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This week’s new tools, tutorials, and resources 👇
Excalidraw: A virtual collaborative whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them (FREE).
Google Nano Banana: Create brand-friendly mockups with Nano Banana Pro (Tutorial).
Retro Camera: Create & download polaroid-style photos from your browser (FREE).
Google AI Studio: Build fully functional web apps with built-in features like Nano Banana or Google Search with AI (FREE).
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TOP STORY
👩🏻💻 Photoshop releases “Chrome Extension”
This week, Adobe released a Chrome extension for Photoshop, giving users 12 months of free access to Photoshop Web.
The extension brings browser-based editing directly into Chrome, eliminating the need to download images, upload them to an editor, and export them back — now you can edit any web image with a single right-click.
This offer is only available to users who install the extension before December 8, 2025.
With the Adobe Photoshop extension, you can now:
Collect images from anywhere: Right-click any image on the web or use the Photoshop badge to instantly open it in Photoshop Web for editing.
Remove backgrounds in seconds: Erase image backgrounds with one click, perfect for product shots, profile photos, or social media graphics.
Make quick adjustments: Fine-tune brightness, contrast, and saturation with precision controls without opening desktop software.
Crop to social presets: Instantly resize images to Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube dimensions with built-in preset sizes.
Edit on any device: Work from any device with Google Chrome with no software installation or powerful hardware required.
The extension is ideal for content creators, marketers, and designers who need fast turnarounds on web assets without switching between apps or waiting for desktop software to load.
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DESIGN
📰 Paper releases “Halftone Dots”
This week, Paper released "Halftone Dots," a new shader that transforms any image into vintage halftone patterns reminiscent of classic print media.
The shader gives designers instant access to the dot-based aesthetic of vintage newspapers, comic books, and screen printing, allowing them to create everything from retro stamps to abstract art without needing separate image editing software.
Paper is an emerging design platform that focuses on bringing advanced creative tools and effects into a single web-based canvas, competing in the space alongside Figma and Canva.
With "Halftone Dots," you can now:
Drop in any image: Upload photos or graphics to instantly convert them into halftone patterns with adjustable dot sizes and spacing.
Choose from multiple presets: Select from options like "Round and Square" for abstract effects, "LED screen" for digital aesthetics, or "Mosaic" for varied patterns.
Customize with precision: Adjust grid type (Hex or Square), dot style (Classic, Gooey, Holes, or Soft), and fine-tune parameters including size, radius, contrast, scale, grain, and overlay effects.
Stack and blend layers: Combine multiple halftone layers with different blending modes to create complex, layered compositions.
Toggle original colors: Switch between classic black-and-white halftone or maintain the original image colors for modern interpretations of the vintage effect.
The shader is available now to all Paper users through the platform's playground interface.
Here are some cool examples of what you can create with the new shader 👇
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ANIMATION
🧠 Jitter releases “AI Brainstorm”
This week, Jitter released "AI Brainstorm (beta)," a new feature that turns static designs into animated drafts in seconds, helping designers quickly explore multiple animation directions without manually key-framing each option.
The feature handles the initial exploration phase while designers maintain full creative control over the final result.
Jitter is a web-based motion design tool that lets designers create animations without needing After Effects expertise.
With "AI Brainstorm," you can now:
Generate animation ideas instantly: Import your static design and get multiple motion concepts to explore different creative directions without starting from scratch.
Choose from five moods: Select a style (playful, bold, soft, elegant, or cinematic) to guide the AI's animation suggestions and match your project's tone.
Customize fully editable drafts: Every AI-generated animation comes as a fully editable Jitter file, letting you refine timing, adjust easing curves, and tweak movements to make them your own.
To use the feature, open any Jitter file and click the ✨ icon in the top right corner of your artboard. The AI assistant "Oli" generates your animation in a few seconds.
Jitter emphasized that "AI Brainstorm" is designed as a creative starting point, not a replacement for designers.
OTHER STORIES
Everything else in creative news 🗞
OpenAI Sora released 6 different style presets: Thanksgiving, Vintage, News, Selfie, Comic, and Anime.
Replit and Campus have partnered to launch “Vibe Coding 101,” a new beginner-friendly vibe coding course.
ElevenLabs released “Templates,” a quick and useful way to combine image, video, and audio models on the ElevenLabs Creative Platform.
Framer released “Masonry Grids,” allowing you to turn any grid into a packed masonry grid with a single click.
Framer added support for Gemini 3 and GPT 5.1 in Framer Workshop.
v0 for Students is now live at 5 more schools: San Francisco State University, Arizona State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Waterloo, New York University.
MagicPath added a quick way to copy & share links to your designs from the toolbar menu.
MagicPath released a new Changelog page.
Spline added support for Google’s Nano Banana and Gemini 3 in Hana.
Spline now supports light mode.
Screen Studio released an extended set of Screen Studio-designed cursors.
Higgsfield AI released “StyleSnap,” allowing you to upload one photo, pick a style preset, and get a 2K image of you wearing that outfit.
Restream now allows you to go live on any platform that support WHIP.
Restream now allows you to stream to custom HLS platforms (like YouTube Events).
Restream now allows you to fix your guest’s camera and mic for them, right from Restream Studio.
ElevenLabs added support for FLUX.2.
Gamma added support for FLUX.2.
Higgsfield AI added support for FLUX.2.
Freepik added support for FLUX.2.
VEED added support for FLUX.2.
Artlist added support for FLUX.2.
KREA AI added support for FLUX.2.
Leonardo.Ai added support for FLUX.2.
ElevenLabs added support for LTX-2.
Freepik added support for LTX-2.
Affogato AI released “Styles” in the Affogato Agent, allowing you to choose from different presets and styles for your video generations.
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