Hacker News with Generative AI: Adobe

Adobe deletes Bluesky posts after backlash (petapixel.com)
Adobe’s foray into the Twitter alternative Bluesky quickly backfired. Frustrated by the company’s business practices, users on the platform flooded its posts with backlash, ultimately prompting Adobe to delete all of its content.

Social Media, Technology, Adobe, Bluesky

554 points by bookofjoe 15 days ago | 728 comments

Tried to Cancel Adobe. Got Ghosted. Now I Owe $500 (ycombinator.com)
Adobe raised my subscription mid contract by almost $30/month, then told me it’d cost $500 to cancel.

Consumer Issues, Adobe, Subscription Services, Customer Service

25 points by lovegrenoble 15 days ago | 7 comments

More than 1,500 new fonts – including all-time favorites – come to Adobe Fonts (adobe.com)
Love Helvetica? Can't get enough of Arial? Craving Times New Roman? Today is your lucky day! We’ve added more than 1,500 new fonts to Adobe Fonts, including many of the most popular fonts of all time from Monotype. This is our largest font expansion in five years – and it comes at no extra cost.

Fonts, Adobe, Design, Typography, Software

37 points by trbutler 16 days ago | 56 comments

Gnome betrayed the entire FOSS movement by using Adobe software (nixsanctuary.com)
When you open the "Introducing GNOME 47" page on GNOME official website (Wayback Machine) you will see this image at the top:

Open Source, GNOME, Design, Adobe

23 points by kabarum 40 days ago | 10 comments

Blocking the telemetry of Adobe apps (isdumb.one)

Privacy, Adobe, Software

67 points by turrini 78 days ago | 44 comments

Adobe's new AI tool can edit 10k images in one click (theverge.com)
Adobe is launching new generative AI tools that can automate labor-intensive production tasks like editing large batches of images and translating video presentations.

Adobe, Generative AI, Image Editing, Automation, AI Tools

6 points by skreep 100 days ago | 5 comments

Perhaps acquiring Pixelmator is about competing with Creative Cloud (daringfireball.net)
Perhaps Acquiring Pixelmator Is Not About Competing With Photoshop and Lightroom, Per Se, but the Adobe Creative Cloud Bundle

Adobe, Image Editing, Software, Business, Acquisition

98 points by robenkleene 151 days ago | 71 comments

Apple Smells Blood in the Water (petapixel.com)
In just the last year and a half, Apple launched Final Cut on iPad and Final Cut Camera, updated Final Cut Pro to a new version for the first time in 13 years, and moved to purchase Pixelmator. As Adobe’s public perception continues to struggle, Apple is making moves to take advantage.

Apple, Video Editing, Competition, Adobe

89 points by atombender 161 days ago | 92 comments

Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen (creativebloq.com)

Adobe, Artificial Intelligence, Image Editing, Design Tools, Software

912 points by ralusek 191 days ago | 268 comments

Adobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content (arstechnica.com)
On Monday, Adobe announced Firefly Video Model, a new AI-powered text-to-video generation tool that can create novel videos from written prompts.

Artificial Intelligence, Video Editing, Content Creation, Adobe

8 points by LorenDB 193 days ago | 1 comments

Techie took five minutes to fix problem Adobe and Microsoft couldn't solve (theregister.com)
Techie took five minutes to fix problem Adobe and Microsoft couldn't solve in two weeks

Software, Technical Support, Microsoft, Adobe

24 points by CHB0403085482 196 days ago | 7 comments

Adobe Cuts Perpetual License for Elements Down to Just Three Years (petapixel.com)
Adobe announced the latest version of its “Elements” creative software, Photoshop Elements 2025 and Premiere Elements 2025.

Software, Adobe, Photography, Subscription Models

117 points by asimops 203 days ago | 37 comments

Adobe will remotely kill Adobe Elements 2025 three years after purchase (ghacks.net)
Adobe announced new Adobe Elements 2025 Family releases this week. The two products, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025 and Adobe Premiere Elements 2025, come with "Ai magic" according to Adobe and several other improvements.

Software, Adobe, Photography, Digital Media

5 points by speckx 204 days ago | 0 comments

Adobe exec compared Creative Cloud cancellation fees to 'heroin' (theverge.com)

Software, Business, Adobe, Technology, Controversy

86 points by indus 273 days ago | 72 comments

Adobe exec compared Creative Cloud cancellation fees to 'heroin' (theverge.com)

Adobe, Software, Business, Pricing, Controversy

8 points by Tomte 275 days ago | 0 comments

Affinity's Adobe-rivaling creative suite is now free for six months (theverge.com)

Software, Adobe, Creative Suite, Free Trials, Competition

202 points by Tomte 291 days ago | 144 comments

FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations (ftc.gov)