Adobe has decided to eliminate the Fresco Premium subscription, which previously cost $9.99 per month when bundled with the mobile Photoshop app. Going forward, users will be able to import brushes without needing a subscription, access their own brush and color library in Adobe Creative Cloud, and enjoy thousands of extra brushes.
New Features for Users
These brushes are designed to help users create realistic effects similar to watercolors or pencil drawings. Additionally, premium fonts from Adobe Fonts are now available at no cost. Fresco was already offered for free without these extra features. This change in pricing may be a strategy to make Fresco more competitive against Procreate, a highly favored drawing app for the Apple iPad, which only has a one-time price of $12.99. For further information about Adobe Fresco, you can visit the official product page.
The Challenge Ahead
It remains uncertain whether providing Fresco for free will be sufficient to compete, as Procreate is well-liked not just for its features, but also because its developers have opposed AI-generated content and subscriptions. In contrast, Adobe claims it does not utilize its customers' artwork for machine learning or to train AI systems. However, the company is continually incorporating AI capabilities into programs like Photoshop, and the lack of transparency regarding training databases is raising concerns among creative professionals about the company's intentions.
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