AppleInsider Staff
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.
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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.
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.
Good to see Adobe bring such apps to iOS instead of diverting all that energy elsewhere.
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.
These apps are very nice. Call me a cheapskate, but I just feel you never get anything for free out of Adobe. You shell out hundreds of pounds for Photoshop and they still want couple more out of you for a companion iOS app. Plenty of other companion apps for desktop apps are free.
We all know Adobe charge the earth, but if you live in Europe you really feel that pain.