May 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 (February 2026)

• More accurate and relevant search results

• Better list view navigation

• Camera to Cloud now supports Nikon stills

Illustrator (March 2026)

• View objects from multiple angles in Turntable

• Auto Select in Text to Vector Graphic

• Apply style reference with new partner models when using Text to Vector Graphic

• Export files directly to Adobe cloud storage from Export for Screens

InDesign (March 2026)

• Edit images with Adobe Express

• Flex layout enhancements

• Accessible context breaks

• Accessible glossary export

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 (April 2026)

• Rotate objects directly on the canvas to adjust their angle

• Quickly clean up your Layers panel

• Find and remove distractions in your images

• Explore more partner AI models for greater control over generative results

• Edit more intuitively and get more realistic results with Generative Fill and Firefly Image 5

• Use multiple reference images to guide more consistent results

• Move seamlessly between Photoshop and Firefly Boards

• Apply common edits faster with a streamlined Actions panel

• Make text adapt automatically to shapes and paths

• Create and adjust gradients with more control

• Remove unwanted reflections from photos

• Access the right tools faster with an updated Contextual Task Bar

• Generate images from text prompts

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 (April 2026)​

• 3D Sampler (January 2026) ​

• 3D Painter (April 2026)​

• 3D Stager (January 2026)​

• 3D Modeler (April 2025)​

Acrobat (March 2026)​

• Find recent files more easily in Acrobat Studio

• Navigate Studio Home with accessibility features

• Access podcasts with keyboard controls

• Get title suggestions based on podcast content

• Browse templates in Create

• Review documents with an overview banner

• Create presentations directly from Acrobat on desktop

Acrobat Services (September 2025) ​

• .NET SDK 4.3.1 patch release

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

Acrobat Sign (March 2026)​

Adobe Acrobat Sign release v17.0.1

Production deployment: March 17, 2026

GovCloud deployment: March 19, 2026

Improved Functionality

• Create a copy – Expanded access points, faster reuse of agreements.

Experience Changes

• Integration key expiration visibility – Expiration dates now shown on the Access Tokens tab