Adobe moves Photoshop, Acrobat and 70+ other tools into Slack

Adobe has built an integration that brings more than 70 tools from Photoshop, Acrobat, Premiere, Illustrator, Express and Firefly, among others, into Slack.

It works via Slackbot and a technical solution called MCP, which lets Slack talk to Adobe's tools.

In practice, this means you can use content and conversations from Slack as a starting point when creating or editing files, without having to switch programs along the way.

It is not something everyone gets automatically, though. The feature is reserved for Slack Business+ and Enterprise+ users, so regular free or Pro users will have to do without it for now.

For companies that already use both Adobe and Slack heavily, it may be worth looking into further. For private users and smaller teams, there is no reason to do anything right now: wait and see whether it trickles down to the cheaper plans.

What it means for you

If your workplace has Slack Business+ or Enterprise+ and already uses Adobe's tools, you will soon be able to edit images, documents and video directly from a Slack conversation. That saves time because you do not have to switch between programs. Check with your IT department whether your Slack plan is included and whether the integration will be enabled for you. If you have a free or Pro version of Slack, you can wait and see whether the feature comes to those plans later.