional Scrubbing in timeline (Added 4/22/26)
• Import SVG file as footage or as a composition (Added 4/22/26)

Lightroom (and Lightroom Classic)

• Lens Blur
• Denoise
• Select Landscape
• Smart Albums
• Quick Actions
• Adaptive Profiles
• HDR support
• Local Storage (LrD)
• Sharing Improvements (Anyone can contribute, share with QR Code)
• New Adaptive Presets
• LrC Performance Improvements & Improved Tethering Support
• Generate Previews using GPU
• Create and manage subsets in copy/paste settings dialog
• Added support for new camera models + lens profiles
• Reflection removal
• Crop rotation improvements
• Brush improvements
• Linear gradient improvements in Masking panel
• Assisted Culling (early access) (Added 10/28/25)
• Auto Stacking (Added 10/28/25)
• Batch File Rename (Added 10/28/25)
• 2x faster Gen Remove (Added 10/28/25)
• Expanded Tethering for Sony and Leica (Added 10/28/25)
• Enhanced Reflection Removal (Added 10/28/25)
• Color Variance in Point Color (Added 10/28/25)
• Enhanced HDR Precision (Added 10/28/25)
• Color Labels (Added 10/28/25)
• Dust Removal (Added 10/28/25)
• Shadow Detection and Removal (Added 10/28/25)
• Blemish Removal (early access) (Added 10/28/25)
• Expanded Landscape Masking (Added 10/28/25)
• New Adaptive Landscape Presets for Winter (Added 10/28/25)
• Improved Generative Remove results (Added 10/28/25)
• Sharing albums from free Lightroom Mobile accounts (Added 12/17/25)
• Improve image quality with Generative Upscale (Added 2/21/26)
• Edit Lightroom photos in Firefly (Added 2/21/26)
• WebP file format support (Added 2/21/26)
• Enhanced Crop workflow in Lightroom on mobile (Added 2/21/26)
• Support for new cameras and lenses in Lightroom (Added 2/21/26)
• Add images to Firefly boards (Added 4/22/26)
• Transform standard shots with the new Film-inspired presets (Added 4/22/26)
• AI edits now run in the background (Added 4/22/26)
• Support for PSB format (Added 4/22/26)
• Additional supported camera models (Added 4/22/26)
• Additional supported lens profiles (Added 4/22/26)
• Improved search option in Lightroom (Added 4/22/26)
• Easily create mood boards by sending Lightroom photos directly to Firefly boards (Added 4/22/26)
• Turn standard photos into film-inspired looks (Added 4/22/26)
• Make precise edits by panning and zooming in the Crop tool (Added 4/22/26)
• Support for PSB files (Added 4/22/26)

InDesign

• Convert PDF to InDesign
• Math Expressions
• HTML5 export
• InDesign Export to Express
• GPU support on Windows
• Align to Bleed
• Table support with column headers
• Figures accessibility support
• Live Caption support
• Convert PDF to InDesign Document (Added 10/28/25)
• Flex Layout (Added 10/28/25)
• InCopy on the web (beta) (Added 10/28/25)
• Windows GPU Support (Added 10/28/25)
• Express Template Integration (Added 10/28/25)
• Create accessible glossaries (Added 12/17/25)
• Adjust Text Resizing options to enhance accessibility (Added 12/17/25)
• ARIA role and label support (Added 12/17/25)
• Accessibility enhancements for Indexes (Added 12/17/25)
• Create a Script for HTML5 Export (Added 12/17/25)
• Let AI describe your images with Alt Text (Added 1/19/26)
• ARIA label support in the Object Styles panel (Added 1/19/26)
• Edit images with Adobe Express (Added 4/13/26)
• Flex layout enhancements (Added 4/13/26)
• Accessible context breaks (Added 4/13/26)
• Accessible glossary export (Added 4/13/26)

Firefly

• New Firefly Creator Home Experience (Added 10/28/25)
• Firefly video editor (Beta) (Added 10/28/25)
• Generation History Enhancements (Added 10/28/25)
• Image Model 5 (Added 10/28/25)
• Prompt to Edit (Preview) (Added 10/28/25)
• Generate Soundtrack (Beta) (Added 10/28/25)
• Generate Speech (Beta) (Added 10/28/25)
• Boards: Topaz Image Upscaling (Added 10/28/25)
• Boards: Rotate object (Image to 3D) (Added 10/28/25)
• Create anywhere, anytime with Firefly on iOS (Added 12/19/25)
• Smooth scene transitions with Firefly video editor (beta) (Added 1/19/26)
• Generate videos with partner models in Firefly video editor (beta) (Added 1/19/26)
• Turn clips into a story-ready first cut with Quick Cut​ (Added 2/26/26)
• Start creative projects with confidence using Quick Guides (Added 3/13/26)
• Edit images in the Edit tab (Added 3/13/26)
• Design on-brand content at scale with Firefly Design Intelligence (Added 3/13/26)
• Enhance audio directly in Firefly video editor (beta) (Added 4/22/26)
• Edit with precision using AI Markup (Added 4/22/26)
• Edit the look and feel of an image with Precision Flow (beta) (Added 4/22/26)

We will routinely update this post with the latest features and as always, welcome feedback on what you want to see in the future.

You can read more about the latest additions in our updated blogs.

Explore Further:

• Photoshop: What’s New
• Illustrator: What’s New
• Premiere Pro: What’s New
• After Effects: What's New
• Lightroom: What’s New
• Lightroom Classic: What’s New
• InDesign: What’s New
• Firefly: What's New

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