July 2026 - What's new in Adobe Creative Cloud & Document Cloud

Check out this list of the latest Adobe software updates and new features across all Creative Cloud and Document Cloud apps. Each month, the Creative Ambassadors team shares key highlights to keep you up to date on what’s new and improved!

Adobe Express (June 2026)

• View analytics for custom templates

• Extract audio from video

• Use layout guides presets

• Remove animations in AI Assistant

• Navigate multiple pages in AI Assistant

• Set custom bleed values

After Effects (June 2026)

• Create and use Depth of Field in the Advanced 3D renderer

• Copy and paste Illustrator and SVG content

• Updated Mask Tracker

• Copy a frame to the clipboard

• Curl Noise effect for swirling animated 2D patterns

• Quickly Find Variable Fonts by Axis

Animate (October 2023)

• Native Apple Silicon Support

• Sleek user interface

• Reset warped asset

Audition (January 2026)

• Windows ARM native support

Firefly (June 2026)

• Search assets using semantic search in Firefly

• Explore the new Firefly workspace

Frame. io (May 2026)

• Python and TypeScript SDKs integration

• Support for Japanese

• Access Frame.io assets directly in Adobe Firefly Zero-click sign-in for Premiere

Illustrator (June 2026)

• Relink all instances of a linked image at once

• Speed up alignment and spacing tasks with keyboard shortcuts

InDesign (June 2026)

• Bug fixes

Lightroom (June 2026)

• Streamline people-focused culling with the Faces panel

• Reduce blur with AI Sharpen

• Add motion to your photos with Generate Video

• Select subjects with more precision when masking

• Organize photos with custom color labels

• Control tonal adjustments through Histogram

• Edit photos from newly supported cameras

• Explore support for new lenses

Photoshop (June 2026)

• Choose AI models in Generate Image

Premiere Pro (June 2026)

• Create sequences automatically from Firefly Boards media

• Create single-word captions for social media

• Create custom transitions with Shape Dissolve

• Highlight details with the Magnify effect

• Object Mask improvements

• Sony Burano V3 Support

• Canon Cinema RAW Light support for four Canon cameras

Substance (Multiple dates)

Documentation Release Notes for each app

• 3D Designer (July 2026)​

• 3D Sampler (June 2026) ​

• 3D Painter (June 2026)​

• 3D Stager (June 2026)​

• 3D Modeler (April 2025)​

Acrobat (June 2026)​

• Work with Featured Templates

• Play podcasts while you continue working

• Translate PDFs directly from Acrobat Reader

• Get AI-powered help while working in PDFs

• Create PDF Spaces with a guided experience

• Customize PDF Spaces with themes and thumbnails

• MathML content support for LaTex tagged PDFs

Acrobat Services (September 2025) ​

• .NET SDK 4.3.1 patch release

• See: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/releasenotes/​

Acrobat Sign (June 2026)​

Adobe Acrobat Sign release v17.1.1

Production deployment: June 16, 2026

GovCloud deployment: June 18, 2026

Improved Functionality

• Recipient Filter in Reporting – Add recipient-based filtering to reports and data exports.

Experience Changes

• Bio-Pharma (CFR) Support in Modern eSign – Adds signing reason capture and enforced sign-time reauthentication