Adobe Photoshop Touch apps now available on iPad no comments
Adobe today released three iPad apps based on its Photoshop Touch SDK. Adobe previewed the new apps last month.
From the press release:
Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop unite the fun and interactive experience of touch devices with the power and precision of Photoshop by enabling users to create custom color swatches, paint directly onscreen and drive popular Photoshop tools from tablet devices.‡ These applications take advantage of the iPad’s touch screen for a truly immersive, tactile, on-the-go experience, and expand upon inroads made by Adobe in the mobile and tablet market initiated with Photoshop Express, Adobe Ideas and Adobe Connect™ Mobile.
Photoshop is a part of the recently announced Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 product family, enabling designers and developers to create for popular and emerging smartphone and tablet platforms. Current Photoshop CS5 owners can download a free update to enable new interaction between Photoshop and tablet devices.
The Photoshop Touch SDK makes development possible on numerous devices, including iOS®, Android® and BlackBerry® PlayBook®. Utilizing the SDK, developers will have wide access to Photoshop functionality with the freedom to innovate and create new apps or add capabilities to existing ones. Adobe has already engaged with a number of developers to incorporate tablets and other devices into creative workflows that empower Photoshop users in new and groundbreaking ways.
The three new apps:
- Adobe Eazel enables users to finger-paint on the iPad. The app also allows the blending of “wet” and “dry” paint. Artwork can be sent to Photoshop CS5 over a network connection of via email. $4.99 at iTunes.
- Adobe Color Lava lets you mix colors on the iPad with your fingertips and create custom color swatches and themes of five related colors. The swatches can be accessed in Photoshop CS5 via a network connection. $2.99 at iTunes.
- Adobe Nav lets you use the iPad as the input device for CS5 on your computer via a network connection. Allows you to customize the Photoshop toolbar on the iPad and zoom into up to 200 open Photoshop files. When disconnected from your own computer, Adobe Nav lets you easily share files with others. $1.99 at iTunes.
One of the interesting things about these apps is the way in which they integrate the iPad tablet with and in some ways make it an extension of the desktop.
Below is a promo video from Adobe for the Eazel app:
The second video is again from Adobe and was also released last month when Adobe previewed the new iPad Photoshop apps.
