Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign is, arguably, the greatest software product of all time. It is the dominant software application on this earth for creating print content. If you look at a rack of magazines (assuming you can still find such a thing) you can bet that...
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Adobe Express Chooses Print Partner for Launch
Today, Adobe announced that you can design and order print products directly from Express. You can now order business cards, flyers, posters, even t-shirts, without leaving Express. They launched with longtime partner Zazzle. I've been telling Adobe to offer online...
Print Reddy: How to Print from Adobe Express
Adobe Express Takes Over In June of 2023 I first saw the "New" Adobe Express and was extremely impressed. It was Adobe's long-awaited answer to Canva, and it had some draw-dropping features. The AI, especially, was quite wonderful. But the key thing I wanted to see...
Introduction to Print Reddy for Adobe Express
We are excited to announce our new, free add-on for Adobe Express, Print Reddy. Here is a brief introduction to the basic 1.0 version, as well as some ideas about where we are headed. Almost Perfect for Print Trying out the new Express last year, we were very...
SDXML: a Universal Document Model
It has been nearly twenty years since Alissa Whitney and I created the first version of SDXML, and since then, it has grown into far more than we ever imagined. Initially created as a utilitarian way to make InDesign documents editable on the web, at this point it is...
Document Automation for Real Estate
The real estate Industry, both commercial and residential, has a strong dependency on documents. These range from marketing materials such as flyers, postcards, and listings, to complex legal documents such as loan applications, contracts, and deeds of title. In our...
Extending Adobe Express
I am here in Los Angeles at the 2023 Adobe MAX conference, excited to show our recent work. We have spent the past three and a half months using Express extensibility features to develop two integrations, using the two SDKs available in the new Express product: One of...
The long game of generative AI: Adobe sets the standard
Adobe has publicly released Artificial Intelligence features in their software for years, from the Sensei product announced in 2016 to the release of Firefly in 2023. Prior to these major initiatives, Adobe experimented with AI from the very early days, and pioneered...
Empowering Adobe Extensibility: From Abandonment to Life
We at Silicon Publishing recently attended the Adobe Developer and Partner Days 2023. We saw the extensibility features now available across the spectrum of Adobe creative software products, from Photoshop to Premiere. The clear focus was on their current shiny silver...