Adobe
is
attempting
to
lure
illustrators
to
join
its
creative
software
platform
by
making
its
dedicated
drawing
and
painting
app
entirely
free
for
everyone.
Fresco
is
essentially
Adobe’s
answer
to
apps
like
Procreate
and
Clip
Studio
Paint,
which
all
provide
a
variety
of
tools
for
both
digital
art
and
simulating
real-world
materials
like
sketching
pencils
and
watercolor
paints.
Adobe
Fresco
is
designed
for
touch
and
stylus-supported
devices,
and
is
available
on
iPad,
iPhone,
and
Windows
PCs.
The
app
already
had
a
free-to-use
tier,
but
premium
features
like
access
to
the
full
Adobe
Fonts
library,
a
much
wider
brush
selection,
and
the
ability
to
import
custom
brushes
previously
required
a
$9.99
annual
subscription.
That’s
pretty
affordable
for
an
Adobe
subscription,
but
still
couldn’t
compete
with
Procreate’s
$12.99
one-time
purchase
model.
While
there
was
already
a
free
version
of
Adobe
Fresco,
it
previously
restricted
users
to
a
smaller
subset
of
features.Image:
Adobe
Starting
today,
all
of
Fresco’s
premium
features
are
no
longer
locked
behind
a
paywall.
The
app
first
launched
in
2019
and
isn’t
particularly
well-known
compared
to
more
established
Adobe
apps
like
Photoshop
and
Illustrator
that
feature
more
complex,
professional
design
tools.
Fresco
still
has
some
interesting
features
of
its
own,
like
reflective
and
rotation
symmetry
(which
mirror
artwork
as
you
draw)
and
the
ability
to
quickly
animate
drawings
with
motion
presets
like
“bounce”
and
“breathe.”
Competing
apps
like
Procreate,
Clip
Studio
Paint,
and
Krita
are
already
popular
in
the
digital
art
community:
they’re
affordable,
easy
to
use,
and
supported
on
iPads,
which
can
be
much
cheaper
compared
to
buying
both
a
computer
and
professional
drawing
tablets.
Chances
are
that
most
of
the
fan
art,
web
comics,
and
general
illustrations
from
hobbyists
and
indie
designers
you
see
online
were
made
using
these
tools
instead
of
Adobe’s
apps,
let
alone
Fresco.
Fresco
hasn’t
integrated
any
of
Adobe’s
generative
AI
features
and
has
some
advantages
over
Procreate,
such
as
a
desktop
app
and
cloud
storage
support
(while
Procreate
files
are
saved
on-device).
Making
it
completely
free
could
be
enough
to
tempt
new
users
to
the
platform,
despite
the
wider
image
problem
Adobe
has
with
parts
of
the
creative
community.
(Originally posted by Jess Weatherbed)
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