Adobe tests 3D rotation tool for 2D drawings

One of Adobe's new intriguing projects will help 2D artists with their work. Project Turntable is one of the new "Sneaks" demonstrations at this week's Adobe MAX conference. This Adobe Illustrator tool allows artists to transform 2D vector images into 3D models you can rotate around the axis of the screen.

As shown in the demo, the knight fighting the dragon is being faced in different directions. Adobe researcher Zhiqin Chen pointed out this task would usually require "redraw[ing] the entire shape, which is going to take a lot of time." All Chen had to do was select the warrior and tap on the "Generate views" button to get this machine-generated 3D model of the knight.

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Instagram now lets you add songs in posts to your Spotify account

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Music discovery is a big part of social media these days. Instagram might be slightly late to the party, but at least, now you can add the songs you hear from posts and Reels straight to your Spotify playlist. If you like a song in a post, tap on the title to go to the audio preview page. You'll know you have the feature if you spot that Add button with the Spotify logo beside the audio scrubber. You will need to link your Spotify account with your Instagram first. But once that is set up, it'll be a one-tap process to add songs to your Liked Songs playlist.

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Check out the new 'Dune: Prophecy' trailer

If you've been waiting for more Dune, the six-episode spinoff series is coming soon. A new trailer for Dune: Prophecy dropped during the opening day of the New York Comic Con, giving us a glimpse of the prequel to the Denis Villeneuve films.

Dune: Prophecy will premiere on HBO at 9 PM on November 17. In Canada, it will stream on Crave. Each episode will come out on Sundays following the TV broadcast.

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Google reshuffles execs to keep up with AI race

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Google is shuffling around its executives as it tries to move more quickly in the artificial intelligence race and deal with several antitrust lawsuits related to its search and ad business. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced in a blog post that Prabhakar Raghavan, the company's search and ads head, will be moving into the role of chief technologist after spending 12 years leading teams across the search company.

Nick Fox will succeed Raghavan as senior vice president of Google's Knowledge and Information division, which includes the company's search ads and commerce products. Fox is a member of Raghavan's leadership team and has been vice president of product and design for Google's Assistant product in recent years.

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