Adobe’s next platform for Creative Cloud? Your AI assistant

Adobe is preparing for a future where users increasingly interact with its software through AI assistants, rather than always going directly to its applications. That’s the idea behind its expanded integration with Anthropic’s Claude, as well as the first connector for Google’s Gemini, announced Thursday. The updated Claude integration adds new ways for users to interact with Creative Cloud applications via text prompts, with 80 “tools” available across applications such as Acrobat Photoshop, Premiere, Express, and Lightroom. That’s up from the initial 50 at launch in April. The Adobe plugin lets users take actions across various Creative Cloud apps, such as retouching images or resizing videos for social media posts. The latest additions include the ability to convert PDFs to different file formats. In addition, Adobe has introduced interactive editor tools available in Claude. These offer greater control over Express and Acrobat files, Adobe said. In Acrobat, it’s possible to edit text, for instance, reorder pages, or add comments and highlights. For Express, this means the ability to select and customize fonts, colors, and more. The integrations could broaden access to Adobe’s …

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