Software:Adobe Creative Cloud Express

Short description: Media creation applications by Adobe Systems

Adobe Express

Adobe Express Logo
Developer(s)	Adobe Inc.
Initial release	December 13, 2021
Operating system	iOS, macOS, Windows, Android
Platform	iPad, iPhone, Web, Android
Type	Design software
Website	www.adobe.com/express/

Adobe Express (formerly Adobe Spark) is a unified task-based, web and mobile app developed by Adobe Inc. With the use of drag and drop technology, Adobe Express enables users to easily make outstanding multimedia content starting from thousands of beautiful templates. With it, users can create anything from social media posts and stories, to invitations and marketing materials like logos, flyers and banners.

For the first time ever, Adobe can now put the power of professional design tools in the hands of everyone. Adobe Express is powered by the cutting-edge technology behind Adobe's flagship tools like Photoshop, Premiere and Acrobat. The new technology offers simple drag-and-drop functions to quickly customize thousands of beautiful templates and gives access to 20,000 premium Adobe fonts and 175 million Adobe Stock images.

Powered by AI and machine learning, Adobe Express helps make tedious tasks like removing the background of a picture or merging video clips easier. The service also includes Shared Templates and Shared Brands to ensure brand consistency across teams, and a content scheduler that allows users to plan, schedule and post content directly to their social media channels.

From students making a school presentation and influencers sharing experiences on social media, to small business owners building a brand, Adobe Express empowers everyone to create and communicate their ideas through great design.

History

In December of 2021, Adobe introduced Adobe Express, to expand their set of creative applications and in order to make creativity accessible to everyone.

In May 2014, Adobe released three mobile apps which included Voice, Slate in April 2015, and Post in December 2015. The mobile apps were designed to be used for social media, websites, advertisements, and more. The apps were popular upon their release as Adobe Voice eventually was named Best App of the Year on the iOS App Store by Apple.

While the three iOS apps were popular on the App Store, Adobe launched the Adobe Spark web tool in May 2016, which integrates the three mobile apps together for users on the web. With the made change, the three previous iPad and iPhone apps were renamed as Spark Post, Spark Page, and Spark Video.

Adobe Spark Post

Adobe Spark Post is a social graphics application for the iPad, iPhone, and Android device developed by Adobe Systems in December 2015. It combines text editing, desktop publishing, vector editing, and photo editing which is used to produce social media posts.

Eventually in 2016, Adobe Post would become Spark Post due to the new Spark web tool. In 2018, the Spark team announced that Spark Post 2018 was now available for Android phones and tablets.

On December 13, 2021, Adobe Spark Post was replaced by Adobe Creative Cloud Express for the iPad, iPhone, and Android.

Adobe Spark Page

Adobe Spark Page (formerly Project Luca) is a text and photo storytelling application for the iPad and iPhone developed by Adobe Systems in April 2015. It combines word processing, desktop publishing, text editing, and photo editing which is used to produce typed or photo-edited stories.

Adobe launched the Slate app for the web in October 2015 enabling Slate projects to sync automatically between the web and iPad versions using Creative Cloud. It eventually became Adobe Spark Page.

Adobe Spark Video

Adobe Spark Video is a video storytelling application for the iPad and iPhone developed by Adobe Systems in May 2014. It edits users' voices, adds backing music, and then automatically generates animated motion graphics synchronizing the narration and corresponding visuals.

It became the company's first application to be named by Apple as an App Store Best App of the Year and has been downloaded over 3.5 million times. It would then be renamed to Adobe Voice.