Adobe Launches Photoshop Express Online Application

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We posted first about Adobe Photoshop's online counter-part just over a year ago, and finally, it's now here. Though still considered a beta, it's feature-rich and can help you get your basic tasks done. The only thing you need to bear in mind when checking it out is that it is not a Photoshop replacement, but rather a scaled-down photo editor to allow you to get small jobs done quick. Essentially, it's designed for novice users who don't know much about photography and want a simple tool to use.

The entire program is built around Adobe's own Flex technology, along with the ActionScript coding language (JavaScript-compatible), and to make sure it ran smooth, a few of the top Photoshop developers dived in and re-wrote some of the algorithms in order to optimize them for web use.

So for those who want something simple while on the go, or for those who don't have a decent editor installed, you can sign up for the beta and give it a go yourself. Adobe also offers 2GB worth of webspace to store your photos, so that's another draw. It's going to be interesting to see just how well this new program is adopted, given the amount of competition from both online and offline services.

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Adobe already has a few other Photoshop-branded products--Photoshop Creative Suite 3 and Photoshop Lightroom are aimed at professional and serious amateur photographers, while $99 Photoshop Elements is a consumer-oriented product. Photoshop Express is designed to be used essentially by anyone who uses a point and click digital camera, said Mack.

Source: C|Net News.com
 

Merlin

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Now, That sounds great.
Now if Autodesk Maya would follow suite :cool:

:techgage::techgage: Merlin :techgage::techgage:
 

Merlin

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How absolutely awesome would that be?!?
Cinema 4D is more my style...and no Dos like commands.
I had a lite Maya and usually I catch on, but the learning curve is so high for that program.
You actually need training for Maya.
Anyway, Adobe has such a history, it serves not just IBm computers but Mac as well. And even similar ways of the use between the different OS's

:techgage::techgage: Merlin :techgage::techgage:
 

Rob Williams

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An online version of Maya? That would be painful to use, given the amount of required resources. It can be slow as a stand-alone... so seeing it online won't happen anytime soon.
 
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