Adobe Fresco is now available in the Microsoft Store

Adobe Fresco is now officially available for download from the Microsoft Store, giving users a new way to access the Adobe digital painting app. Previously, the app was only available through the Adobe website. The store version is still provided and managed by Adobe, which means it is not actually hosted on the Microsoft platform. Either way, it was an easier way to access it.

Adobe Fresco is now available in the Microsoft Store

Fresco is one of Adobe’s most advanced creative tools, a digital drawing and painting application designed primarily for touch devices. It’s actually available on iPad and iPhone, but not on macOS. So it’s really designed for touch screens, even on Windows 11.

According to Adobe, Fresco has the largest and “most advanced selection of brushes” in the world, thousands of which are available in the Adobe Library. The purpose of this app is to mimic real life as much as possible. So when you use watercolor for example, you will see the colors blend in real time. You can also paint in oils and use many other tools to create your desired piece of art. Fresco supports layers, layer masks and other features you would expect from a graphic design tool. Because it’s part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, it’s also linked to assets from Photoshop or Illustrator.

Meanwhile, in addition to being able to share finished work, Fresco has built-in real-time streaming capabilities to make it easier for you to share your knowledge with others. Plus, you can export a time-lapse of your drawing and painting process when you’re done.

However, this version of Fresco lacks support for ARM-based devices such as the Surface Pro 9 with 5G or the Surface Pro X. This is what Adobe originally promised back in 2019 when Surface Pro X arrived. Three years later, he still hasn’t done it. Recently at the Snapdragon Summit, the company confirmed its intention to release an ARM version in 2023, so let’s hope it won’t be long.