Streamlining Digital Fabric Design for Fashion and Home Décor
Adobe introduced its Textile Designer at the ongoing ITMA 2019 exhibition in Barcelona, showcasing the latest beta version at Hall 3, Booth A123A. The innovative tool has been refined in response to strong feedback from textile professionals worldwide — from major fashion brands to independent designers and hobbyists.
“Adobe Textile Designer was conceived to help designers make prints for fashion and furnishing fabrics,” said Mike Scrutton, Director of Print Technology and Strategy at Adobe’s Print & Publishing Business Unit. “Designers can be creative today without worrying how they will print tomorrow. It supports both traditional printing methods and modern digital techniques.”
A Complete Workflow Solution Within Photoshop
The new plug-in enables designers to build and preview repeating patterns, define separations, and experiment with multiple colourways — all directly within Adobe Photoshop. Every design element remains fully editable and reversible until ready for production.
Like other Creative Cloud tools, Adobe Textile Designer supports non-destructive workflows with independent layers, filters, and adjustments. Designers can also integrate Illustrator smart objects for vector elements, ensuring flexibility throughout the creative process. Finished designs can be exported in multiple formats, complete with XMP metadata for use in textile manufacturing.
Strategic Collaborations to Enhance Colour Management
Adobe also announced collaborations with Datacolor, a global colour management leader, and Color Solutions International (CSI), a major provider of colour standards. These partnerships connect Textile Designer with Datacolor’s ColorReaderPRO and CSI’s ColorWall, offering seamless colour matching between physical samples and digital designs.
This integration eliminates the need for manual colour matching, saving designers time and resources. With ColorReaderPRO, designers can now capture any real-world colour inspiration and translate it instantly into Photoshop — simplifying one of the most challenging aspects of textile design.
The debut of Adobe Textile Designer at ITMA 2019 highlights Adobe’s growing commitment to empowering textile creatives with advanced digital tools that bridge art, technology, and production.
