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Adobe Introduces Photoshop Touch SDK and 3 iPad Apps for Photoshop

Alongside Creative Suite 5.5, Adobe has also announced the Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit that allows developers to create mobile and tablet applications that interact with Adobe Photoshop CS5.


As an example, Adobe has developed three initial Photoshop CS5 companian apps for the Apple iPad. The apps will be priced from $1.99 to $4.99 and will be available in early May. They include:

Adobe Eazel

With Adobe Eazel, you can use your iPad and your fingertips to paint beautiful works of art. Paint across your entire iPad screen, and easily access the tools you need. Send your artwork directly to Photoshop CS5 from any locationall you need is a network connection between your iPad and computer. Or do all your painting in the app, and share via email.

Adobe Nav

With Adobe Nav and a network connection between your iPad and computer, you can customize the Photoshop CS5 toolbar on iPad to easily access the tools you use most. Browse, reorder, view, and zoom in on up to 200 open Photoshop documents on iPad. Tap a document on iPad to make it the active document in Photoshop CS5. Disconnect from the network and use iPad to easily share files in person with others.

Adobe Color Lava

With Adobe Color Lava, you can use your fingertips to mix colors on your iPad and create custom swatches and five-swatch themes. Instantly access them in Photoshop CS5all you need is a network connection between your iPad and computer. Or use the app wherever inspiration strikes, and then bring your colors into Photoshop CS5 when you're connected. Share colors via email, too.

Macworld offers a quick first look at these apps, which are not yet available on the App Store.

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15 months ago
Very interesting for artists.

On a side note, damn - the videos from their site are VERY loud. :eek:
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15 months ago
Now this sounds fun...and practical. Could certainly help those working on smaller screens or without dual monitors.

But having separate apps for each one sounds a hasstle. Would be much better to have 1 app on the iPad with tabs at the bottom for the different functions. Looking forward to trying this out.
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15 months ago
so F'n cool! I need an iPad now =(
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15 months ago
That's pretty cool, looks like Adobe is finally smartening up a bit.
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15 months ago
This is exactly what I was hoping Apple's will do with the new Final Cut. Here's hoping Apple is as smart as Adobe is in this particular arena.
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15 months ago
This definitely owns the guy in the "Eee Pad Windows 7 Tablet" commercial where he touts about being able to download Photoshop on it..:cool:
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15 months ago
I hope that this is the first step for Adobe and Apple to go back to their cooperative relationship.
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15 months ago
ugg, me do finger painting, ugg.

http://www.foreverparenting.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/megin_fingerpainting.jpg

Why do I feel we've moving backwards in time?

Had to laugh about mixing paint on screen to get the right colour. Bit tricky when you are using a totally un-calibrated screen that may be more blue or yellow than other people's iPad's or your own home monitor.
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15 months ago

ugg, me do finger painting, ugg.

http://www.foreverparenting.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/megin_fingerpainting.jpg

Why do I feel we've moving backwards in time?

Had to laugh about mixing paint on screen to get the right colour. Bit tricky when you are using a totally un-calibrated screen that may be more blue or yellow than other people's iPad's or your own home monitor.


The first problem can be solved by a capacitive stylus.
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15 months ago
What we really want is a multi-touch clone tool, where one hand dynamically defines the sample area and the other paints the destination, at the same time, in real-time.
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