Adobe Express

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Adobe Express
Developer(s) Adobe
Initial releaseMay 19, 2016;8 years ago (2016-05-19) as Adobe Spark
Operating system downloads
Website adobe.com/express

Adobe Express, formerly Adobe Spark and later Creative Cloud Express, is a content creation tool developed by Adobe. [1] [2] [3] It is a cloud-based design platform where users can create videos, PDF documents, web pages, graphics and other digital assets. It is aimed at mainstream users, not professional graphic designers. [2]

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History

There were three mobile apps that were predecessors to Adobe Express: [4]

In 2016, Adobe unified these apps under the Adobe Spark brand and added a web version. [4] In 2021, the application was relaunched as Adobe Creative Cloud Express, [3] which was simplified to Adobe Express the next year. [5]

In 2023, Adobe launched Adobe Express for Enterprise, [6] and later that year, incorporated generative artificial intelligence into the product. [7]

Collaboration

In October 2022, Adobe announced a collaboration with Wix to extend Adobe Express capabilities to Wix users. [8] Adobe has also partnered with several organizations and companies, including Etsy, Meta and Mastercard. [9]

In May 2022, American singer GAYLE launched a campaign in partnership with Adobe that invites fans to use and share visual templates created with Adobe Express. [10]

In May 2023, Google collaborated with Adobe to enable Gemini users to generate images via Adobe Firefly and then modify them using Express. [11] [12] [13]

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