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Despite Flash fading from the web years ago, Adobe Animate has continued to play a key role behind the scenes. Animators used it to create television shows, web series, games and independent projects. (Image: Adobe)

Adobe reverses shutdown plans for Animate, says it will continue in Maintenance Mode

February 05, 2026 11:43 am

Adobe has reversed plans to retire its long-running animation software Adobe Animate, confirming the application will remain available with no end date.

The user will be able to access 250 generative AI credits every month, premium image and video templates, over 200 million Adobe Stock photos and videos, and over 30,000 fonts. (Image: Express Image)

How Airtel customers can activate Adobe Express Premium for free

January 31, 2026 6:31 pm

Eligible Airtel users can unlock a 12-month Adobe Express Premium subscription with access to AI features, stock assets and Indian language support.

With global AI tech companies offering free access to their tools to attract millions of users, some worry that India could become a testing ground for gathering data, refining models, and experimenting with AI use cases on a large scale before anywhere else. (Image: The Indian Express/ Anuj Bhatia)

'We are making creativity accessible to everyone with minimal friction’: Adobe exec on free Express Premium access for Airtel users in India

January 31, 2026 6:19 pm

Adobe isn’t the first tech company to partner with a major telecom provider in India to offer its AI tools free to consumers.

Adobe Acrobat now lets users turn PDFs into Notebook LM-style podcasts using AI

January 22, 2026 1:04 pm

The new feature allows users to generate a podcast-style audio overview of their documents, transcripts, and notes on Adobe Acrobat.

The two companies will also be jointly developing specialised AI video features to be available exclusively within Adobe applications. (Image: Adobe)

Adobe and Runway partner to bring next-generation AI video tools to creators

December 19, 2025 12:17 pm

The collaboration brings early access to Runway’s new Gen-4.5 video model inside Adobe Firefly, allowing creators to generate and refine AI-powered video content.

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Adobe upgrades Firefly with text-driven video edits and new AI models

December 18, 2025 8:51 am

Adobe’s Firefly update allows precise video changes without recreating entire clips from scratch.

Adobe launches Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat inside ChatGPT: Here’s what you can do

December 11, 2025 10:56 am

Adobe apps for ChatGPT have been rolled out for free and are available to users in countries where OpenAI’s Apps SDK feature is available.

YouTube and Adobe announce Create for YouTube Shorts, a new in-app editing space designed to help creators produce and share short-form content more easily.

Adobe introduces dedicated editing workspace for YouTube Shorts within Premiere on iOS

December 11, 2025 8:56 am

The dedicated Shorts editing environment in Adobe Premiere lets creators personalise trending templates, edit footage and upload directly without switching apps.

AI helps drive record $11.8 billion in Black Friday online spending

November 30, 2025 9:31 am

Globally, AI and agents influenced $14.2 billion in online sales on Black Friday, of which $3 billion came from the U.S. alone, according to software firm Salesforce.

Google Chrome users can claim their one year free Photoshop web subscription till December 8.

Chrome users can now get a year of Photoshop Web for free: Here’s how to claim it

November 27, 2025 8:45 am

The Adobe Photoshop web extension for Google Chrome lets users quickly edit images, remove background and adjust colours and other things without having to leave the browser.