Adobe releases Photoshop companion apps for Apple's iPad
Adobe's three Photoshop CS5 companion applications for iPad -- Adobe Ezel, Nav and Color Lava -- are now available for purchase on the App Store.
Adobe's new Creative Suite 5.5 was released last week with iPad support for Photoshop, but users have not yet been able to take advantage of that functionality. That changed on Tuesday, Adobe's applications became available on the App Store.
The three applications, which range in price from $1.99 to $4.99, require Adobe Photoshop CS5 version 12.0.4. Features of the new applications include:
Adobe Eazel ($4.99): Takes advantage of cutting-edge painting technology, lets digital artists create rich realistic paintings with their fingertips and introduces a new kind of interaction between "wet" and "dry" paints. These paintings can then be sent directly to Photoshop CS5 for compositing or for taking the artwork further.
Adobe Color Lava ($2.99): Allows creative professionals to use their fingertips to mix colors on the iPad, creating custom color swatches and themes to transfer back into Photoshop.
Adobe Nav ($1.99): Increases workflow efficiency by letting users select and control Photoshop tools using the iPad as the input surface, customize the toolbar, browse and zoom in on up to 200 open Photoshop files or easily create new files.
More companion applications are expected with Adobe's new Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit. It allows developers to create mobile and tablet applications that interact with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software.
The Photoshop Touch SDK and new scripting engine allow Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS applications to drive an interact with Photoshop on the desktop. While other platforms are supported, the first Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit products are only available for Apple's iPad.
Adobe's new Creative Suite 5.5 was released last week with iPad support for Photoshop, but users have not yet been able to take advantage of that functionality. That changed on Tuesday, Adobe's applications became available on the App Store.
The three applications, which range in price from $1.99 to $4.99, require Adobe Photoshop CS5 version 12.0.4. Features of the new applications include:
Adobe Eazel ($4.99): Takes advantage of cutting-edge painting technology, lets digital artists create rich realistic paintings with their fingertips and introduces a new kind of interaction between "wet" and "dry" paints. These paintings can then be sent directly to Photoshop CS5 for compositing or for taking the artwork further.
Adobe Color Lava ($2.99): Allows creative professionals to use their fingertips to mix colors on the iPad, creating custom color swatches and themes to transfer back into Photoshop.
Adobe Nav ($1.99): Increases workflow efficiency by letting users select and control Photoshop tools using the iPad as the input surface, customize the toolbar, browse and zoom in on up to 200 open Photoshop files or easily create new files.
More companion applications are expected with Adobe's new Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit. It allows developers to create mobile and tablet applications that interact with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software.
The Photoshop Touch SDK and new scripting engine allow Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS applications to drive an interact with Photoshop on the desktop. While other platforms are supported, the first Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit products are only available for Apple's iPad.
Comments
Adobe sell it as a tool to get you creative away from the office but what they are actually doing is getting some App space on iPad mainly to drive you back to your desk and CS5.
What they are doing is taking advantage of iPad's touch technology to expand the interface options with their software. This is an innovative approach and one that opens up all sprts of possibilities.
Adobe should be applauded for showing initiative.
What they are doing is taking advantage of iPad's touch technology to expand the interface options with their software. This is an innovative approach and one that opens up all sprts of possibilities.
Adobe should be applauded for showing initiative.
I'm not a big fan of Adobe and try to avoid their software whenever I can. Eg. I use PDFShrink and PDF Pen instead of the overpriced Adobe Acrobat.
But I agree with Carmissimo.
We all know Adobe charge the earth, but if you live in Europe you really feel that pain.
Perhaps there should be a degree of consideration for individuals who have lost or never had parts of their hands...
What they are doing is taking advantage of iPad's touch technology to expand the interface options with their software. This is an innovative approach and one that opens up all sprts of possibilities.
Adobe should be applauded for showing initiative.
Yes. There's much to be said, from the creative professional's POV, to having a bit of Photoshop handy and portable. That's never existed before, at least not like this. (Yes, on laptops, but this is significantly different.)
The problem with the touch interface for Adobe, though, is inadvertently pointed out by the very screen caps illustrating this article. Notice the weird-looking see-through hand? That's the problem with PS on iOS: Your hand winds up covering up much of what you're doing. On a computer, that issue does not exist.
Does anyone wonder what a user with only 4 fingers does to bring up these multi-touch menus?
Perhaps there should be a degree of consideration for individuals who have lost or never had parts of their hands...
I also think Apple incredibly insensitive introducing multi-touch. What are people without arms supposed to do?
I think I'm going to sue Wacom and Bic for making products inaccessible to people who can't hold pens.
I also think Apple incredibly insensitive introducing multi-touch. What are people without arms supposed to do?
I think I'm going to sue Wacom and Bic for making products inaccessible to people who can't hold pens.
Wow...asshole much?
How about a modicum of compassion for individuals who work in the graphics/design sectors yet only have fewer than 5 fingers on their dominant hand?
One simple setup menu is all it would take when not everyone can touch a screen with 5 fingers simultaneously.
Good to see Adobe bring such apps to iOS instead of diverting all that energy elsewhere.
You mean elsewhere like actually making Flash work on tablets instead of the perpetual beta it's been in for years?