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Integrating Adobe Express with other tools for workflow automation.

Discover the different tools you can use and integrate with Adobe Express to improve your workflow automation. Create a seamless workflow for your medium to large business with the help of Adobe Express.

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14/10/2024

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Summary

Sometimes it can feel like you’re in a rut when it comes to your creative output. When a lack of inspiration and stale workflows loom, Adobe Express can help you get you back on track. You can use a wide range of tools to boost workflow automation and keep the creative wheels turning, so you can spend more time doing what you do best.

In this guide, we’ll explore these tools and how you can best use them in your day-to-day. We’ll also illustrate how Adobe Express can help you combine your design work and creativity with these dynamic tools to create a seamless workflow.

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What is workflow automation?

Workflow automation is when tasks and processes operate or flow independently without much (or any) input from people. The tasks that are often automated include those that are quite data-heavy, and those that are seen to waste time that could be spent in more productive ways. The aim is to create seamless workflows, so that people can dedicate focus on more ‘important’ tasks.

For example, when looking at creative workflows, some tasks that could be automated include:

  • Repetitive data tasks. This includes jobs like handling invoices or analysing site engagement data.
  • Template production. For instance, if you’re working on a repetitive social media project that requires the same template for different posts.
  • Organising tools and workflows. Automation can help connect different workflows and create an all-in-one space for apps, admin, tools and documents.
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Why use Adobe Express to build a seamless workflow?

Adobe Express offers a range of different tools specifically designed for creatives to help make things easier. We know you’d rather spend more time creating and less time managing repetitive tasks, numbers, and admin – and there’s no reason why that shouldn’t be possible.

Adobe Express can help streamline your design workflows with the following tools:

A library of free design templates.

Our templates and Adobe Stock libraries help you get a head start on projects that require multiple repetitive assets. Perfect for Instagram posts or video thumbnails.

Co-editing software.

Seamlessly integrate cross-team feedback and collaboration into all your projects with shared documents. Illustrator and Photoshop files are automatically synced so you don’t have to worry about losing anything.

Quick action editing.

Resize any design asset to suit your platform, remove backgrounds, make edits and more – all in a click.

Generative AI tools.

Use generative AI to create design inspiration, backgrounds, templates and more to help automate your workflow.

Adobe Experience Manager integration.

Adobe Experience Manager is an all-in-one hub to share, store and manage your brand assets. Find all your videos, logos and posts – all in one place.

Automated content posting.

The Content Scheduler tool allows you to plan, create and schedule your social media posts in just a few clicks. So there’s no need to manually post across multiple accounts.

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Discover free workflow examples to get started.

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How to improve your workflow automation with Adobe Express.

All the above tools work alongside each other – and other Adobe software like AEM and PDF – to help streamline your design projects. Read on to explore the step-by-step process of how these assets collaborate to create an automated workflow.

1. Centralise your creative assets on Adobe Experience Manager.

First, you can link, sync and centralise all of your creative assets and tools using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). This integration provides an all-in-one platform where you can efficiently manage, edit and customise existing assets.

This means you’re able to quickly react and adapt to trends and feedback, so you’re always one step ahead.

2. Save your regularly used assets and templates for repeat use.

You can save and favourite any regularly used assets, templates, stock photos and backgrounds. This way, they’re always on-hand when you need them, and you don’t have to waste time searching or re-creating.

You can manage, add to or remove from your favourite’s library with just a few clicks.

3. Batch produce and edit your assets for improved efficiency.

Once you’re all set up with AEM and your favourites library, you can even start batch producing assets to help automate your workflow. Use the Bulk Create and Generate tool to quickly add and repeat assets in your designs. With just a few clicks, you can save time by re-creating repetitive icons, backgrounds and text.

Learn more about how to use Bulk Create and Generate.

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Build up your creative assets with these editable samples.

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Integrating Adobe Express with other tools.

Adobe Express, the quick and easy create-anything app, seamlessly integrates with your preferred platforms and workflows to make content creation easier where and how you want to work and play.

Our expansive partner ecosystem ensures that wherever you are, your creative tools are right there with you. Adobe Express has partnered with global industry leaders to seamlessly integrate with their platforms:

  • Slack: Teams can enhance their creativity with Generate Image and access thousands of professionally designed templates right inside Slack.
  • Webflow: Create and edit high-quality images and visual assets for your website with the Generate and Edit Image modules embedded directly in the Webflow editor.
  • HubSpot: Access Adobe Express’s Edit Image module directly from your HubSpot workflow and create, manage, and enhance eye-catching visual content.
  • Box: 115K+ enterprise customers can access Adobe Express’s powerful suite of creative tools as their default image editor. Now in public beta.
  • Chat GPT:Users can quickly and easily generate customised design templates using Adobe Express GPT within Chat GPT. Input a prompt that describes the content you want to create, including details like your preferred theme, style, and colour, and Adobe Express GPT will create templates tailored to users’ specifications.

The Adobe Express add-on marketplace lets you extend the functionality of Adobe Express with more than 150 and counting!

Notable recent additions to the marketplace that enhance expressiveness, accelerate workflows with AI, and promote inclusivity include:

  • Cloud storage add-ons Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, and Google Photos let you easily bring your photos, PDFs, Photoshop and Illustrator files, and other assets into Adobe Express on desktop and mobile
  • TikTok Symphony Assistant is an AI-powered virtual assistant designed to intelligently collaborate with brands and creators throughout their creative journey. Symphony Assistant draws information from a wealth of TikTok ads-focused creative knowledge to provide responses from creative inspiration and insights to script generation and now newly supported music recommendations from TikTok's Commercial Music Library.
  • Cube GPT helps users overcome their writer’s block with AI-powered text generation, or help users improve their writing with AI-powered rewrite, shorten, lengthen, and translate features.
  • Color Blindness Simulator helps designers and content creators create inclusive designs by simulating color blindness in real-time.

Try Adobe Express for free now

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