I am sooo hurt about this Adobe! Like dang, i was using Adobe express on my iPhone as a very convenient way to import files into Illustrator for different projects on my iPad. I get on my phone this morning (April 25, 2024) to add some images to my current project and Adobe express is telling me there is a new version to try. That’s cool. I’m not tripping because it’s asking me to “Try it out, you’ll be able to return to the previous version.” Ok cool! So I’m looking around and it does seem super convenient and I almost went ahead and updated it, until I realized it said “ after you update you will not be able to go back to the previous version.” So I looked around the app a little more just to make sure that the feature that I was actually using it for was still available. AND OF COURSE the “Files” option was indeed there BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY EXTRA FOR THE PREMIUM VERSION to have access to it. So I went to the top of the screen where it gave me the option to either import my files from the old version and start using the new version OR go back to the previous version and “miss out on useing the new version “ I wanted to go back. It said “ to go back to the previous version restart the app” I did that. But now I’m stuck on this new version when that’s not what I selected to do, AND I don’t have access to the files that I had! Are you all trying to force people to pay for a premium subscription, for things that they already had access to without giving notice? Because if that’s not the intention and this is an error PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix this.

Loving the app so far having experience with many design projects. Really creates a peace of mind when needing to run through multiple iterations of a design because you know what you want once you see it, and not having to stop the creative flow to draft new thumbnail mock-ups, grab more paper, or even shuffle through needed layers.Literally the only problem I’ve ran across multiple times is when saving the file size even at the recommended dimensions for any content I decide to post on social media it results in a pixelated image on the desktop version while appearing clear and crisp on the mobile versions. I’ve tried uploading the image that gets saved directly to camera phone and then viewing it on the desktop version and it still comes out pixelated and not as crisp. And just for comparison I also tried saving the finished project directly to google drive and then downloading the image on a desktop and then uploading the image from the social site on the desktop and yet the Image still resulted in the same quality. At the moment it has been only good to design for smaller screen content. As it seems the resizing feature doesn’t seem to actually effect the resolution even though the info on the desktop changes, when you need to scale a design up for desktop view. Still giving a 4 though.

Oh I’m so disappointed and will likely cancel my premium subscription soon. I use Adobe Express quite frequently to make flyers. I found it incredibly user-friendly and even decided to pay for the annual premium subscription because I loved this program so much. I could create flyers on my phone, then quickly open them on my desktop version to save as specific file types and email them with zero issues. The mobile and desktop versions worked seamlessly together and I could go back and forth between them to edit. Now, Adobe has ruined it. I can no longer open my projects on my desktop without the entire project being altered in a horrible way. I can no longer find specific features on the desktop version that I commonly use on the mobile version (e.g. order, curved text). They are GONE! Design assets, shapes, graphics, etc that I pay for through my premium subscription completely disappear in the desktop version. The project no longer stays still on the center of the screen when selecting features in desktop. I can no longer access any changes I make in the desktop version on my mobile version. It is to the point where I completely dread even trying to open my beautiful mobile project on my computer. Now, I’m having to create projects and save file types strictly on my phone, but there are so many go-arounds required with this option. I don’t know why Abode changed this previously wonderful and user-friendly amateur design program, but I may consider exploring a non-Adobe design program. I’m so sad.

Posted my first attempt with Spark to Facebook, tried an animation with a fairly subtle zoom-out effect that looked very nice, but on Facebook the video kept looping repeatedly—it was about 3 seconds long. I found that there were limited options with text, with font point size missing altogether. (Most would agree that’s a pretty basic function, one would think.) You could change the relative size of text by enlarging or reducing the size of a text box or adjusting line spacing, but these were pretty awkward and unpredictable ways of doing so.) I wanted to italicize the title of the book from which I was quoting, but couldn’t find a simple way of doing that either—even though the font I used had a designed italic, I found I could not mix the two in the same sentence, after repeated tries of selecting and trying to format individual words.That said, the font selection was very good and quite tasteful, making any post created in Spark deliciously gorgeous and a cut above any typical meme-maker. As I mentioned in my post, I found the placement of the Adobe Spark logo at the bottom intrusive and lacking in subtlety or nuance. This needs to be addressed—I am not using the software primarily to create ads for Adobe. Still, because it can produce such beautiful results, I’m giving Spark four stars out of five.

Typically I’m too proud to do anything the easy way. I sometimes feel that if I didn’t build something completely from scratch, I didn’t build anything at all. But Spark Post helps me to work smarter, not harder—to feel that using intelligent design tools doesn’t make me less creative, but instead helps me to clarify and realize my vision faster. It helps me to focus my energy on making better content instead of on unnecessarily fussing over the presentation of a simple social media post that will disappear in 24 hours and that is meant to communicate a message rather than be my magnum opus.The only thing about Spark Post that disappoints me is that, in its attempt to make things easy and auto-intelligent, there are certain key features missing for those of us who like more control. For example, paragraph styles and spacing don’t exist—you need to create a new text box. Resizing text boxes forces the text, the shape, and the border to resize together rather than allowing you to alter each style independently. This makes matching text boxes difficult. To make more precise edits, I could take my graphic into Illustrator—but the point of Spark Post is one-stop editing for quick and easy social media posts. It would be nice to be able to get under the hood of your design with more advanced options.

Create a masterpiece. I had the paid version for both post and the other forget the name but it’s been years we have been together . Your my go to to create . Simple made fun but the creativeness is limitless more is not always better less can be beat if your wanting to create something this is the app that will test your ability to see beyond the norm and boring what I not liking as much is that what use to be free to use is no longer and some that were free you now charge to use that would be my only off the zoo of my head thing I like least to change I would like to see where you can add your face to a emoji and it does something you can type in the commands and when your done you have a moving emoji that really looks like you but cartoon style please note I like to dress my emoji I’m a sexy soul and you don’t know how to dress that and please real heel not sawed off pumps you can create so much with this app it just need the option to put yourself in it and to resize the squares the way you want knowing I’m not speaking foreign can you do it I can see paying the yearly low ( hint) fee or monthly you’ve arrived now pay it forward please and continue to grow. Trust me drop the price apply those two three things action emojis with your face and clothes you pick you will see something you’ve never thought possible and I’m not saying to get a life time membership for such an amazing ideal and kudos and a a little something in money forum to say OMG THANK YOU DONT BE A HATER NOW LIVE LAUGH SHARE 👩🏽‍🦱closed mouth doesn’t get fed and seeing I am homeless as in three days I can sure use the help be anazing and smile today Alli

This new update is absolutely ATROCIOUS. This was my favorite graphic design app, it was simplistic all while offering unlimited capabilities when using your creativity. I have been reverting my phone and iPad every time I opened the app to the previous version the ENTIRE last year. Now we’re forced to use the newer version which is NOT USER FRIENDLY whatsoever. It’s clogged and chaotic, it forces you to use landscape mode on the iPad which I cannot stand. I’d make stunning prints with my photography in minutes, now it glitches RELENTLESSLY zooming all over away from the actual design space just trying to simply move a font... I gave up entirely after 30 minutes of wanting to pull my hair out. As someone who has used Adobe over 10 years and has loved this app specifically for years and years I am heartbroken. The glitches are endless, the forced update I will never forgive adobe for. It is no longer user friendly. Not to mention all my prints I already made I don’t have access to unless I click them and they are updated for the new app (which says the colors may differ and is even changing the fonts - so we’re more limited on top of it and whatever you created is either altered for half or unaccessible unless to simple save). I absolutely hate this update they utterly ruined the app. For the love of god offer the option to keep the old version loyal users used regularly. This is horrible.

Apri 2022: Thank you for the reply. Yes, the new version with more quality stock photos is much better. Previously, if you held down on the photo it would appear larger to see more detail. This would be an excellent to add that feature back in. And, please, please add a drop shadow to the remove background. I use this app all the time and it’s great I can pick right up on my last edits on my computer. Dec 2021: Removing the free stock uses right before the holidays is a mean grinch thing to do! Ugh!!! Post was my go to app for quick social marketing, and what am I getting for the price now? Very frustrating and disappointed. Edit: Still hoping Adobe will add drop shadow to the Remove Background option to make this a Five Star rating. Each upgrade keeps getting better and better. I find I use Spark often for quick editing on my phone. The remove background works really well, except sometimes for objects with any white near corners it grabs too much of the object. Otherwise, it works great on other colors. The ability to add or to keep in the shadows with the remove background option would make this app nearly perfect!!

Before the update the app was much more mobile friendly. I use this app to do quick edits for posts or layouts, i used to be able to zoom out the canvas, easily crop, nudge elements and work offline. Cropping your pictures is awful. You can not crop just one side like you previously could, and when you click to crop something the bar goes up so that you cant even see half of what you're cropping. Oh yea, and you also cant zoom out the canvas, so if you have a big element that you want only half of in the canvas, you have to make it larger on the canvas, move it, make it larger again and then move it out. And finally, you cant work offline anymore. This has been pretty devastating for me, as this was the only app i even could use to edit offline. I understand needing internet to sync to cloud, or to load stock elements, even for removing backgrounds. But not being able to use the app at all? I don't want my file to save to the cloud, i just want to edit two pictures together while im on the train!! Save it to my device instead!! There are some good new features, but the loss of the most basic and important ones make the app less usable..I wish i could switch back to the legacy version like what was previously available..

I had just started using this app this year, it was fairly easy to use, and had a nice aesthetic (nice fonts, good “style” suggestions, etc.,) but since their latest version updated… yuck! What used to take 1 step now takes like 3, the icons and their labels are not helpful (which creates more steps to open up to see if what you are looking for is there,) the little box “layers” they put on a sidebar, right over my project is annoying, and if I “x” it out, where are they? What is even the point then? Just another useless step. Everything is just more steps, and more confusing. And it isn’t because I was “used” to the older version, because I didn’t use it often enough. And I am not a person who dislikes change. But this version is the furthest thing away from improvement, and I would not pay for the pro version. And frankly, probably won’t be interested in Adobe apps in the future. They should study Capcut and the ease and simplicity that they have accomplished with their app, and that’s with a bazillion features at a reasonable fee. That, I do pay for. But even their free version is delightful. I am using the iphone app, btw. So my review is based on mobile experience.