r/AdobeFresco

Hi Fresco artists! For those who don't know me, my name is Alison and I'm part of the Adobe Fresco team. If you've updated your app today, you've already seen it — the Fresco editor has a fresh new look, and we are really excited about it!

We'd love to share the thinking behind these changes and hear what's on your mind. The team will be here throughout the day and the rest of the week to answer questions and dig into your feedback to continue making Fresco better for everyone.

What changed? We’re making Adobe Fresco’s most important features easier to discover and access. All your drawing & painting features are still here – we’ve just cleaned up the layout and added smarter organization to give you more space to create. Specifically:

• Most tools have moved from the left to the top of the screen
• Dedicated brush controls are on the left
• Motion has moved to the top right for better discovery
• Drawing aids (including the ruler) have moved to the precision panel on the top right

Why did it change? Over the past few years, we've heard from new users that Fresco can be intimidating to learn. This update is part of our ongoing commitment to making Fresco the best creative tool it can be, for artists just starting out and longtime pros alike.

We know change can take some getting used to, and as some of our most passionate users, your experience matters deeply to how we continue to shape the product. Please let us know in the comments what you love (and what you don’t) so we can continue iterating and building what we believe is the best drawing & painting app out there.

Pretty much what it says on the tin. Oh my god, whose idea was this? Genuinely? I don’t get the point of changing things that didn’t need changing. Just makes the entire thing harder to use

Is there any way to get the old UI?

Fair thing for me to mention. I might just be bitter because I’m autistic and hate change, but I genuinely just do highly dislike the new ui and am desperate to just get back to the familiar one

Adobe has been asking users lately about workflow, tool placement, and UI feedback, so instead of just venting about the new Fresco update (not a fan!), I thought it’d be useful to make a constructive wishlist/discussion thread.

Here are some things I personally miss from the older UI and some ideas that could improve Fresco moving forward:

• Faster brush controls. The old swipe controls for size/opacity/smoothing felt much faster than individually selecting each setting.

• Bring back the floating fullscreen toolbar. Having quick brush controls available in fullscreen mode gave more canvas space while still keeping essential controls accessible.

• Better brush/color integration. It would be nice if brush settings and color controls felt more unified instead of visually separated.

• Separate brush categories worked better. Keeping Pixel, Live, Vector, and Library brushes clearly separated was easier to navigate than losing sight of main categories.

• Undo button placement feels risky. Having Undo so close to Home can lead to accidental taps during fast workflow moments.

• Better palette customization. Please let us: – remove colors from palettes – reorganize palettes – save cleaner palettes into Adobe Libraries – reuse them more easily across projects

• More UI/workspace customization. Even basic options like: – movable toolbars – hiding unused tools – left/right toolbar placement – simple workspace presets

…would go a long way for advanced users.

I know some people like parts of the redesign, but I think a lot of frustration comes from disrupted workflow and muscle memory. Curious what other Fresco users would want added back or improved.

As I’m sure you guys know, Fresco got a new update and it’s horrible not great,

and I need to switch to the older version as the UI is so bad I am physically impeded

Why on earth did you put everything at the top, you couldn’t have put it in a worse spot even if you could

Soooo yeah, does anyone know how to downgrade my version on IPad? I’m willing to do literally anything

If any employees of adobe are reading this, I’m willing to even pay money for a copy of the previous update, that is how desperate I am, seriously, you’re trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist and it’s to the active detriment of everybody, including the beginners

One of the reasons why I used Fresco was because I HATED the UI of procreate.

This new format feels so much messier to me

Everything being at the top of the screen really messes with work flow.
Also I don’t need to see my brush size and settings as a bar at all times

At least the color picker should be there if we have to deal with this stupid UI

I've been using Illustrator since the mid 2000s, so I'm pretty familiar with the concept of vector art.

Recently bought a used iPad to give Procreate a shot (didn't realize it was raster only), but found Fresco seems to be more akin to what I'm used to.

In illustrator I'm used to selecting individual shapes and paths and refining them as I go along, but aside from a few smoothing options I can't figure out if this is doable in Fresco.

For example - I draw a filled path for a hand in illustrator, but the pinky is a little too long. I can pick the shape with the arrow tool and redraw just the pinky to refine it.