And app developers now can reach a much larger market than just the creative pros who could justify tablet purchases in the past.Īdobe explains how live brushes' more 'organic' painting style led to the product's name:įresco ('fresh'in Italian) is a painting technique that has been used for centuries all over the world. But modern tablets - notably Apple's iPads equipped with the Pencil stylus - are opening up new creative possibilities with the combination of high-resolution displays and standalone computing power. Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky boasted Sunday that the live brushes are 'something that no other drawing and painting app can match.'ĭigital drawing has been around for decades, even offering subtleties like styluses that are sensitive to the angle you're holding it at and how firmly you're pressing against the drawing surface. That means that watercolor paints flow and blend - you can even paint with just water - and smeary blobs of oil paint can intermix. Simulated paint colors can smear together with Adobe Fresco's live brushes. It's a facet of the artificial intelligence work that Adobe brands as Sensei.

What sets Fresco apart, Adobe argues, are 'live brushes' that simulate the interaction of ink or paint with paper. Among them are Procreate, ArtRage, Paper, Zen Brush and even Adobe's own Sketch. There are lots of apps for drawing, sketching and painting on iPads, Android and Windows tablets. The app, which Adobe debuted in October as a research effort called Project Gemini, is due to arrive later this year.

Fresco is Adobe's new name for its forthcoming iPad drawing app that builds in the physics of ink, paper and paint.

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