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Adobe Project Paras Extends Photoshop CC Textile Design Capabilities

Designers in textiles and apparel typically use Adobe products to create their designs. But until now, there have not been textile-specific tools to make the task easier. To address this, Adobe has announced Project Paras, a set of tools that allow designers to stay within Photoshop CC and reduce the number of steps required to complete and preview a design. We spoke with Adobe to learn more.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Adobe just announced the public beta of Project Paras, a new addition to Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud) that will make life easier for textile designers. Project Paras is the result of two years of voice-of-the-customer research by Adobe to learn what their design challenges were, and what type of tools would help them address those challenges.

“We found that Photoshop is used in the production of over 90% of printed textiles,” said Mike Scrutton, Director of Print Technology and Strategy for Adobe. “Even when they use Illustrator, they still have Photoshop as part of the process. So it made sense for us to begin this journey with enhancements to Photoshop that would make their lives easier.”

Scrutton also points out that even if Illustrator is used, when the Illustrator file is imported into Photoshop, it is maintained as an Illustrator file and the designer can go back to Illustrator to make any necessary edits, which will automatically update in Photoshop.


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