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Last updated on
Nov 21, 2024
- Adobe Fresco User Guide
- Introduction
- What's New in Adobe Fresco
- What is Adobe Fresco
- System Requirements for Adobe Fresco
- Release Notes for Adobe Fresco
- Adobe Fresco on the iPhone
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Accessibility in Fresco
- Adobe Fresco | Common questions
- Get started with the user interface
- Upgrade to a premium plan to access premium fonts
- Storage for Adobe Fresco
- Supported features on iPad and Windows devices
- Draw, paint, animate, and share
- Layers
- Shapes in Adobe Fresco
- Pixel brushes
- Live brushes
- Vector brushes
- Mixer brushes
- Ribbon brushes
- Adjust pressure curve on stylus
- Colors
- Paint inside boundaries
- Apply motion to artwork
- Free Transform tool
- Magic Wand tool
- Smudge tool
- Liquify tool
- Add and modify text
- Publish, export, and share
- Layer masks
- Access Creative Cloud libraries in Fresco
- Ruler
- Erasers
- Add your own font
- Grids alignment
- Symmetry
- Adobe Fresco and Creative Cloud apps
- Cloud documents
- Troubleshooting
- Examples, ideas, and inspiration
Get in touch with your canvas with Adobe Fresco
Take your drawing and painting digital. Your Creative Cloud membership now includes unlimited access to Adobe Fresco and over 1,000 premium brush sets.
Find answers to the most common questions about Adobe Fresco.
What is Adobe Fresco?
Adobe Fresco is a drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Its range of Sensei-powered watercolor and oil brushes—we call them live brushes— is something that anyone who is passionate about drawing will love and find valuable. Learn more about Adobe Fresco and see what you can create with this powerful yet easy-to-use app.
Is Adobe Fresco free?
Adobe Fresco is available for free. You can upgrade the plan to access premium Adobe Fonts.
For more information, see How to upgrade to a paid plan of Adobe Fresco to access premium Fonts.
Adobe Fresco is currently available on the following devices:
- iPad
- iPhone
- Windows devices with Intel, Nvidia, or AMD processors
- Surface Pro X and Surface Pro 9 devices with ARM processors
For an updated list of system requirements, see Adobe Fresco system requirements.
Where would my Adobe Fresco artwork live?
What’s the difference between Photoshop on the iPad and Adobe Fresco?
Photoshop on the iPad is best used for creative image editing and pixel-level retouching on the go.
Adobe Fresco is a drawing and painting app. You can start with a blank canvas and use powerful pixel, vector, watercolor, and oil live brushes to bring your imagination to life. Adobe Fresco has the power of the Photoshop painting engine.
Can I work with my Adobe Fresco artwork in other applications?
You can bring your Fresco assets in Photoshop. Fresco is an app built for drawing and painting and is a great companion to Photoshop on the iPad. Any artwork you create in Photoshop on iPad or Fresco is synced to the Creative Cloud as a cloud document. To learn more about how to seamlessly work in Photoshop and Fresco, see Adobe Fresco and Photoshop.
Can I animate or provide motion in Fresco?
Yes! You can provide motion to your illustrations using frame-by-frame or motion path technique. For more details, see Apply motion to your artwork.
Can I save my Adobe Fresco artwork to Dropbox?
You can export your artwork to Dropbox or any other cloud storage using the Publish & Export option or the Quick Export option. Access these options by tapping on the Share 
icon in the upper-right corner of your Adobe Fresco workspace.
I want to learn more about the possibilities with Adobe Fresco...
Catch the latest about Adobe Fresco on Adobe.com. On Instagram, search @adobefresco to find artworks created by users with Fresco and other Adobe drawing tools.
If you have a question to ask or an idea to share, come and participate in Adobe Fresco Community. We would love to hear from you!
Also visit the Adobe drawing and painting page to learn more about the drawing and painting apps from Adobe.
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Join our community to connect, learn, and engage
For inspiration, expert tips, and solutions to common issues, visit the Adobe Fresco Community forum. Connect with our team and fellow users to exchange ideas, share your creations, stay updated with the latest features and announcements, and provide feedback.
