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Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) Changelog

What's new in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 57

Jun 6, 2023
  • Collapse or expand items in the Layers and Libraries panels:
  • Declutter and reset easily with the global collapse or expand feature.
  • Edit padding in Character Styles in the Document Assets panel:
  • Edit Character Styles directly from the Edit menu in the Document Assets panel and save time.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 56.0.12 (Jan 24, 2023)

  • Identify components in Property Inspector:
  • Select a component to view its name in the Property Inspector.
  • Navigate easily with components:
  • Return to the previous instance after editing the main component.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 55.1.12.17 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • [macOS and Windows] After performing Save As operation for a cloud document, XD freezes when you open version history for the new saved document.
  • [macOS 13 Intel] Invite to document icon is missing in the title bar, and hence unable to invite coeditors to the XD document.
  • [macOS 13 Intel] Avatar icon that represents coeditor is missing in the title bar.
  • [macOS 13 M1] Avatar icon that represents coeditor appears small.
  • [macOS 13] Document name and icons are not aligned properly in the title bar.
  • [macOS 13] Options in the Replace Missing Font dialog are not aligned properly.
  • [macOS 13] Font name is cut off in Character Styles > Edit in the Document Assets panel.
  • [macOS 13] Paste Appearance doesn’t work with images copied from browser.
  • [macOS 13] Invite status message doesn’t appear after inviting coeditor to a document.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 55.0.12 (Oct 23, 2022)

  • Improved document versioning:
  • Add version description; use search and filter options for better managing document versions.
  • Accessibility enhancements:
  • Enhancements to renaming layers, and sharing artboards from Design mode.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 50.0 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • Use path view for asset organization:
  • Use path view to create, remove, and merge asset groups.
  • Fix broken library links easily:
  • Follow prompts to fix broken library links easily.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 49.0 (Mar 11, 2022)

  • Create text hyperlinks:
  • In Design mode, you can hyperlink text inside a text object to secure websites and email addresses.
  • Reorder component states:
  • Drag main components in the Property Inspector to reorder them.
  • Design specs improvements:
  • If you are a developer, you can now copy Lottie and video HTML code from design specs when developing applications.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 48.0 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Inspect and download Lottie design specs:
  • You can now share Lottie design specs with stakeholders. Stakeholders can inspect Lottie and download them as JSON files.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 47.0.22 (Jan 11, 2022)

  • New device presets:
  • Use new artboard presets for iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, Google Pixel 6, and more.
  • Design specs improvements:
  • Download images as JPG, and all states of a component from design specs link.
  • Create object hyperlinks:
  • Hyperlink objects to secure websites and email programs.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 45.1.62 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • Design immersive experiences using videos:
  • Import videos, adjust settings, set playback options, and wire them with other interactions.
  • Design rich animations using Lottie:
  • Import Lottie files, set playback options, and wire them with other interactions.
  • Share and publish designs to Behance:
  • Share and publish designs to Behance from within XD.
  • Better export experience for design assets:
  • Export JPG and PNG assets to any size between 0.1x and 10x, while retaining fidelity.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 44.0.12.7 (Sep 30, 2021)

  • Organize assets into groups in the Libraries panel:
  • You can now better organize your document assets by creating any number of groups and subgroups in the Libraries panel. You can easily move assets between groups, reorder groups, and sort your document assets in alphabetical order. When you publish a linked library from your XD cloud document, all the groups and subgroups are preserved in the library.
  • Use Creative Cloud Libraries to share assets:
  • We recommend migrating all linked assets to Creative Cloud Libraries. This way, you can continue using linked assets effectively after support for linking assets between documents is discontinued in XD

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 42.0.22 (Jul 23, 2021)

  • Relink Creative Cloud Libraries with source documents:
  • Relink a previously published XD library with its source document in case a coeditor delinks it by mistake.
  • Better XD performance with Apple silicon:
  • XD now runs faster and performs better on macOS with Apple silicon M1 chip.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 41.0.12 (Jun 8, 2021)

  • Convert strokes to shapes using Outline Stroke:
  • Design more complex shapes and graphics by converting a path or stroke into an object using Outline Stroke.
  • Add depth to objects and components using Inner Shadow:
  • Add depth and expressiveness by applying shadow effects inside your objects and components using Inner Shadow.
  • Style shapes and objects using Angular Gradient:
  • Create spinners, pie charts, and color wheels applying fill with gradients that sweep around like the hands of a clock using Angular Gradient.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 40.0.22 (May 11, 2021)

  • Live Cursors take coediting to the next level. You can now see where other collaborators are working in a shared-document.
  • Share selected artboards without wiring them. Share artboards without wiring them from the Design or Prototype modes.
  • Shortcut for toggle state. Apply toggle state to a component in the design view, and XD automatically creates that interaction.
  • Customize your in-app experience using Preferences. Configure settings in Preferences to customize your in-app experience.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 39.0.12 (Apr 13, 2021)

  • New triggers to transition between component states:
  • You can now use voice commands, keyboard, and gamepad inputs to transition between the states of a component and create interactive, high-fidelity prototypes.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 36.2.32 (Jan 29, 2021)

  • Top new features and enhancements:
  • Auto-Animate dash and gap patterns:
  • Animate stroke dash and gap values using auto-animate to create new and rich animations.
  • Additional view options for XD mobile app:
  • Scale a prototype to fit into the dimensions of the device’s screen when previewing on a mobile.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 36.1.32 (Jan 20, 2021)

  • New Features in Adobe XD 36.0:
  • Enhance designs using dash and gap animations:
  • You can now use Auto-Animate to animate stroke dash and gap values that will allow you to create new and rich animations for outlined icons and illustrations.
  • New view options for XD mobile app:
  • While previewing prototypes on XD mobile app, you can scale the prototypes to “fit to width” or “fit to height” of the screen to view the designs with more ease.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 35.0.12 (Nov 17, 2020)

  • Identify published flows:
  • Visually identify published multiple flows and copy its link directly from the design canvas.
  • Auto height text import to Sketch:
  • Import a Sketch file along with auto height text objects and seamlessly edit them.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 30.0 (Jun 16, 2020)

  • Content-aware stacks:
  • Define alignment and spacing between different objects on the canvas, even as objects change size.
  • Scroll groups:
  • Create realistic scrolling experiences such as carousels or sliders by adding vertical or horizontal scroll effects.
  • Shareable links:
  • Share designs using a shared link and modify its access settings without creating a new link.
  • Design tokens:
  • Assign custom names to colors and character styles and make them available to developers in Design Specs.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 28.1.12 (Mar 15, 2020)

  • Import audio playback and add multiple actions on prototypes:
  • Import audio file for playback when prototyping and add multiple actions on Tap trigger.
  • Create an enhanced scrolling experience using anchor links:
  • Navigate to a targeted area in a single page website or interfaces with anchor links.
  • Resize text area to fit content:
  • Resize a text area box to fit the content by double clicking on the bottom resize handle of a text box.
  • Increase design colloboration through reshare permissions to artifact links:
  • Set permissions to reshare your private prototype or design specs links.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 27.0.12.7 (Feb 14, 2020)

  • Group sharing:
  • Creative Cloud for enterprise customers can sync groups and distribution lists to XD from their organizations’ address books. Then they can select these groups when inviting editors to cloud documents or providing access to private shared links.
  • Publish All Artboards:
  • Unset a Home artboard in Prototype mode to publish all the artboards on your canvas to a shared link, whether they're wired together or not.
  • Heart shapes:
  • Create heart shapes using the Polygon tool. Simply type “<3” in the Sides/Corners field and your polygon will turn into a heart.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 20.0.12.10 (Jun 18, 2019)

  • Plugins Panel:
  • Access and interact with plugins right in XD. All your installed plugins appear in one place, and you can add more at any time.
  • XD for Jira 2.0:
  • This new integration makes additional information about XD documents — like the number of artboards or avatars — available in Jira, so it’s even easier to collaborate.
  • Text additions:
  • Create text symbols for trademarks, copyright, and more by adding superscripts and subscripts into your design.
  • Property Inspector improvements:
  • Now Prototype mode supports the Property Inspector, which lets you show property options for a selected object and perform operations at scale across multiple artboards.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 16.0.12 (Feb 9, 2019)

  • New Features in Adobe XD 16:
  • The February 2019 release of XD has the following enhancements to existing features:
  • Record interactions with audio narration
  • Eyedropper shortcut makes changing colors easier
  • Utility navigation components in prototype and design specs
  • UI improvements pertaining to switching between public and private sharing
  • Record voice interactions with audio narration
  • Adobe XD introduces the ability to add narration using your microphone when you record a desktop preview interaction. As you click through, any voice narration is also included with the recording. This is especially useful for a remote client application walkthrough without being physically present with a client or stakeholder.
  • While this feature has been accessible to Windows users through an OS-level control in Gamecenter, this new functionality extends to Mac users.
  • Check out this video on how to add narration to a prototype when recording.
  • Record interactions:
  • For more information on how to record voice interactions and add them to your narration, see Add a voice narration to a prototype.
  • Eyedropper keyboard shortcut to change colors
  • Adobe XD introduces a shortcut for the eyedropper that makes it easier to change object colors. Select the object or group of objects that you'd like to change the color of, and use i on the keyboard to load the eyedropper cursor and select any color on the design canvas to modify the color of an object. The color picker allows you to select absolute colors only; you cannot use the tool to select linear or radial gradients.
  • Check out this video on how to use the eyedropper tool.
  • Eyedropper tool shortcut:
  • For more information on how to use the eyedropper tool shortcut, see Keyboard shortcuts in XD.
  • Utility navigation components in prototype and design specs
  • When accessing XD published prototypes or design specs on the web, you have a unified experience to access the utility navigation controls. This ensures a unified experience when you interact with other Adobe web applications.
  • Access utility navigation controls:
  • A. Support and feedback B. Notifications C. User profile
  • For more information, see Work with prototypes in XD.
  • UI improvements pertaining to switching between public and private sharing
  • To improve the discoverability and usage of the Share feature and its workflows, XD provides the following options to share a prototype.
  • Anyone with the link can view
  • Only invited people can view
  • Improved share workflows
  • Improved Share workflows
  • For more information, see Share embed designs and prototypes.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 15.0.12 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Auto-animate in the browser:
  • The Auto-animate feature we introduced in October is now supported in the browser, so you can preview animations between artboards in your prototypes.
  • View all comments across artboards:
  • Turn on “View all comments” in the commenting panel to see stakeholder feedback across multiple artboards. Click on a comment in your prototype or design spec and go right to the affected artboard to reply, resolve, or delete.
  • Voice language and accent support:
  • Voice now supports all Adobe XD languages for both commands and speech playback. Speech detection has been optimized for accents. And speech playback offers a wider variety of voices with accents based on your region.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 14.0.42 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • The December 2018 release of XD has the following new exciting features:
  • Improved collaboration with cloud-native documents
  • Faster and precision designs with object flip
  • Productivity gains using search in layers panel
  • Preview linked symbol on canvas
  • Enhancements include improved:
  • UI changes pertaining to share workflow in XD
  • Visual fidelity with retained layers from Adobe Illustrator
  • Integration with Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects
  • Prototype viewing on mobile devices
  • SVG export
  • Wacom and touch support
  • Web Comments UI Affordance

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 13.0.12.14 (Oct 16, 2018)

  • Voice triggers and speech:
  • Interact with your prototypes like never before. Voice triggers and speech playback let you take users beyond the screen.
  • Plugins:
  • Extend the functionality of Adobe XD for workflows and integrations with the growing collection of plugins created by our developer community. Easily discover and manage those plugins from within the app to automate tasks, integrate with other tools, design with data, and more.
  • App integrations:
  • Adobe XD now integrates with more of your favorite collaboration and productivity apps, including Slack, JIRA, and Microsoft Teams.
  • Auto-animate:
  • Auto animate micro-interactions across artboards. When you duplicate an element and change its properties (e.g. size, position, color etc.), XD bridges the differences to automatically generate an animation.
  • Linked symbols:
  • It’s easier to stay on top of changes when symbols copied from one document and pasted into prototypes remain linked. Now, when changes are made to the source file, you’ll be notified and have the option to accept updates.
  • Easy integration with Adobe Illustrator:
  • Bring your Illustrator designs and assets into Adobe XD in a snap. Just open your Illustrator file from right inside XD and it will automatically convert into a new XD file, retaining artboards, layers, and editability.
  • Export to Adobe After Effects:
  • Export your designs and take your animations even further with After Effects, the industry-leading animation tool.
  • Prototype drag gestures:
  • Now you can include drag gestures in your prototypes to simulate user experiences like dragging cards or screens.
  • Redesigned home screen:
  • Access plugins, UI kits, app integrations and more — all from one screen.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 12.0.12.10 (Sep 25, 2018)

  • Responsive resize:
  • Now it's easy to resize groups of objects on your artboards for different size screens and maintain placement and scalability. XD automatically calculates placement based on the proximity of individual elements.
  • Timed transitions:
  • Get greater control over the timing of your transitions between artboards. Create looping animations with delays for auto-fade effects, spinners, loaders, progress bars, and more.
  • Spell check:
  • Quickly spot spelling errors while designing in XD.
  • Full-screen prototypes:
  • Web prototypes viewed in the browser now include an improved full-screen option, so you can see your design at actual size for a more accurate representation.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 11.0.22 (Aug 23, 2018)

  • Extract assets in Design Specs:
  • Save time and give developers the ability to extract and download assets from Design Specs. Mark layers as assets for export and send as a Design Specs link. Developers can download all the assets in the file format they need.
  • Reordering in the Assets panel:
  • Organize your colors, character styles, and symbols in the Assets panel. Simply drag to reorder them in the list view.
  • Private sharing (beta) from the web:
  • Safely share XD prototypes and Design Specs with reviewers or stakeholders by sending an invite using your web browser the same way you do in the XD desktop application.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 10.0 (Jul 19, 2018)

  • Stroke enhancements:
  • Control the stroke of dotted or dashed lines, and set the look of end caps and corners. For even finer control, you copy complex strokes from Illustrator and apply them to objects in XD.
  • Asset renaming:
  • Now you can label colors, character styles, and symbols right in the assets panel for better organization and easier access.
  • Comment on design specs:
  • Design Specs now has the same great commenting feature as prototypes. Developers can comment on specs and you'll be notified. Any updates, changes, or replies you make will automatically show up when they refresh their browsers.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 9.1.12.3 (Jun 29, 2018)

  • Fixes in Adobe XD 9.1:
  • This release provides fixes for issues that causes Adobe XD to crash:
  • When your mouse hovers over File > Open Recent menu in the Adobe XD application.
  • When you select a system-level language that is different than the application language, and you define values less than 1 in numeric property fields.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 9.0.12.19 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Overlay support:
  • Now you can save time and effort by creating overlays to stack content in prototypes — no more need to duplicate artboards for keyboards, menus, and dialogues.
  • Set fixed positions:
  • Keep elements set in the same position so they stay put as viewers scroll. This new prototyping feature is great for fixed headers, footers, and more.
  • Private Invites (Beta):
  • Share and track your prototypes and design specs with invited team members or stakeholders, so you control who sees, reviews, and comments on them.
  • Better control for image fills:
  • Designers can now crop and reposition images dragged from the desktop to fill shapes.
  • Design using math calculations:
  • Get exact values for your designs by using math calculations in the Property Inspector to determine column sizes, images, grid layouts, and locations of elements.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 8.0.22.11 (May 15, 2018)

  • Replace symbols in a snap:
  • It’s now easy to find and replace every occurrence of a symbol all at once. Just drag the new symbol from the Assets panel and drop it onto the symbol you want to replace.
  • Paste to multiple artboards:
  • Copy and paste an object onto multiple artboards and it retains its original position and settings. Along with symbol improvements, this allows you to quickly and consistently manage multiple artboards.
  • Improved Photoshop integration:
  • Get better fidelity on Photoshop files that you bring into XD. The latest updates also let you transfer stroke and image effects and import PSDs faster.
  • Sketch file enhancements:
  • We've improved the way Sketch files open in XD so they retain more of their original features, including better text position accuracy, page and symbol separation, and global color styles.
  • Password protect Design Specs:
  • Now you can control who sees your design specs by making them password protected.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 7.0.12.9 (Apr 3, 2018)

  • Password protected prototypes:
  • Add password protection to your public prototypes when you publish and share with reviewers (coming soon in Design Specs).
  • Filtered search in Assets Panel:
  • Quickly filter assets by color, character styles, or symbols. Use search to find specific font families, hex values, or symbols.
  • Find and highlight assets:
  • Select “highlight” in your Assets Panel to see all the elements on your canvas that use a specific color, character style, or symbol. Right-click an element on your canvas to reveal its colors, character styles, or symbols.
  • Improved Photoshop integration:
  • Now it’s even easier to bring Photoshop designs into XD by either right-clicking on your Photoshop file and choosing "Open with XD" or dragging and dropping a file over the XD icon (Mac only).
  • Sketch workflow enhancements:
  • Sketch files opened in XD now have improved fidelity. And you can preserve color adjustments for images, character styles, document swatches, and more. Bring your Sketch files into XD by either right-clicking on the file and choosing "Open with XD," or dragging and dropping the Sketch file over the XD icon (Mac only).

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 6.0.12 (Apr 3, 2018)

  • Easy integration with Photoshop:
  • Bring your Photoshop designs and assets into XD by simply opening a PSD file from right inside the app. Your file will automatically convert into a new XD file, making it faster and easier to design and prototype.
  • Copy symbols between documents:
  • Now you can copy and paste symbols between XD documents in one step. No need to paste first and then manually convert to a symbol.
  • Style grouped elements:
  • Speed up your design process by easily changing properties like fill and stroke of grouped elements.
  • Scrolling artboard enhancement:
  • When prototyping, it’s faster and easier to edit the viewport of a scrollable artboard right on the canvas without having to go to the Property Inspector.
  • Work with Sketch files:
  • Now you can bring your Sketch designs and assets right into XD. Open your Sketch file from within XD and it automatically converts into an XD file so you don't have to start from scratch.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 5.0.12 (Feb 13, 2018)

  • Vector graphics from CC Libraries:
  • View and drag linked and unlinked vector graphics from Creative Cloud Libraries into XD. Changes you make to icons, illustrations, and other graphics in Adobe Illustrator update seamlessly to XD through CC Libraries.
  • Preserve scroll position:
  • When clicking on a wired element, you can now control your position to maintain that place on the next screen without having to scroll from the top.
  • Pen and touch support on Windows 10:
  • Use basic pen and touch features as a companion to your mouse and keyboard to create artwork, wire prototypes, navigate layers, and more.
  • Layout grids in Design Specs:
  • View layout grids in the Design Specs (Beta) web app so developers can see column grid attributes such as margins and gutter widths.
  • Eyedropper in Property Inspector:
  • Based on your feedback, we’ve put the eyedropper back in the Property Inspector so it’s easier to sample colors.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 4.0.12.6 (Jan 23, 2018)

  • Better zoom performance:
  • Zoom in and out of your canvas and between screens without slowing down, whether you have 10 or 1,000 artboards.
  • Dropbox preview for XD files:
  • Preview XD files saved to Dropbox without having to download an XD file.
  • Switch between color models:
  • Quickly switch between HEX, RGB, or HSB color models from the Color Picker dropdown menu.
  • Radial gradients:
  • Create and apply radial gradients to simulate a light source, create unique image masks, and more. Gradients are available in the Color Picker under Solid Fill.
  • Improvements to Design Specs (Beta):
  • Now it’s faster and easier to read measurements, navigate and access UI elements, and work with masked layers.
  • Display artboards at 100%:
  • View designs in shared prototypes at actual size when you're in full screen mode.
  • Batch export:
  • Export options now include batch export, which you can access through the file menu. Right-click in the Layers panel to mark objects for batch export.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 3.0.12.7 (Dec 13, 2017)

  • Underline text:
  • You can now quickly apply an underline to text with a keyboard shortcut or a button in the property inspector. Underline maintains fidelity with characters that have descenders such as y and g.
  • Options for stroke align type:
  • Toggle between stroke align types (inside, outside, or center) on a closed object like a rectangle or circle to modify weight and alignment and control the appearance of your design.
  • Adobe Stock licensing:
  • Right click on an Adobe Stock raster image in the Creative Cloud Libraries window to begin licensing.
  • Graphics editing in Photoshop:
  • Right click on a raster graphic in the Creative Cloud Libraries window to edit it in Photoshop.
  • More prototype publishing options:
  • Quickly enable and disable hotspot hints to see which areas of your prototype are interactive, then publish to share with your team. Set to open in full screen mode to view without comments or other distractions.
  • Design Specs (Beta) improvements:
  • Get started quickly with user tips and improvements for navigation and properties. Design Specs (Beta) now also supports English, French, German, Korean, and Japanese.
  • And so much more:
  • Also includes: Access to Zoom tool in prototype mode, keyboard shortcuts for font size, and more.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 2.0.32.10 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Design Specs (Beta):
  • Speed up the development process by sending developers a link to automatically generated design specs from your interactive prototype. Specs include the sequence and flow of your artboards, colors, character styles, and measurements (currently English only).
  • Layout Grid:
  • Use customizable column grids with margins and gutters to give your designs a consistent, organized look and to manage the proportions between elements. Toggle between Square and Layout grid in the property inspector.
  • JPG export:
  • Easily export assets and artboards from XD in JPG format without the need to convert from another app. You can control the export quality level from 1-100 percent.
  • Text enhancements:
  • Switch from point text to area text and vice versa with a simple click. Now when you create a new text object, your last used text properties such as font family, size, weight, alignment, and colors are preserved.
  • Improvements for Windows 10:
  • The latest updates for Windows 10 make designing in Windows even faster. Use two-finger touch to pan and zoom, copy and paste design elements from InDesign into XD, and import SVG files with externally linked files.
  • And so much more:
  • Also includes: Ability to access eyedropper within the color picker to grab color stops when creating gradients and to sample colors when using Asset Panel, and improvements to paste behavior.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 1.0.12.19 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Interactive prototypes:
  • Switch from design to prototype mode with a single click, and connect artboards to communicate the flow and paths of multiscreen apps. Connect design elements from one artboard to another, including Repeat Grid cells. Add interactions with intuitive visual controls to test and validate the experience.
  • Publish prototypes for feedback:
  • Generate shareable web links to get feedback on your designs, or embed them on Behance or a web page. Reviewers can comment directly on your prototypes and specific parts of your design. You'll get notified when they make comments, and they can simply refresh their browsers to see your changes.
  • Fast, versatile artboards:
  • Whether you're working with one artboard or a hundred, XD gives you the same fast performance. Design for different screens and devices. Pan and zoom without lag time. Choose from preset sizes or define your own, and copy between artboards without losing placement of your design elements.
  • Repeat Grid:
  • Select items in your design, such as a contact list or photo gallery, and replicate them horizontally or vertically as many times as you want — all your styles and spacing stay intact. Update an element once and your changes will update everywhere.
  • Cross-platform support:
  • Adobe XD natively supports Windows 10 (Universal Windows Platform) and Mac, with companion mobile apps for Android and iOS.
  • Assets panel:
  • Make colors and character styles easily available for reuse by adding them to the Assets panel (formerly the Symbols panel), which automatically includes symbols. Edit any color or character style in the panel and the changes will be reflected throughout your document.
  • Reimagined symbols:
  • Save time with symbols, reusable design elements that eliminate the need to find and edit each instance of an asset across a document. Update one and they'll update everywhere, or choose to override specific instances. Symbols can be vector graphics, raster images, or text objects, and they can also be used as objects within Repeat Grids.
  • Creative Cloud Libraries:
  • With Creative Cloud Libraries integration, you can access and apply raster images, colors and character styles created in Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, and other Creative Cloud applications from inside XD, and reuse them anywhere in your documents.
  • Contextual Property Inspector:
  • Work in an uncluttered space thanks to the context-aware Property Inspector, which only displays options for the objects you've selected. Modify properties like border color and thickness, fill colors, shadows, blurs, opacity, and rotation, and access options for alignment, dimensions, and Repeat Grid.
  • Smart canvas navigation:
  • Easily zoom in on a specific area of your design, or make a selection on an artboard and use a shortcut to zoom right to it. Pan or zoom with your mouse, touchpad, or keyboard shortcuts. And get great performance even if you have hundreds of artboards.
  • Contextual layers:
  • Stay organized and focused while managing complex designs thanks to a contextual approach to layers. XD highlights only the layers associated with the artboard you're working on, so you can quickly and easily find what you need.
  • Layout guidance tools:
  • Seamlessly draw, reuse, and remix design elements using snap-to grids and other intuitive layout tools that help you create relative measurements between objects, mask with shapes, group, lock, align, and distribute design elements, and more.
  • Blur effects:
  • Quickly blur a specific object or an entire background to change the focal point of your design, giving it depth and dimension.
  • Versatile linear gradients:
  • Create beautiful linear gradients using simple yet precise visual controls in the Color Picker. You can also import gradients from Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC.
  • Modern Pen tool:
  • Draw shapes and paths easily with the Pen tool. Use custom paths, add or remove anchor points, easily manipulate lines, and switch between curved and angled paths — all with the same tool.
  • Boolean group editing:
  • Create and experiment with complex shapes by combining groups of objects using non-destructive Boolean operators.
  • Typography styling:
  • Style text with precise control to enhance the user experience. Easily adjust typographical elements like font, typeface, size, alignment, character spacing, and line spacing. Change the appearance of your text the same way you change other elements in XD like opacity, fill, background and blur effects, and borders.
  • Streamlined color control:
  • Pick colors by entering exact values or by sampling from inside or outside XD with the Eyedropper. Create and save color swatches, and use shortcuts for hexadecimal codes in the Color Picker.
  • UI resources:
  • Quickly design and prototype for Apple iOS, Google Material Design, and Microsoft Windows devices using high-quality user interface components.
  • Copy and paste from other design apps:
  • Bring artwork into XD from Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC.
  • In-context iOS and Android previews:
  • Preview your designs and all interactions on the actual devices you're targeting. Make changes on the desktop and then test them on your devices for fidelity and usability.
  • Hotspot hinting:
  • Automatically highlight the hotspots in your prototype so users can see which areas are interactive and clickable.
  • Prototype management:
  • Create multiple URLs from the same file to share different versions of your prototype. Share an unlimited number of prototypes, and easily access and delete them from your Creative Cloud account.
  • Export artwork, assets, and artboards:
  • Export images and designs in PNG and SVG formats, which you can configure for iOS, Android, web, or your own custom settings. Export an entire artboard or individual elements. And share assets and artboards by exporting them as individual PDF files or as a single PDF file.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 0.8.22.17 Beta (Aug 23, 2017)

  • Assets Panel:
  • Make colors and character styles easily available for reuse by adding them to the Assets panel (formerly the Symbols panel), which automatically includes symbols. Edit any color or character style in the panel and the changes will be reflected throughout your document.
  • Creative Cloud Libraries:
  • With Creative Cloud Libraries integration, you can access and apply colors and character styles created in Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, and other Creative Cloud applications from inside XD, and reuse them anywhere in your documents.
  • Updated UI resources:
  • Jumpstart your designs for Apple iOS, Google Material Design, and Microsoft Windows devices using high-quality user interface components such as layouts, patterns, and symbols.
  • Paste styles:
  • Copy the style from one object and paste it onto another to apply all your appearance properties, including transparency, fill, border, shadow, and blur.
  • Paste interaction:
  • Save time wiring up prototypes by copying and pasting interactions, including target, transition, easing, and timing from one object to another.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 0.6.32.12 Beta (Jun 13, 2017)

  • Symbol overrides:
  • Customize text and bitmaps for individual symbols without making global changes across your document
  • Update all symbols:
  • Replace text and bitmap overrides across all instances of a specific symbol by choosing “update all” from the context menu
  • Symbols on Windows 10:
  • With symbols in XD, you can edit and reuse objects by simply double-clicking on them. Symbols will automatically update across your design — no need for isolation mode. You can also drag and drop symbols onto your artboards, or manage them from your symbols panel
  • Drag and drop layers on Windows 10:
  • Easily reorder layers on your artboard by clicking and dragging them into place
  • Gradients on Windows 10:
  • Create, edit and apply linear gradients to objects on the canvas within the color picker
  • Stylized text tools on Windows 10:
  • Change the style or color within individual sections of text
  • Copy/paste bitmaps on Windows 10:
  • You can now use the clipboard to copy and paste bitmaps on Windows 10

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 0.6.28.10 Beta (May 17, 2017)

  • Next generation layers on Windows 10:
  • Work faster using a modern approach to layers that quickly helps you find what you need by only highlighting the layers associated with the artboard you're working on, so your panel stays clean and uncluttered.
  • Link updates on Windows 10:
  • Now you can simply update your latest link when making changes to a prototype instead of having to create a new one.
  • Expanded language support on Windows 10:
  • XD is now available in French and German.
  • PDF export on Windows 10:
  • Share assets and artboards by exporting them as individual PDF files or as a single PDF file.
  • And so much more:
  • Also includes: Ability to copy and paste files from File Explorer on Windows 10, ability to copy and paste elements in prototype mode while keeping interactions intact, and more.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 0.6.24.10 Beta (Apr 19, 2017)

  • Boolean group editing on Windows 10:
  • Easily create complex shapes by combining groups of objects using Boolean operations.
  • Expanded language support on Windows 10:
  • XD is now available in Japanese and Korean.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 0.6.20.7 Beta (Mar 29, 2017)

  • Zoom tool on Windows 10:
  • Zoom in on a specific area of your artboard by selecting the zoom tool from the toolbar or using a keyboard shortcut.
  • Photoshop and Illustrator integration on Windows 10:
  • Copy and paste your Adobe Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC assets directly into Adobe XD.
  • Pixel-perfect layouts on Windows 10:
  • Align items in your layouts to the nearest whole integer with the Align to Pixel Grid command in the context menu.
  • Improved onboarding on Windows 10:
  • Get up and running faster with a new XD for Windows start experience that makes it easy to create new documents pre-sized for different devices, open recent documents, and access built-in tutorials.
  • Share Online for enterprise on Windows 10:
  • Enterprises can now share a link to their XD prototypes using the Share Online service.
  • Resolve comments:
  • Close the loop on comments without deleting them by marking them as “resolved.” Prototype owners can un-resolve comments to bring them back to the main view.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 0.6.16.7 Beta (Feb 22, 2017)

  • Sharing prototypes on Windows 10:
  • Share and get feedback on your interactive prototypes in a single click by creating a web link and sending it to stakeholders for comments. Reviewers can view prototypes in desktop or mobile browsers.
  • Pinned comments:
  • Reviewers can now pin comments directly onto a specific element of an artboard in a shared prototype, saving time and clarifying feedback.
  • Scrollable artboards on Windows 10:
  • Scroll through long artboards in the Preview window or in your shared prototype to show the full content of your designs.
  • Blur effects on Windows 10:
  • Blur a specific object or an entire background to change the focal point of your design.
  • Export SVG files on Windows 10:
  • In addition to importing SVG files, you can now export your design assets as SVG files with embedded or linked images.

New in Adobe Experience Design (Adobe XD) CC 0.6.12.17 Beta (Jan 31, 2017)

  • Guest commenting:
  • Reviewers can now give feedback on shared prototypes without having to sign in with an Adobe ID. Designers receive desktop notifications when comments are made. Sharing prototypes can currently only be initiated on Mac.
  • Snap-to grids on Windows 10:
  • Save time drawing, resizing, and moving artboard elements using snap-to grids that place design elements right where you want them and provide a consistent visual framework.
  • Import SVG files on Windows 10:
  • Windows 10 users can now drag and drop or import SVG files to their designs.
  • Quick-access design tools on Windows 10:
  • Access the UI kit from the Windows file menu and start designing with new interface options for iOS, Google material design, and Microsoft Windows devices.