Good night. Adobe just launched two new image editing features in Firefly (Precision Flow and AI Markup), giving you more precise control over your outputs than ever before.
Also: Canva acquired two companies in one announcement, SimTheory and Ortto.
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✏️ Adobe Firefly adds "Precision Flow" and "AI Markup"
Adobe Firefly just launched two new image editing features for creators who want more control over their outputs.
Both features are live now in the Firefly image editor.
Precision Flow
Precision Flow generates a range of results from a single prompt, so typing "add trees" shows you everything from a few scattered trees to a full dense forest, letting you pick the version that actually matches your vision.
AI Markup
AI Markup lets you annotate directly on your image, circling or marking exactly what you want changed and where.
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🤝 Canva acquires “SimTheory” and “Ortto”
Canva just announced the acquisition of two companies in one shot: SimTheory and Ortto.
SimTheory lets teams build custom AI assistants and agents that can actually do things across their tools (create documents, read emails, update CRM records).
Ortto combines a customer data platform with automation across email, SMS, push notifications, in-app messages, forms, and surveys.
Both companies were founded by brothers Chris and Mike Sharkey, and they're joining Canva in leadership roles across its AI and marketing tech teams.
The bigger picture: Canva has been on a buying spree. Doohly (digital outdoor ads) two weeks ago, animation startup Cavalry and ad performance tool MangoAI six weeks before that, and marketing intelligence platform MagicBrief in early 2025.
The goal is clear. Canva wants to be the one place where a team goes from idea to finished, distributed, and measured campaign without leaving the tab.
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VIDEO EDITING
🎬 Seedance 2.0 goes global, now available across nearly every platform
ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 video model (previously only accessible to CapCut users in limited regions) just went worldwide, and nearly every major AI video platform announced availability on the same day:
Several platforms are running launch deals:
Runway has 50% off for 3 months with code SEEDANCE.
OpenArt has 60% off Wonder Annual for two weeks.
Higgsfield has up to 70% off with 7 days of unlimited generations for new users.
📰 Other news you might've missed:
Shopify launched the AI Toolkit, a plugin that connects your store directly to AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code — letting you manage and build on Shopify through whichever agent you're already using.
Notion sponsored "The Notion Way," a street naming project in San Francisco's Sunset District.
Webflow launched single-page publishing, letting you push updates to individual pages without republishing your entire site
Webflow rolled out its next-gen CMS to all users, allowing for 5x more Collection Lists per page, multi-level nesting, and more flexibility for content-heavy sites
Replit launched AI Interviewer, a tool to help you prep for job interviews with AI.
Luma Labs launched a new feature letting you draw directly on an image and generate from it, available now in the app.
Restream launched new Analytics, giving live streamers detailed stats on their stream performance.
Rive released Editor 0.8.4571 with keyframe stagger, new image fit/alignment options, reverse keyframes, and more.
StreamYard added live Polls on all plans, letting streamers ask questions and get real-time feedback from their audience.
Omma added text-to-video and image-to-video generation, now available for Pro and Max users.
Lovart added a Brand Kit feature, allowing you to upload your brand assets, auto-extract info from PDFs, and reference your brand styles directly in prompts
Jitter added independent corner radius, letting you set each corner's curve separately to build custom shapes.
