June 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 (April 2026)

• Apply styles

• Use Click order in presentations

• Collapse audio tracks

• Add a navigation bar to webpage

After Effects (April 2026)

• AI-powered Object Matte

• Displacement support for 3D materials on parametric meshes

• Search and instantly apply effects, presets, or commands

• Proportional Scrubbing in timeline

• Import SVG file as footage or as a composition

Animate (October 2023)

• Native Apple Silicon Support

• Sleek user interface

• Reset warped asset

Audition (January 2026)

• Windows ARM native support

Firefly (April 2026)

• Create with Firefly AI Assistant (beta)

• Design your own production pipelines with Create workflows

• Assemble and validate on-brand content

• Enhance audio directly in Firefly video editor (beta)

• Edit with precision using AI Markup

• Edit the look and feel of an image - Precision Flow (beta)

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 (April 2026)

• Expand images with generated content

• Remove background from images

• Edit generated text directly in your artwork

• Use browser images as Style Reference when generating vectors

• Format Japanese text using enhanced Mojikumi and Kinsoku presets

InDesign (May 2026)

• Rewrite in InDesign

• Get notified when Alt Text needs an update

• Enhanced Save as New options for images edited with Express

• More intuitive flex layout editing

• Improved EPUB Export for Accessible Text Resizing

• Use scripts to show or hide the Contextual Task Bar

Lightroom (April 2026)

• Improved search option in Lightroom

• Create mood boards

• Turn standard photos into film-inspired looks

• Try pan and zoom while cropping a photo

• Support for PSB files

• Support for new cameras and lenses in Lightroom

Photoshop (May 2026)

• Use Firefly Boards with Photoshop

• Use the generative AI on-device model in Photoshop

Premiere Pro (April 2026)

• New effects and transitions

• Apply Sharp and Smooth modes in Object Masking

• View audio and video waveforms in the Source Monitor

• Navigate timelines with Sequence Index

• Relink media faster with smarter search Global Audio Mute

• Marker support in the Search panel

• Content Credentials in Premiere

Substance (Multiple dates)

Documentation Release Notes for each app

• 3D Designer (May 2026)​

• 3D Sampler (May 2026) ​

• 3D Painter (May 2026)​

• 3D Stager (May 2026)​

• 3D Modeler (April 2025)​

Acrobat (April 2026)​

• Edit PDFs using chat

• Track engagement in shared PDF Spaces

• Discover and get started with PDF Spaces

• Generate presentations in Japanese and Italian

• Detect form fields more accurately when you fill and sign PDFs

• Pin Acrobat Reader to the Windows taskbar

Acrobat Services (September 2025) ​

• .NET SDK 4.3.1 patch release

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

Acrobat Sign (May 2026)​

Adobe Acrobat Sign release v17.1

Production deployment: May 5, 2026

GovCloud deployment: May 12, 2026

Improved Functionality

• In-Person Signing – Enable hosted signing sessions in the web application

• Bulk Digital Signature from the Manage page – Apply a digital signature to multiple agreements with a single authorization

• Send Only to Internal Recipients – Restrict agreements to be sent to recipients within the same Acrobat Sign account.

• Phone Transaction Usage Reporting – Expanded reporting with group-level visibility and scheduled report access

Experience Changes

• Signature Appearance in Audit Reports – Logs the signature input method used by each signer, increasing compliance visibility and reducing manual verification

• Saved Signatures for API Signing URLs – Allows use of saved profile signatures during API-based signing Personal address book management in the modern experience

• Agreement Expiration Window – Extended default expiration period to 365 days

• Revamped Home Page – Improves workflow access, surfaces critical actions

• Trial Enhancements - The latest onboarding experience has been added to Sign Trial.

• New Custom Workflow Designer becomes default – Promote modern designer, remove user switch controls, retain admin flexibility