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Frame.io Drive: working with media without downloading it first

Frame.io Drive: working with media without downloading it first

Hey all—Now that the official announcement is out, I wanted to share a few thoughts on Frame.io Drive and what it changes in practice.At a high level, Frame.io projects can now mount directly to your desktop, so media shows up in Finder (Mac) or Explorer (Windows) like a local drive.The interesting part is that you can start working with files immediately — without downloading them first.What that looks likeOnce Frame.io Drive is installed, you can open media directly in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and other creative tools. Files stream as needed, while frequently used media gets cached locally over time.So instead of:download → organize → relink → start workingit starts to feel more like:mount → open → workThat may sound subtle, but if you regularly deal with large media, shared storage, or distributed teams, it changes a pretty familiar part of the workflow.Why I think this mattersWhat stood out to me pretty quickly is that you stop thinking about “moving media” as a separate step. The project is just there. You mount it and start working. Historically, most teams thought about Frame.io as something that happened after editorial was already moving — mainly for review and approval. This pushes it earlier into the process. Instead of just reviewing finished work, teams can start working directly from media living in Frame.io from day one.The part I’m most curious aboutThis is where I think it gets interesting.How invisible does the streaming feel once you’re deep into an edit?How well does it hold up on imperfect network connections?At what point does local-first stop feeling necessary for some teams?Those are probably the questions that matter most long term.AvailabilityFrame.io Drive started rolling out April 15 for Enterprise customers, with broader availability following after that.Curious how others here are thinking about this kind of workflow.Does no-download access actually change the way you work, or do local copies still feel like the safer bet?

Global Mute in Adobe Premiere (What It Actually Does)
Why copy-paste breaks in Illustrator and how to fix it?

Why copy-paste breaks in Illustrator and how to fix it?

Copy-paste is one of those things you don't think about until it stops working. You hit Ctrl/Cmd+C, switch to your destination doc, hit Ctrl/Cmd+V, and… nothing. Paste stays greyed out, or the app freezes, or you get a cryptic error.It's one of the most common issues in the community, and the good news is it almost always traces back to one of a handful of causes. Here's how to track yours down. Start here: update Illustrator and your OSBefore going any deeper with troubleshooting, get both up to date. Several clipboard and copy/paste regressions have been fixed in recent Illustrator releases, and others have turned out to be triggered by specific OS builds (Microsoft Defender on certain Windows updates caused Illustrator to crash during copy across many machines, for instance). An update on either side often resolves the issue without further work.Open the Creative Cloud desktop app, go to Apps > Adobe Illustrator, and update. On macOS: Apple menu > System Settings > General > Software Update. On Windows: Settings > Windows Update > Check for updates.Restart afterward and test before moving on.Reboot in Safe Mode — the single most useful diagnosticThis test tells you in about five minutes whether your problem is Illustrator itself or something else on your system interfering with it.Safe Mode here means the operating system's safe mode, not Illustrator's diagnostic mode — it boots your machine with third-party drivers, startup items, and background services disabled.macOS (Apple silicon): shut down, then press and hold the power button until "Loading startup options" appears, pick your startup disk, then hold Shift and click Continue in Safe Mode. macOS (Intel): restart and hold Shift until the login window appears. Windows 11/10: Settings > System > Recovery > Restart now under Advanced startup, then Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart > choose Safe Mode with Networking.Launch Illustrator and try the copy/paste that was failing. If it works in Safe Mode but breaks again in a normal boot, something on your system is interfering — keep reading. If it still fails in Safe Mode, the problem is inside Illustrator or its preferences, and you can skip to the preferences reset further down.Close other apps, plugins, and window managersThis is the most common culprit by a wide margin, especially on macOS. Anything that touches the system clipboard or watches window state can silently intercept or corrupt what Illustrator is trying to copy.The list of confirmed offenders from community threads is long. Worth quitting if you have any of them running:Window managers (macOS especially): Magnet, Rectangle, BetterSnapTool, Moom. Adobe's own Known Issues page now lists window manager apps as a cause of Illustrator lag and recommends turning them off while using Illustrator. Clipboard managers and history tools: Paste, Pastebot, Clip Menu, Windows Clipboard History (Win+V), Parallels Toolbox Clipboard History, Pasteboard syncing in iCloud. Remote access and screen-sharing tools: TeamViewer (especially "Use Shared Clipboard"), Chrome Remote Desktop, AnyViewer, Parallels Tools. Peripheral software: Logitech Options/Options+, certain mouse-pointer highlighters, the Xcode iOS Simulator. Less obvious ones: Outlook running in the background has been pinned by multiple users; Vector Magic has also shown up.The fastest way to find your culprit is to quit everything non-essential, confirm Illustrator works, then bring apps back one at a time until the problem returns. If you're on macOS, check the menu bar — half the offenders live up there silently.Turn off antivirus / endpoint security temporarilyReal-time antivirus scanning can intercept clipboard activity, particularly the larger PDF/AICB payloads Illustrator writes when you copy vector objects. ESET Smart Security, ESET Endpoint, Digital Guardian, and at one point Microsoft Defender have all been confirmed to cause copy-paste failures or full Illustrator crashes on copy.Disable real-time protection for a few minutes and test. If that fixes it, don't leave protection off — instead, add Illustrator (and its scratch disk and preferences folders) to your antivirus exclusion list, then re-enable real-time scanning. Most security suites have an exclusions or allow-list section under their Web/Real-time protection settings.Corrupted preferences — the silent saboteurWhen Illustrator's preferences get corrupted, weird things happen, and clipboard failures are near the top of the list. Resetting them is faster than it sounds.To reset preferences, open Preferences > General (Cmd/Ctrl+K), and then select Reset Preferences.."Not enough memory" / "operation cannot complete" when pastingIf your paste fails specifically on heavy artwork — lots of effects, big, linked images, thousands of anchor points — and you see a memory error, this is a different beast from the clipboard problems above. Illustrator has run out of room to materialise the pasted object.Things to try, roughly in order:Free up disk space on your scratch disk. Illustrator spills to disk when RAM fills up, and if the scratch volume is nearly full, paste fails. Aim for at least 20–40 GB free. Add a secondary scratch disk. Edit > Preferences > Plug-ins & Scratch Disks (Illustrator > Settings on macOS). Set the Secondary Scratch Disk to a different drive with plenty of space, then restart Illustrator. Close other RAM-hungry apps. Photoshop, Premiere, browsers with 80 tabs, Docker, anything Electron-based. Check Activity Monitor / Task Manager to see what's actually eating memory. Simplify what you're copying. Flatten transparency (Object > Flatten Transparency), rasterize complex effects, or break the selection into smaller chunks and paste in two or three passes. Embed or unlink as appropriate. Huge, linked PSDs can blow up the clipboard payload — embedding first sometimes helps, sometimes hurts; worth testing both. Use File > Export Selection or save the selection as a separate .ai and File > Place it into the destination instead of going through the clipboard. Slower, but reliable for large artwork. Share your experienceWhich fix did it for you — or is your copy-paste issue something different entirely? Drop a comment with your Illustrator version and OS, and the community can help dig in further.If you found this post helpful, click 👍 Like. Use ⭐ Subscribe to stay informed about future updates. You may also share this post with others who might benefit.

Now in Beta: Auto-update Keyframes for Audio Ducking in Premiere

Hey everyone! We're excited to share a refinement to Ducking that just landed in Premiere Beta 26.5 (Build 12): Auto-update keyframes.This new option is enabled by default and is designed to keep your ducking in sync as your timeline evolves. No more manually regenerating keyframes every time you tweak a clip.What's New?With Auto-update keyframes turned on, Ducking now follows your clip changes automatically. As you trim, move, or swap out the audio you're ducking toward, the music ducking keyframes update on their own to match. Your mix stays in step with your latest edit decisions, without you having to think about it.Where to find itYou'll see the new toggle in the Ducking section of the Essential Sound panel, right above the Generate Keyframes button. It's on by default, but you can switch it off any time if you'd rather drive keyframe generation manually.Auto-update keyframes Why this mattersEditing is iterative. You move a clip, swap a VO take, re-time a section, and suddenly your music ducking is out of sync with the new picture. Auto-update keyframes removes that friction by tying the ducking behavior directly to the target audio you want your music to mix toward.You can:Keep music ducking aligned with VO, dialogue, or SFX as your edit evolves Dial in Sensitivity, Duck Amount, Fade Duration, and Fade Position with live feedback Skip the back-and-forth of regenerating keyframes after every clip adjustment Turn it off when you want full manual controlTry It OutThis feature is available now in the latest Premiere Beta build (26.5, Build 12). Give it a spin with your usual ducking workflows and let us know how it feels. Your feedback helps shape how Ducking keeps evolving.Happy editing! Note: We're still polishing some interactions, so expect to see improvements as we iterate.

Turn Photoshop work into moodboards in seconds with Firefly Boards

Turn Photoshop work into moodboards in seconds with Firefly Boards

Moodboarding shouldn’t mean exporting a dozen files, renaming versions, and losing the thread of your ideas. In Photoshop v27.5 and above, you can now send your work directly to Firefly Boards, so exploration, comparison, and concept-building stay connected to the file you’re actually designing.  What’s new in this flowWith the new integration, you can move from “editing” to “ideating” without breaking momentum:Share any Photoshop document to Firefly Boards straight from the Share panel or the Export menu — add it to an existing board or start a new one. Firefly Boards now shows up in the Variations panel, making it a natural destination when you’re comparing AI-generated directions. When you generate image variations using Ideate in Firefly Boards, you can open them in a preconfigured board layout built for exploration and iteration. New guided workflows help you create moodboards and visual concepts, plus jump quickly into branding/marketing assets and social content exploration. Why this is useful (real creator scenarios)Here are a few ways teams are already using it:Creative direction & concepting: Pull your Photoshop hero image into a board, generate and compare variations, and quickly land on a visual direction. Brand systems & campaigns: Build a board that holds your “north star” comps, typography/texture inspiration, and AI variations—everything in one place for faster alignment. Social series planning: Explore multiple visual treatments for a post template, then keep the best options grouped for quick iteration and approvals. Stakeholder reviews: Boards make it easier to show “why” a direction works—context + options, not just a single final. A simple way to use it (no heavy process)Start with your working Photoshop document, share it to a new or existing Firefly Board, then use the Variations panel to explore directions and open Ideate-generated options in a board layout designed for side-by-side comparison. From there, keep iterating on the strongest candidates and use the board as your living “concept wall” as the design evolves. Create stunning images with PhotoshopEdit, retouch, and transform photos with the industry-leading creative tools you know and love. Join the conversationIf you tried this already: what’s your favorite way to use moodboards—early concepting, campaign alignment, or social iteration? Drop a screenshot (or describe your setup) and tell us what you’d love Boards to make even easier.

Photoshop |リリースノート不具合修正まとめ(2026年4月〜5月)

ヘルプ文書のリリースノートでは新機能だけでなく、これまでに報告されていた不具合の修正内容も掲載されているのはご存じでしょうか?今回は、Photoshopリリースノート 4月・5月のアップデート情報に記載された修正内容の中から、気になるポイントをいくつかピックアップしてご紹介します。■ 主な不具合修正トーンカーブプリセットが保存できない問題現象:RGBモードでグリーンチャンネルのトーンカーブを調整して保存したプリセットが使用できない 影響: プリセットのサムネイルに斜線が表示される プリセットが適用できない 削除もできない場合がある 対応:27.6 で修正されました 参考投稿:    HUDショートカットでブラシサイズ変更時に不透明度が変わってしまう問題現象:Alt + 右クリック(Mac の場合は Control + Option)で左右のドラッグ操作でブラシサイズを変更する際に、意図せず不透明度まで変更されてしまう 影響: ペンタブレットやトラックパットで誤操作になりやすい 気づかず不透明度が変更され意図しない結果になり、再調整が必要になる 対応:27.6で環境設定>一般に「HUDの縦の動きに基づいてブラシの不透明度を無効にする」設定が追加されました 参考投稿:  UI言語を変更後に再起動時クラッシュ現象:環境設定>インターフェースからUI言語を変更後、アプリケーションの再起動時でクラッシュする場合がある 影響:アプリが起動できなくなる可能性があります 対応:27.6で修正されました  特定のスタイル効果ワークフローでフリーズする問題現象:画像生成時、特定の手順でスタイル効果を操作するとフリーズする場合がある  新規ドキュメントを作成 「編集」>「画像の生成」をクリック  コンテキストタスクバーでスタイル効果アイコンを選択 任意の効果を選択 スタイル効果アイコンをもう一度クリックし、選択画面を閉じる 再度アイコンをクリックして、選択画面を開く 影響:再度スタイル効果の選択画面を開くとフリーズ、またはクラッシュする 対応:27.6 で修正されました  特定の条件化でグラデーションツールが正しく描画されない問題現象:レイヤーマスクに対して乗算モードでグラデーションを適用した際、 カラー中間点が中央に配置されているにもかかわらずグラデーションの広がりが偏って描画される。 影響:意図通りのグラデーションが作れない 対応:27.4 で修正されました 参考投稿:  保存時にフローティングタブドキュメントが前面に移動する問題(Mac)現象:背面に配置されている独立されたドキュメントタブが、保存時に前面に表示される 影響:ウィンドウの再切替が必要となり作業が中断される 対応:27.4 で修正されました 参考投稿:  アップデート方法Adobe Creative Cloudのデスクトップアプリを開き、アップデートの確認をしてみてください会話に参加しましょう!フォーラムで情報交換に参加してみませんか?実際のワークフローや試してみたこと、気づいた点などを共有していただけると嬉しいです!今回のリリース情報以外にも情報がある場合はぜひご投稿ください!    今回ご紹介した内容以外にも、アップデートではさまざまな改善が行われています。不具合でお困りの場合は、最新版へのアップデートで解消されている可能性がありますので、ぜひ一度お試しください。また、今後も快適にご利用いただくため、改善内容が気になる方はリリースノートもあわせてご確認ください。 

What’s New: ACR 18.3.1 and the Latest DNG Converter
Introducing Prompt to edit — Refine Your Artwork Without Starting Over

Introducing Prompt to edit — Refine Your Artwork Without Starting Over

Hello everyone, 🙋🏻Have you ever generated artwork you loved, only to wish you could tweak just one small detail, without regenerating the whole thing or hunting through layers to fix it manually?Then, we have something for you - Prompt to edit is now live in Adobe Illustrator (Beta) — Build #30.6.11!🤷🏼What is Prompt to edit?Prompt to edit lets you generate your artwork and then keep refining it conversationally — no starting over, no losing what you already liked. Just describe the change you want, and Illustrator does the rest.It works with two features you already know and love:Generate Vectors (Text to Vector) Turntable🤔How does it work?Generate Vectors (Text to Vector)Generate your artwork using any model. Hit Done and spot Prompt to edit in the contextual HUD. Enter a prompt describing your change, or pick from the suggestions provided. Hit Generate and watch your edits come to life.TurntableApply Turntable to any object and load your variations onto the canvas. Ungroup the variations, select a variation or rotate to your desired angle, then click Prompt to Edit. Enter your prompt and hit Generate.Note: Edits apply to that specific angle or variation only, so you stay in full control of each view.💡The idea behind itGreat design is rarely a one-shot process; it's iterative. Prompt to edit is built around that reality. Instead of treating each generation as a fresh start, you can now have a back-and-forth with your artwork: refine a color, adjust a shape, change a detail and all while keeping everything else exactly as you had it.Try it out! Fire up Illustrator Beta Build #30.6.11, give Prompt to edit a spin, and let us know what you think. We'd love to hear how it fits into your workflow and of course, any feedback you have as you explore it.Refine, iterate, and finalize your masterpiece  Happy creating! ✨

3D file support is now live in Frame.io
3D file support is now live in Frame.io
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Beta Build 30.6.27 Release Notes

Hello :)Latest Beta Build 30.6.27 is now available in CCD. We have below fixes in this build:Live Blends Panel:We've redesigned the Blends panel with new controls that give you more creative control over how blends interpolate between objects.Now all Blend properties can be controlled from one place - the Blend panel. Easing: You can now control how blend steps are distributed along the path. Choose from four easing modes -  Ease In, Ease Out, Ease In/Out, and Ease Out/In - and fine-tune the intensity with the Ramp slider. Available when spacing is set to Constant Steps. Color Shift: A new Shift slider lets you independently control how colors accelerate through the blend sequence, separate from the spatial distribution of steps. Available when spacing is set to Constant Steps or Constant Distance. Reorganized Panel: All controls are now organized into collapsible sections -  Easing, Appearance, and Spine Controls - so the panel stays clean and focused. The panel is also scrollable, so all options are accessible regardless of screen size. Make Button:You can now create a blend directly from the panel without going to the Object menu. Per-Blend Settings:Easing and Color Shift values are saved per blend object, so different blends in the same document can have independent settings.Known Limitations- Easing controls are only available with Constant Steps spacing. - Color Shift is not available with Smooth Color spacing. How to Try It:There are three ways to make a blend in Illustrator:1. Blend Tool : Select the Blend tool (keyboard shortcut W), then click on two or more objects to create a blend directly on the canvas2. Menu : Select two or more objects, then go to Object > Blend > Make (Option+Cmd+B on Mac / Alt+Ctrl+B on Windows)3. Blend Panel (new) : Select two or more objects, open the Blend panel, and click the Make buttonOnce your blend is created, open the Blend panel to explore the new Easing and Appearance controls.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fixed uv issues:[Vote Count : 1] : Adobe illustrator hangs up/not responding whenever the application is closed [Vote Count : 2] : "Open" window loads blank and duplicates-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sketch to Vector -1. Sketch to Vector has been renamed to Concept to Vector2. Generating with the Line Art sample prompt will now produce outputs with strokes3. A new “Create live editable text” checkbox has been added in the Concept to Vector panel. Keeping this enabled during generation converts text in the output into live editable text. (Non-English and highly stylized text are not supported yet)4. The Creativity / Input Deviation slider has been renamed to Match Reference Image

Introducing Prompt to edit — Refine Your Artwork Without Starting Over

Introducing Prompt to edit — Refine Your Artwork Without Starting Over

Hello everyone, 🙋🏻Have you ever generated artwork you loved, only to wish you could tweak just one small detail, without regenerating the whole thing or hunting through layers to fix it manually?Then, we have something for you - Prompt to edit is now live in Adobe Illustrator (Beta) — Build #30.6.11!🤷🏼What is Prompt to edit?Prompt to edit lets you generate your artwork and then keep refining it conversationally — no starting over, no losing what you already liked. Just describe the change you want, and Illustrator does the rest.It works with two features you already know and love:Generate Vectors (Text to Vector) Turntable🤔How does it work?Generate Vectors (Text to Vector)Generate your artwork using any model. Hit Done and spot Prompt to edit in the contextual HUD. Enter a prompt describing your change, or pick from the suggestions provided. Hit Generate and watch your edits come to life.TurntableApply Turntable to any object and load your variations onto the canvas. Ungroup the variations, select a variation or rotate to your desired angle, then click Prompt to Edit. Enter your prompt and hit Generate.Note: Edits apply to that specific angle or variation only, so you stay in full control of each view.💡The idea behind itGreat design is rarely a one-shot process; it's iterative. Prompt to edit is built around that reality. Instead of treating each generation as a fresh start, you can now have a back-and-forth with your artwork: refine a color, adjust a shape, change a detail and all while keeping everything else exactly as you had it.Try it out! Fire up Illustrator Beta Build #30.6.11, give Prompt to edit a spin, and let us know what you think. We'd love to hear how it fits into your workflow and of course, any feedback you have as you explore it.Refine, iterate, and finalize your masterpiece  Happy creating! ✨