Adobe just revealed the first change coming to Figma after acquisition

The announcement of Adobe’s acquisition of net design platform Figma made waves among the many design neighborhood this 12 months, with some designers involved at how the platform could be reworked. At this 12 months’s Adobe MAX convention in LA, Adobe shared some new particulars on the merge, and instructed Artistic Bloq about a few of the considering behind the acquisition. 

In the course of the opening Keynote, Adobe’s CPO Scott Belsky invited Figma Founder Dylan Subject to briefly talk about the brand new relationship, with Subject saying that the primary tangible change to Figma would be the much-requested addition of Adobe Fonts. (Try the most effective free fonts when you’re searching for typographical inspiration.)

Subject additionally described how becoming a member of forces with Adobe will assist the platform “construct far more, quicker,” and the way Adobe’s experience in areas like vector and video will assist add tons extra performance to the web-based browser. Belsky added that whereas each manufacturers are dedicated to creating digital product design accessible to everybody, Figma will “retain autonomy.” 

Whereas Belksy didn’t commit on a few of the more pressing concerns among the many artistic neighborhood equivalent to pricing, he defined to Artistic Bloq how and why Adobe plans to maintain Figma autonomous. “Figma is a massively fast-growing enterprise,” he stated. “Among the best issues we will do is say ‘hey can we make it easier to attain extra prospects’. As an alternative of forcing integrations, we need to deal with what the neighborhood desires. Dylan instructed me that the #1 factor folks need is Adobe fonts. So we’re beginning there, and we’ll see the place the shoppers take us.” 

Belsky additionally burdened the success of earlier Adobe acquisitions. “Behance has not solely benefitted its neighborhood after its acquisition, nevertheless it’s additionally a greater product – and it’s grown from 1M to over 31M customers. Identical with Substance – the ability, precision, attain and income is properly past what it was after we acquired the group.” 

Time will inform precisely how a lot Figma will change underneath Adobe – and crucially whether or not customers shall be compelled into Artistic Cloud’s subscription pricing. Within the meantime, if you wish to get to know the instrument, try our Figma review. And talking of creatives’ issues, Adobe additionally devoted a whole lot of time at MAX 2022 to addressing worries surrounding the rise of AI-generated art.