Adobe Launches Photoshop Express Online Application

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.

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