Adobe will attempt to capture
more of the publishing market by appealing to small companies and individuals creating content in apps for iPads. The platform, Creative Cloud publishing, now supports a folio feature, allowing
content creators to build single pieces of the marketing material, brochure and publication into an iPad app, rather than a dashboard filled with a library of publications.
Marketers point to
stand-alone self-publishing as the next phase for branded content. Mascord Living Spaces created a free app allowing consumers to view photography from some of the publisher's favorite homes. It
allows viewers to search the latest designs and take a 360-degree spin to get an inside look at design philosophies of Alan Mascord Design Associates, a company that remodels and designs custom
homes.
Today, Adobe's publishing tool remains available only for Macs, but Adobe plans to add Windows 8 support for App Builder on its product roadmap. While the design process can occur in a
Windows operating system, the platform does not submit the content for publishing. The designer must submit apps on a Mac to the Apple iTunes store. The content is built into an iOS tablet
application, rather than made available on the Web. All content is automatically optimized based on the iPad the content is viewed on.
Designers can insert still images, videos, or interactive
ads into the apps, but the platform does not provide the insertion of dynamic ads or geographic targeting. It does allow designers to plug in their iPad and preview the content during the design
process, explains Annmarie Beliard, product marketing manager at Adobe.
Designers produce the creative in one platform and then submit the final application to Apple in the Digital Publishing
suite. Single Edition is the latest feature of Adobe's digital publishing tool Creative Cloud, a membership-based hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work.