Development roadmap
We’re thrilled to share that we have some exciting updates on the horizon.
We welcome your suggestions and feedback, your input helps us improve!
DAM functionality and connectivity
Addition of Asset Manager > Projects category for Premium and Enterprise customers (Teams only).
User-defined Projects can be created, where project name and description/metadata is set.
Not limited to any host application (i.e. Illustrator) or file type.
Multiple new or related existing asset packs can be defined within each project.
Projects to feature in the Cloud Manager, allowing for project deletion.
Users to define local storage location, as per Illustrator Actions and Templates assets.
Enterprise customers to have ability to define a virtual drive for each project’s local storage, negating the requirement to set a local location.
Asset Pack revisions (asset history).
Automated or prompted backups of locally-stored Asset Packs to cloud.
Asset Pack “Recipes”, allowing multiple Asset Packs for one or more host applications to be installed and managed simultaneously.
API connectivity for seamless integration with DAM and enterprise systems, engineered to be fully MCP server ready.
Third-party storage options for Enterprise Team customers to be added following launch, starting with Dropbox.
Team management
Addition of a new Content Creator level of user.
Assets or updated assets created by a Content Creator to be checked and verified by an assigned Team Manager or the Team Owner before distribution across teams.
Team Owners additional administration and information:
Asset log.
Data usage per user.
Illustrator and Plugin enhancements
Support for download and installation of Illustrator ExtendScripts (.jsx).
Invited and verified third-party ExtendScripts to be distributed freely via the Astute Library. Author information and linking to be provided.
Premium and Enterprise customers able to create User and Team ExtendScript Asset Packs.
Ideal for managing and distributing popular MATE and other AI-generated ExtendScripts for Illustrator.
Support for download and installation of Illustrator Extensions.
Invited and verified third-party Extensions to be distributed freely via the Astute Library. Author information and linking to be provided.
Premium and Enterprise customers able to create User and Team Extensions.
Astute Manager to handle all necessary code-signing.
Tools (custom Illustrator toolbar) asset to function as per the Preferences file asset; only single file allowed, and only for the User asset category.
Ability to deploy Illustrator Preferences, Keyboard Shortcuts and Tools settings on higher versions of the host application. For example, Preferences created in Illustrator 2024 to be downloaded and installed on Illustrator 2025.
Texturino plugin Texture Asset Packs to automatically generate and display sample images.
Host application support
Support for many popular installed desktop software (“host applications”) on macOS and Windows, including:
Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Audition.
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Popular audio and video solutions
Popular 3D design solutions, including engineering packages.
Please contact us to suggest specific desktop software you want to see supported.
User experience
Cancel option for download/install tasks.
Asset download/install progress bar and ability to cancel queue.
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This roadmap is illustrative and subject to change without commitment or notice.