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I come from the audio side of things and I wish they'd make (or buy) a MIDI sequencing programme. This would probably want to be a stand alone build but want to link seamlessly to Audition and maybe Premiere Pro. MIDI isn't just for making music...it's also great for creating sound effects for use in your video and audio projects. Everyone needs a good "Swish" or "Swoop" or "Ominous drone" from time to time! 
This might be a cheat answer... but I really wish they'd build an Android version of Spark Post 
Yeah, not a "new" app per se... but yeah.
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I wish some kind of 3D software where you can build intermediate level meshes fast with UV's so you could visualize your graphics to clients. I work with many kinds of products where the final graphics are on curved surface. And it would be great if you could also plan a whole room with these products. Including lighting.
After Effects comes with Cinema 4D Lite included.
This training series shows some of what it can do.
You can do what you're describing in it.
I don't know if anyone remembers Adobe Dimensions. I believe they came out with version 1.0 and zapped it. It was pretty simplistic in it's features; cones, cubes, spheres and such. You could combine them but that was about it. I still have a copy somewhere but haven't used it in years. I wouldn't doubt that some of the 3d features currently being used in Photoshop are perhaps beefed up legacy code from Dimensions. There are MANY 3d software on the market already. I pray and doubt Adobe will turn their premiere photo editing software into a 3d software or take much more time with what they've included so far. As it is, their vector pen and shapes feature steals some thunder away from Illustrator which is a true vector line art program. Pretty soon no one will need to ask for anything because it will have already been incorporated into PS which is not a good thing IMO.
Maybe just maybe, with this cloud technology they can conjure a way to compartmentalize the components so that all you have to do is download a lean and fast Photoshop and whatever features you need you can plug it in from their servers remotely and that would be included with the lease price. After all who has more storage space than Adobe...well, maybe the IRS. 
Nancy, that is what I was referring too.
To develop a replacement for Dreamweaver with the foundation of the brackets work that does not include the out dated design features. There is another application that does that basic click draw site stuff - Muse.
There are different target audiences, trying to do all in one does not work.
I have seen the beta for Dreamweaver, I feel it is a real mess.. Seeing that was one of the justifications for my post. Even Komodo edit, which I am not a fan did a rebuild to meat modern developer requirements (http://komodoide.com/komodo-edit/
I am still not a fan but it does more in terms of modern best practices then the DW beta.
Visual studio has a lot more to it then DW and for me Microsoft are doing a lot with the UI etc and doing a better job.
The screenshot used to preview the demo does more harm then good. It shows an attempt at a clean UI while actually being extremely cluttered, scattered and all over the place.
Based on several best coding apps 2015 and 2016 and surveys I have seen DW continues to fall and I do not see that changing.
While Photoshop has seen good improvements but still has the slow codebase that needs sorting, DW is one of the applications that just needs to be re-done front and back.
I know there are a lot of them out there (but there are a lot of image and video editors too - but adobe still makes them) so I'll suggest it anyhow...
How about a Fractal Generator?
Fractals have come a long way since the old days of Z = Z^2 + C (The Classic Mandelbrot Set). We now have The Mandelbox and Mandelbulb for the 3D World, and with the advent of Perturbation Theory we can do insanely deep zooms into the M Set well past e10,000 with render times measured in minutes or hours instead of days or weeks like they would have needed just a few years ago.
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OK, now that I've lost a lot of people, I suggest doing a web search for the word "Fractal" and seek images. Fractals and Fractal Generators are one of my many "Secret Weapons" for making nice royalty free patterns and backgrounds. Fractals are deeply rooted in the very nature of existence, so to not have a really high end one (such as the team at adobe could surely create) is odd. Yes, there are many free and open source ones out there, but there is always room for improvement. And yes, the commercially available UltraFractal is hard to beat (but it's interface is troublesome for the non-mathematicians out there). I just can't help but wonder what a big budget company could do with one.
The programs can even be used as image editors! I'll post one or two in my stuff here as examples. Not sure if anybody else cares, but posting this bit is a good way to find out 
I hear your phooey I reply poo-poo and hubba-hubba! To say nothing of piffle!
Just because you can't see the potential does not mean it doesn't exist.
I use fractals in practically every project I do. I have worked them into art on websites for everything from churches to pornography. In fact, I may have been the first to use them in Naughty Adult Content over a decade ago.
They work far better than you think.
If, as you claim, they are not that hard to make then that is obviously an argument in favor of having one - not a reason to overlook them. After all, the more resources we have, the better we are at our trade.
I have seen many of those plugins and they are all bare bones and extremely limited. I've yet to see one with the ability to make hybrids, map images into orbit traps, or allow for use of animated texturing of 3D Fractals.
Fractal landscapes appear in everything from video games to Star Wars movies. I think that alone proves their worth in a production environment.
But since you are a skeptic after my own heart, I'll keep on going! Here is an image I did in a fractal generator for a model's website (and she loved it, not to mention eventually becoming the woman I wound up spending my life with).
That is just a single example of the literally infinite possibilities when using fractal generators with pictures (I just used that one because it's special to me). I even have that one animated. I never rendered it in great quality since it was just for fun, but here is a link if anyone cares to waste a minute or 2 watching it:
http://vid106.photobucket.com/albums/m278/sockratease/slices2.mp4
Dismissing them outright is not something you'd do if you were aware of the extent of their potential.
If most of those programs are single person to small volunteer teams, I strongly suspect that if adobe threw money at development that they may just manage to take things to an even higher level. Possibly even enough to convince you that you could well be mistaken in your abrupt dismissal of the idea.
They could allow for immersion with 3D obj files and rigged figures could interact with the fractal environment in full 3D making use of distance estimate calculations and collision detection for a program capable of full computer generated imagery movie making. Not all of us use real cameras or even real humans in our work. I actually hate working with humans and real world lighting (except for porn!). Real people all too often just do whatever they want. Full cgi is far easier to control.
OK, I guess I'll put my head on the block so you can all kick it around a bit.
Does anybody else see a need for a font editor / creation tool?
I had a trial of one years ago, but it was super expensive! I made some fun stuff though.
Once something is in ttf or otf format it can be used in many other programs - yes, even non-adobe programs!
I use fonts in my 3D Software, and (here it comes!) I even have a fractal generator that uses fonts as source material 
I know designers are always tweaking fonts after they are rasterized, but the idea of making one's own has always been fun.
I may be the only one interested in this idea, but maybe not. I suppose the best way to find out is to mention it here.
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