Photoshop releases “Adjust Colors”

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• Photopea: A free, web-based alternative to Adobe Photoshop.

• ColorZilla: A free Chrome and Firefox browser extension that allows you to pick colors for any webpage.

• Audacity: A free, open-source audio editing and recording software.

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TOP STORY
🖼️ Photoshop releases “Adjust Colors”

This week, Adobe released a new feature in Photoshop (Beta) called “Adjust Colors,” introducing a new way to adjust the prominent colors in your images in seconds.

Previously, users would have to select from a handful of preset colors presets (e.g. Red, Yellows, Greens, Cyans, Blues, and Magentas), but now, users can simply pick from the different “prominent” colors that Photoshop identifies in an image and change it’s hue, saturation, and lightness.

This new feature can be found in the “Contextual Toolbar,” but can also be found in the familiar “Hue & Saturation” adjustment layer settings 👇

Watch this in-depth tutorial on everything new! 👇️ 

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PHOTO EDITING
📸 Google releases “Gemini 2.0 Flash” (Experimental)

This week, Google’s new experimental AI model called “Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation (Experimental)” went viral for its impressive native image generation capabilities.

You can currently try this tool for free in Google AI Studio.

Here are some cool examples of how you can use this 👇️ 

1) Create a game scene from a sprite sheet (multiple smaller images or frames).

2) Creating a segmentation mask for an object.

3) Converting a nighttime image into a daytime image.

4) Generating pixel art from an image

5) Generating a 3D model from an image

6) Swap on different clothing on a model.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
🤖 “MCPs” for Blender and Figma

Over the past few weeks, MCPs (Machine Code Processors) have gained popularity for their ability to connect AI-coding tools like Cursor and Claude to creative tools like Figma and Blender.

In simple terms, an MCP can connect AI tools to design or coding programs, making them work together seamlessly.

Imagine you’re sketching a design in Figma or building a 3D model in Blender— an MCP acts as a bridge, letting an AI coding tool understand your work and automatically generate code, refine layouts, or suggest improvements, saving you time.

For example:

• In Figma, an MCP can analyze a designer’s wireframe or prototype and automatically generate code or refine layouts (example).

• In Blender, MCPs could interpret a designer’s 3D sketches or animations and suggest improvements or complete complex tasks like rigging or texturing, making the process faster and more accessible (example).

Right now, you can open Figma or Blender, create or link your project, and give the AI access to it through the MCP, and AI coding tools can then whip up code or ideas based on your work.

After that, you can essentially modify design projects while using an AI-coding tool without directly interacting with Blender and Figma.

Beyond Blender and Figma, MCPs could theoretically integrate with other creative tools like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or Unity, depending on whether someone builds an MCP server for those platforms and connects them to AI systems.

📰 Other news you might’ve missed:

• Figma released an update that turns characters combos (e.g. ->) into smart symbols (e.g. →) automatically.

• Bolt released a “Figma to Bolt” feature that allows you to import a design from Figma and turn it into a pixel-perfect full-stack app.

• Rive has released a “Text Follow Path” feature (in early access) that allows users to align text along a shape, dynamically adjust placement, and even bind it to data.

• Framer released 4 new open-source typefaces: Hershey Noailles Times, Transom Hoog, LCT Iptex, and HUAB.

• Descript now includes AI translation for Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, and Korean for translated captions and dubbing.

• Captions released “Mirage” a new AI model for creating more realistic AI characters with animated body language and micro-expressions.

• Captions has partnered with Udio to allow users to instantly generate any soundtrack for a video with just a text prompt.

• Clip Studio Paint version 4.0 is out now and on sale for up to 60% off.

• Freepik now supports the Topaz AI video upscaler and enhancer in Freepik AI suite.

• Webflow “Shared Libraries” now supports assets and variable modes, along with components and variables.

• Screen Studio now allows users to blur sensitive data and highlight important areas in their screen recordings.

• Framer now allows users to add tables in the Framer CMS.

• Framer has added thumbnail previews for its open source fonts in the Font Picker.

• Procreate Pocket 4.0.13 has been released and includes a new previous brush option in the Quick Menu, fixes a pixel offset issue in the Glitch filter, and more.

• KREA AI now supports Google’s “Veo 2” AI video generational model.

• Pika released a new “Pikaeffect” that can morph your photos into iconic characters and alter egos.

• ElevenLabs has made major updates to its voice design model and has added additional parameters for loudness, quality, and more.

• Shots is launching something new in private beta.

• Rive now supports feathering support for iOS and Android and now has a smaller, faster runtime on Android with the Rive Renderer.

• Riffusion has added new organization features, including an option to drag and drop your playlists and projects to re-order them, organize playlists and projects in the left nav bar of pages, and more.