Adobe Express: Enhanced Content Creation with TikTok and Audiostock Audio Support

Adobe, a leader in creative tools, announced new features for "Adobe Express," a content creation app designed for beginners, on June 27th. Adobe Express is an app that allows users to create content such as images and videos with simple operations compared to professional tools like Photoshop and Premiere Pro. The newly added features enhance the video functionality by enabling users to add audio materials such as background music (BGM) and sound effects (SE). This feature is provided through "add-ons" that connect Adobe Express with external services.

The providers of these audio materials are Audiostock, a Japanese audio material website, and TikTok. The Audiostock add-on provides access to 100 types of audio materials. All materials are free, and they plan to increase the number of materials in the future. On the other hand, TikTok offers the "TikTok Symphony Assistant" feature, which allows access to a "commercial music library" containing over 1 million commercially usable materials provided by TikTok. Currently, it is only available in English but can be used in Japan as well. However, videos using audio obtained through TikTok Symphony Assistant can only be posted on the TikTok platform (including TikTok Ads Manager).

No additional costs are incurred regardless of which add-on is used (available to both free and paid Adobe Express users). While TikTok Symphony Assistant has posting restrictions, it allows commercial use. Currently, only the web version is available, but it is planned to be available on app versions such as smartphones in the future.