Betas: Adobe Photoshop & Firefly, Twinmotion
Adobe has several new features in their betas, including Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Substance. Check out the Twinmotion 2024.1 Preview for Unreal 5.4 if that’s your jam. In addition, there are beta updates for Frame.io, 3DCoat, and Twixtor 8.
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What’s on this list?
Updated:
Listed alphabetically
- Adobe – UPDATE
- Avid
- Battle Axe
- Blackmagic
- Chaos
- CinemaPlugins
- Cinematte
- DAACI
- FL Studio
- INSYDIUM
- NewBlue
- Pilgway 3DCoat – UPDATE
- RE:Vision Effects – UPDATE
- timeinpixels
- u-he – UPDATE
- Twinmotion – NEW
- Unity – UPDATE
- Unreal Engine – NEW
What’s a beta?
Beta software lets you try some software for free and helps developers find problems. In addition, user feedback helps developers steer the direction of their products.
To be clear, some of the betas here are public while others require that you have a current license.
How to be a valuable beta tester
Instabug gives great advice on providing the best feedback and maximizing your beta testing time.
You should know the product and what bugs have already been reported, but the article also touches on submitting a quality bug report and suggesting usability changes. If you’re a private beta tester, you should always keep your beta testing confidential too.
Adobe – NEW
Below, read about what’s currently in beta. Download these betas in the Adobe Creative Cloud app. Other features may be in beta but these are new to Creative Cloud.
If you’re looking for up-to-the-minute updates, check out Twitter! Follow Victoria Nece (@FakeGreenDress), Adobe Video & Motion (@AdobeVideo), Kylee Peña (@kyl33t), Sébastien Périer (@Yenaphe).
After Effects – NEW
Updated: May 2, 2024
New: Update to support for H.264 in MOV and MP4
Previously: Advanced 3D features
Read Michelle Gallina’s Post: Adobe After Effects (beta) introduces new 3D workflows and user-requested features in time for NAB 2024
Premiere Pro Beta – NEW
Updated: May 2, 2024
New: Update to support for H.264 in MOV and MP4
NAB update: generative AI with Firefly in Premiere Pro, coming soon.
- Interactive fade handles – Visually interact with audio fade controls. Premiere Gal talks about the new Audio Fades
- AI-powered audio tagging and badges – AI automatically recognizes music, sound effects, dialog, etc.
- Share for review with Frame.io
- Invite collaborators to co-edit a project
Learn more: Beta Beat | A Sneak Peek at What’s Next in Premiere Pro – Feb 13, 2024
Frame.io – Update
Updated: April 25, 2024
New: Light mode, Share for Review in Photoshop
Easy Asset Findability
Metadata & Collections
v4 beta is a complete redesign, with a new UI, better performance, metadata options, collections, simplified sharing, precise player, frame-accurate playback, iOS apps, account management, and so much more!
Frame.io is included with Creative Cloud with 100GB of Cloud Storage
Photoshop Beta v25.9 – NEW
Updated: May 1, 2024
New: Add Arrowheads to Lines
One Click to Remove the Background, and one click to add another
Previously:
- Generative Fill using Firefly Image 3 Model
- Generative Expand using Firefly Image 3 Model
Photoshop Firefly Image 3 Model
Updated: April 23, 2024
- New Structure and Style Reference options
- Visual Intensity Detail Slider
Illustrator on the Web Beta – NEW
Updated: March 29, 2024
New in the beta for Illustrator on the Web (requires Chrome or Microsoft Edge)
- Shapes tools: Combine shapes and Shape builder
- Quick Pen tool for drawing custom shapes
Adobe Substance 3D – NEW
Updated: April 16, 2024
NEW: Substance 3D Modeler 1.9.5 Beta – April 16, 2024
Substance Sampler 4.4.0 – April 9, 2024.
Text to Texture powered by Adobe Firefly.
Acrobat – NEW
Acrobat’ new AI Assistant (beta) lets users Interact with documents to get quick answers and one-click summaries. It generates insights that can be used in emails, presentations, and more.
Adobe PDF Accessibility Checker API
A tool to see if your documents meet accessibility standards.
Adobe Podcast
Request access to the AI-powered web-based audio recording and editing software. Adobe Podcast has a free version. Their Premium version is available to subscribers to Express Premium or Creative Cloud.
AVID
Avid Sibelius on any device
Sign up for the beta for Sibelius for Androids.
Updated: January 25, 2024
Battle Axe Betas
I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what they have in beta, but they have a Discord server that users can join. On Twitter, Battle Axe has mentioned betas several times when users are experiencing issues.
Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 19
New in the Resolve Studio 19 Beta:
- DaVinci Neural Engine AI tools
- Over 100 feature upgrades including new color grading palettes and Resolve FX, Fairlight AI audio panning, expanded USD tools, and multi-source editing.
- Support for the new Organizations App in Blackmagic Cloud
- Improvement to the transcription workflow for editors
- Multi-poly rotoscoping in Fusion
- New AI tools including IntelliTrack AI and ColorSlice grading
The Resolve Studio 19 Beta is for Studio license holders. The free version is also in beta and can be downloaded by anyone.
Chaos
Chaos Cloud Collaboration
Chaos is launching a new Collaboration service as part of Chaos Cloud which aims to optimize the 3D design review process. It is available for all Chaos users and can be accessed directly on this link or from within the V-Ray Framebuffer.
The service allows you to:
- Upload images in or share images directly from the V-Ray Frame Buffer.
- Create a project in a new folder and organize your images.
- Invite collaborators by emailing an invitation or sharing a direct link.
- Tag collaborators in the comments.
- Get feedback – review images, pin comments, resolve suggestions, add visual annotations, review, and compare different file versions
V-Ray for 3ds Max
If you’re a V-Ray for 3ds Max user there are nightly build here.
CinemaPlugins DEM Earth
CinemaPlugins posted on Twitter/X about the next build of DEM Earth which will have a beta of Delta Erosion.
Delta Erosion…
— CinemaPlugins.com (@Tools4D) January 5, 2024
with a simple Image mask in a field, a short particle lifetime,and lots of evaporation, it does look kinda interesting (to me)
A Beta will be in the next DEM Earth build. #demearth #c4d #cinema4d #plugins@MaxonVFX
Don't forget your plugin devs! pic.twitter.com/ObBHfLeBnL
Cinematte for Mac
The Mac version of Cinematte is now in the Public Beta phase. You can request access by contacting Cinematte.
DAACI Natural Drums
DAACI needs beta testers for their new Natural Drums, generative AI-powered drums. It’s Mac only and supports Logic Pro X, Ableton, Cubase, and Reaper.
FL Studio – UPDATED
Key features in Beta 2 are Piano Roll, plugin support, plugins, menubar, playlist, MF Studio Mobile, and more.
Version: 2024.1, Beta 5
Updated: April 16, 2024
Word on the street is that the beta version of FL Studio is INSANE. It now has AI Chord generation.
INSYDIUM
INSYDIUM beta is now open, featuring the latest in TerraformFX. The beta is open to current customers. Dive in and explore the new features!
See INSYDIUM TerraformFX 2024.2 Sneak Peek
Update: April 10, 2024
NewBlue
If you’re a NewBlue license holder interested in participating in their beta, please submit a support ticket at NewBlue, and click the button below.
Date: Ongoing
Updated: March 13, 2024
Pilgway 3DCoat – UPDATE
The beta for 3D Coat is ongoing and updated often. 3DCoat allows you to take your 3D idea from a block of digital clay to a production-ready, fully textured organic or hard surface model. They have an AI Assistant in 3DCoat 2024 that is still in Beta that you need to check out. Click the link to Buy 3D Coat for more product information. This beta is generally updated weekly.
Current beta version:
Windows: 3DCoat-2024-17
Mac: 3DCoat-2024-17
Linux: 3DCoat-2023-6
Date released: 20 April 2024
RE:Vision Effects – UPDATED
RE:Vision Effects Twixtor
The new AI-trained algorithm in the high-performance video retiming tool reduces artifacts in tricky shots, like fast-moving objects with a lot of blur. Of course, Twixtor already worked great on most shots, but click here to check out RE:Vision Effects playlist demonstrating the improvements v8 makes on hard-to-retime shots. It’s already getting “crazy good” reviews so you’ll want to test drive our v8 immediately
Version: 8, version 1F
Update: April 17, 2024
Info: Twixtor 8 ML Beta, Install Twixtor 7 (if not already installed) or Effections and then download the beta below. New licenses of Twixtor from February 1, 2024, are V8 compatible, and anyone who ordered Effections since February 1, 2023, has been automatically upgraded.
timeinpixels
False Color
From the beta page:
“False Color 4 is now in open beta! As the top false color tool on the market, we’ve added some amazing new features to this version, including HDR support, configurable SDR white level, and mastering level. Plus, you’ll find even more scale types to choose from. And, of course, we’ve kept all of your favorite presets based on industry-standard solutions.”
U-he
Zebralette 3 is an audio plugin that is the first step toward the evolution of Zebra.
Current version: v3 beta, revision 15573
Release date: March 29, 2024
From the beta page:
Zebralette 3 Beta Page
Zebralette 3 is the first big step towards the next phase of Zebra’s evolution. Like its predecessor, Zebralette 3 consists of a single Zebra oscillator with a few modulation sources and effects added, all wrapped in a fresh and modern, fully vectorized GUI. The oscillator module alone is a world of its own, with a spline-based wavetable editor at its core, up to sixteen wavetable snapshots featuring a variety of morphing options, two oscillator effect slots with over twenty effects to choose from, and an audio engine switchable between wavetable and additive synthesis.
Bonus: Download BH Zebralette3 Vintage-inspired patches from Benjamin Howell.
Twinmotion – NEW
Current version: 2024.1 Preview Release
What will you test first? Spacing and Area Tools, New Foliage Material, Action Cam, or…Render Layers?
Twinmotion has been upgraded to run on Unreal Engine 5.4, enhancing the rendering capabilities of both Lumen and Path Tracer for superior visual quality.
Unity AI Beta – UPDATED
Current version: 6000.0.0b16
Release date: April 19, 2024
From the beta page:
“Unity is building an open and unique AI ecosystem that will put AI-powered game-development tools in the hands of millions of creators. Soon they’ll be able to more quickly create and deliver amazing real-time 3D content and experiences for billions of users around the world.”
Unreal Engine Beta – NEW
Current version: 5.4 Beta
Date: April 12, 2024
The beta features include Fluid Simulation, Neural Network Engine features, the Soundscape engine, Scripted actions, Deformer Graph, GPU Lightmass Global Illumination, Template Sequences, MIDI, and a LOT more.
Posted by Michele