Adobe Fresco

Get in touch with your canvas.

Built for the latest stylus and touch devices—now including iPhones—Adobe Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary new live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting.

 

Key features

  • Brushes with brilliance—Work with watercolors and oils that blossom and blend at your touch, and use vector and raster brushes on the same canvas. Adobe Fresco gives you the world’s largest and most advanced selection of brushes, including thousands from Adobe Photoshop and celebrated master Kyle T. Webster.
  • The world is your studio—Fresco uses cloud documents, so you can start a project on your iPad or iPhone and finish it on your desktop. Your work automatically syncs to the cloud. Plus, with Creative Cloud integration your brushes, fonts, and Adobe Stock and Library assets are just a few clicks or taps away.
  • Liquify tool—Transform and add multiple effects like warp, twirl, and pucker to any object with ease using the Liquify tool.

 

  • Artwork. Now a lot less work—We’ve made essential illustration tools faster and better for stylus and touch including Wacom tablets and the iPad. Easily isolate parts of a layer and turn selections into masks. Customize your UI. And work in full-screen mode to eliminate distractions.
  • Drawing aids—Trace or draw around the edge of a circle, square, or polygon, using it as a guard to keep your lines precisely where you want them — outside the shape, or inside.
  • No layer limits—Draw with as many layers as you like. And use adjustment layers to quickly change color or add special effects. Adjustment layers are non-destructive, so you can easily undo.

 

System requirements

iPhone
  • Any of the following devices: 
    • iPhone 13
    • iPhone 12
    • iPhone 11
    • iPhone X
    • iPhone 8
    • iPhone 7
    • iPhone 6
    • iPhone SE
  • iOS version 14 or later
  • 5GB of available hard-disk space to install and run (16GB recommended for best performance)
  • Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services*

 

iPad

  • All variants of following iPhone devices:
    •  iPad Pro (all models)
    • iPad Air (3rd and 4th generation)
    • iPad (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th generation)
    • iPad mini (5th and 6th generation)
  • iOS version 14 or later
  • 5GB of available hard-disk space to install and run (16GB recommended for best performance)
  • Apple Pencil, Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
  • Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services*

Windows

  • Windows 11 version 22000 or later
  • Intel, Nvidia, or AMD† GPU with Direct X Feature Level 12.1 
  • 8GB of RAM
  • 5GB of available hard-disk space for installation
  • Pressure sensitive tablets and styluses (such as Wacom tablets or Surface pen) recommended
  • Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services*

 

 

FAQ

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. 

Adobe Fresco is available on iPhone, iPad, Microsoft Surface Pro device, and Creative Cloud Desktop for Windows. Try it now! 

Is Adobe Fresco free?

Adobe Fresco is available in a freemium model—you can start with a free starter plan and then upgrade to a paid version to get the premium features. 

If you subscribe to any of the following plans, you will get access to the Adobe Fresco premium offering:

  • Adobe Fresco Single App plan
  • Adobe Photoshop Single App plan
  • Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps plan 

What's the difference between Photoshop on iPad and Adobe Fresco?

Photoshop on iPad is best used for creative image editing and pixel-level retouching on the go.

Adobe Fresco is a brand-new drawing and painting app. You can start with a blank canvas and use powerful pixel, vector, and live watercolor and oil brushes to bring your imagination to life. Adobe Fresco has the power of the Photoshop painting engine.

Can I work with my Fresco artwork in other applications?

You can bring your Fresco assets into Photoshop. Fresco is an app built for drawing and painting and is a great companion to Photoshop on iPad. Any artwork you create in Photoshop on iPad or Fresco is synced to Creative Cloud as a cloud document. 

   

 

* NOTICE TO USERS: Internet connection, Adobe ID, and acceptance of license agreement required to activate and use this product. This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services. Adobe services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and the Adobe Privacy Policy. Applications and services may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or membership charges may apply.

† AMD GPU driver Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.1, Driver Version 20.20.01.08 (Windows Driver Store Version 27.20.2001.8002) and newer is required. Visit www.amd.com/en/support to download.