Adobe launches Turntable in Illustrator

Adobe has announced the general availability of Turntable in Adobe Illustrator, introducing a feature aimed at simplifying animation workflows. The tool enables users to generate multi-angle views from a single vector illustration within seconds.

Presented at the 2024 edition of the Adobe Max conference as a sneak preview, the tool uses generative AI to transform any 2D vector illustration into a 3D object that you can turn around its vertical axis, as if it were on a clay modeling turntable. The feature has now been refined based on feedback from the creative community. Turntable allows designers and animators to create different angles of a design without manually redrawing each frame.

“The idea for Turntable originated from a consistent theme we heard directly from customers around the time and effort required to manually redraw characters and illustrations from multiple angles, often taking hours,” says Deepa Subramaniam, Adobe’s Vice President of Product Marketing for Creative Professionals. “It’s a perfect use case of generative AI actually helping human creators to save an incredible amount of time without sacrificing their artistic vision.”

The feature processes existing vector artwork and generates multiple perspectives of the same design. This eliminates repetitive manual adjustments that were previously required to simulate motion or rotation. Designers can use the generated outputs directly within Illustrator or export them for further refinement.