New adobe express is missing the large number of shape templates previously available?

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September 2, 2023
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Adobe express used to have tens of thousands of "shapes" that were incredibly useful to kickstart designs, especially when imported into illustrator. The new version only has 121 shapes in total. Are they going to restored later?

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Correct answer vic chen

Hi there - my name is Vic and I'm a Product Manager on the Adobe Express team. We recently replaced all our icons with hundreds of thousands of Adobe Stock icons, although they're only available on Adobe Express Desktop (new.express.adobe.com) and our Adobe Express mobile beta (there is a waitlist on iOS, but anyone on Android can download the app and use it immediately). There are more details specifically about the Mobile Beta here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-express-discussions/new-adobe-express-mobile-beta-app-is-here/td-p/14473487

Now that our icons are powered by Adobe Stock, we will be able to add many more icons over time based on what our users need and search for! Please let me know if you have any feedback about the Adobe Stock icons, if you do check them out on desktop or the mobile beta. My apologies for the frustration and inconvenience we've caused you with this change.

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Unfortunately, only a portion of the previously available shapes gallery has been ported to the new version. I sincerely hope that Adobe is actively workingo n retoring them all. It doesn't seem quite right to degrade such a valuable asset.

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vic chen

Adobe Employee

Hi there! My name is Vic Chen, I'm a product manager on the Adobe Express team. In the previous version of Adobe Express, we offered "Shapes & Icons" in one spot together. In the latest version, we have a separate basic "Shapes" tab, as well as an "Icons" tab. Shapes includes simple shapes like triangles, squares, circles; Icons includes several hundred thousand transparent assets that are much more detailed and cover a broad range of what our users most commonly search. Please let me know if that helps at all! Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. --Vic

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Krys36102445i71j

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I don't know but it's preventing me to be able to do my job. We have the premium paid version and I literally cannot do my job because all the small photo / shapes are gone. Guess I better check out Canva that everyone is talking about. This is ridiculous that they would do this. We need this for our JOBS. Like way to show you don't care about your users. I have to seek another program out to finish a project that needs to be done today. Do you guys understand the magnitude this negligence is causing people who pay for and depend on your software?

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vic chenCorrect answer

Adobe Employee

Hi there - my name is Vic and I'm a Product Manager on the Adobe Express team. We recently replaced all our icons with hundreds of thousands of Adobe Stock icons, although they're only available on Adobe Express Desktop (new.express.adobe.com) and our Adobe Express mobile beta (there is a waitlist on iOS, but anyone on Android can download the app and use it immediately). There are more details specifically about the Mobile Beta here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-express-discussions/new-adobe-express-mobile-beta-app-is-here/td-p/14473487

Now that our icons are powered by Adobe Stock, we will be able to add many more icons over time based on what our users need and search for! Please let me know if you have any feedback about the Adobe Stock icons, if you do check them out on desktop or the mobile beta. My apologies for the frustration and inconvenience we've caused you with this change.

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V339630983q11

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Hi, There is no icons tab in the beta mobile app, I just downloaded it.

Imaginerie

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Yes, you're right, I used to use shapes quite a lot and it seems the amount is now restricted to 121.
I just checked in the mobile app, which still operates from the old system, it seems that while there is more than in the desktop version, we are still missing some, particularly those depicting Photoshop tools that one could find in the "noun project" set of icons:
such as those:

I was asked when opening the project to transfer as pages or images, that means that those I have created beforehand in the old version are still available for me.

What I would suggest is to put it as a feature request, unless there is another way to find them. I don't think there is a sub-forum for feature requests like there is for the other apps so let's see if it gets some traction here.
Alternatively you can add your thoughts here: https://adobeexpress.uservoice.com/forums/951181-adobe-express
and don't hesitate to share the link here so people (including me) who stumble upon it can votre for it as well. The more votes, the more likely it will be taken into account.

PS: I have added a screen record of what is available in the phone app....

screen-20230902-132854.zip