Adobe Photoshop Finally Arrives on the iPad (thenextweb.com) 30
Adobe Photoshop is now available for iPads. From a report: The release follows an official announcement at Adobe's MAX event last year. The app is free to download and use for 30 days, but you'll need a Creative Cloud subscription to continue using it after that. If you already have a subscription for Adobe's desktop apps that covers Photoshop, you should be good to go -- you just need to log in with your paid account credentials. The app has full support for Apple Pencil, and lets you work on full PSD files -- layers and all. The company has also modified oft-used Photoshop functions for touchscreen interfaces, such as quick selection and paintbrush.
Please torture me (Score:3)
Yes, Please torture me with Photoshop on the iPad.
I really, really want to be unhappy and frustrated, and this seems like an excellent (if somewhat expensive) way to do it.
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I wouldn't want to do a complete editing job on my iPad, but can I do some basics while out on a shoot and then finish later on the desktop?
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I'm not sure I want to have someone with your nickname shooting at all.
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And I don't feel I need to yet. For the iPad, Adobe is waaaay late to the game, I've been using Affinity Photo [serif.com] both for the iPad as well as my desktop.
It has worked amazingly well on both, and I"ve been VERY amazed at the power and performance on my iPad. I got one of the first iPad Pro's, 10.5", and loaded it with RAM.
I'm amazed at what it can do and how quick the engine runs, on both desktop and iPad.
And....you don't 'rent' it....and so far, all updates have been free and have come regularly with improved features.
Sure, I'll likely give PS a try on the iPad for a trial, just to see what they have, but I doubt very much I"l switch from the Affinity Photo alternative choice.
Right now, Affinity is also looking to give adobe a run for their money on other apps like:
To replace Adobe Designer, Affinity Designer [serif.com].
In lieu of Illustrator, Affinity Publisher [serif.com]
And just throwing in another option to the Adobe rental regime, instead of Premier, After Effects and maybe even Adobe's sound app, try Blackmagic Designs: Davinci Resolve and Fusion [blackmagicdesign.com]
So far, I see no compelling reason to pay rent to adobe. They are offering some upgrades, but not enough to justify as groundbreaking enough that I'd have to have it when there are very viable alternatives out there to most all their tools.
And my apps don't go down or lock up when Adobe servers fsck up.
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About damn time (Score:2)
Caveat: I'm a heavy, daily user of Adobe CC. (Mostly Photoshop and Lightroom.)
The reason I don't own a tablet; they're primarily designed for content consumption, not content creation. There's been no "killer app" for content creation, only toys to put funny ears on photos taken with the built-in camera.
I know, there's been something called "photoshop" and something called "lightroom" available for tablets. But they're frustrating toys. See previous statement.
The situation has been slow to change, beca
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Go back to YouTube kid and let the adults create interesting content since you can't seem to add anything meaningful to the discussion.
Does anyone know how it compares to Affinity Photo?
Also, I see that Photoshop nickles and dimes you $9.99 / month.
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How's that McDonald's job going?
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Not bad. I am a "Food Creator".
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I can't tell if you're being glib or perhaps tragically missing the point. To continue with your implied analogy, you're a content assembler, not a content creator.
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Also, I see that Photoshop nickles and dimes you $9.99 / month.
Ok, yes, it does, but I've found it cost effective. You get lightroom and photoshop for ten bucks a month, and they are updated regularly, including new features.
In the "old days" you had to upgrade to the next major version to pick up major new features, which was hundreds of dollars for photoshop and hundreds of dollars for lightroom. And, frankly, you never upgraded to X.0.0 of either because invariably they'd made some damned foolish mistake that you'd then have to live with until they got around to f
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Of course, everyone has to go the path that best suits their needs and workflow.
Frankly, I've not see anything PS or LR has that is so groundbreaking I'd have to rent it.
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Ok, and kudos to you for blazing the path and supporting alternatives. I check them out occasionally, and maybe some day there will be a compelling reason for me to switch. I'm not married to Adobe. I wasn't married to Apple back when I was using PS on a G4. I'm not married to Windows. (Wow, is THAT an understatement.) I'm just using what seems best right now for what I'm doing, right now.
I think Adobe is well aware that their death grip on the media revenue stream will slip some day. Having thriving
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Apple has always been about consumption, with some casual, trivial attempts at creation.
You're so full of it, it's running out of your ears.
Apple has been there at ground-zero for nearly every desktop content-creation application there is.
Spreadsheets: Visicalc, the world's first Spreadsheet Application, was written and launched on the Apple ][. Later, Microsoft Excel was available on the Mac for nearly 2 years before the first Windows version was released.
WYSIWYG Office Applications: Lisa 7/7 Office System had a WYSIWYG Word Processor, Drawing Program, Graphing Program, Spreadsheet, and (perh
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That statement of mine, to which you extensively replied, was entirely centered on the ipad, which was the topic under discussion. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
I'm fully aware that Apple did content creation on the desktop practically before any other consumer platform. I used Photoshop on a G4 for years before reluctantly switching to Windows when it was time to upgrade. (I could build a more powerful machine for 1/3 the cost of a Mac at the time, and just couldn't justify the boutique price.)
Yes,
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Yes, Apple has led the way for content creation on the desktop. I wouldn't even pretend to disagree with that. But I was talking about the ipad. And there just hasn't been a lot of work there. It's sold for a different purpose.
Kudos to you for admitting to your unfortunately-composed sentence. ;-)
I would say that Apple had always planned the iPad to be more than a mere YouTube-consuming appliance; but were somewhat held-back by Jobs' hatred of the Stylus. And anyone who has tried to sign their name on a CC Verifier using their finger knows full well the limitations of said appendage for drafting purposes!
IOW, although the iPad may have started-out as primarily a "consumption" device, the Stylus (and iPadOS) are rapidly changing t
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I would say that Apple had always planned the iPad to be more than a mere YouTube-consuming appliance; but were somewhat held-back by Jobs' hatred of the Stylus. And anyone who has tried to sign their name on a CC Verifier using their finger knows full well the limitations of said appendage for drafting purposes!
Not sure I agree that those were *always* Apple's intentions. Sure took them a long time. But I could see that the stylus was the hangup.
You know what we're saying here -- for the ipad to reach its true potential, Jobs had to die. Or get ousted again, I guess.
IOW, although the iPad may have started-out as primarily a "consumption" device, the Stylus (and iPadOS) are rapidly changing that; and Adobe's serious efforts to bring Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom and other CC members to the iPad prove that Apple still has all the others beat when it comes to putting the right tools into as many talented hands as possible.
It looks like things are going that direction. And I agree that the stylus (which, for god's sake, how long did it take to get adopted? Did Samsung shame Apple into it?) and finally acknowledging that a tablet has different uses than a phone, and
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Oh - shit.
Your time line is way the hell off.
Stylus input started back in the PDA period, although I had a add on "light pen" on my TRS-80 Model I. (remember the Newton?) Microsoft did a push for Tablet PC's in the early 2000's which is when Dead Steve had his famous rant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
With Graphics Tablets (think Wacom and its ilk) and Tablet PC's (I bought my first one in 2005 to use with editing digital pictures) the stylus came into its own. Hell, just how do you think characters, bac
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I'm aware of that. My daughter is an artist and has been using a wacom bamboo for years. I'm actually thinking about getting one to use with Photoshop. I currently have a weighted, high resolution gaming mouse but I think I could do better with a drawing tablet. But that still has to be decided.
I used a Palm Pilot, then a Prism, then a Trio as we progressed up the steep part of the touch curve. I currently carry a Note 8, my second Note. A co-worker back in the nineties had a Newton that he loved even
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Oops:
I forgot to add Photoshop and Illustrator; Both available for Macs long before there were Windows versions.
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Oops:
I forgot to add Photoshop and Illustrator; Both available for Macs long before there were Windows versions.
That's a given -- I was using Photoshop on a Mac for years before finally being forced onto Windows.
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I've done some pretty heavy duty focus stacking and other compositing work on the iPad alone and was amazed at how well it performed. I think my last focus stack was about 8-11 RAW images from a Canon 5D3...and it worked much faster than I'd have thought.
And I'm only using one of the earlier iPad Pro 10.5" tablets. Sure the interface interactivity is a bit different since it is a table and p
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According to the Apple Cultist, you should be using your phone man. Get with the times. Let Dead Steve's companies AI do all that work, they know what you want to do. Just let them do it - because they are the "creators".
Finally!! (Score:1)
Non-free, user-subjugating software finally available on non-free, user-subjugating device!
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With which free, non-user-subjugating tablet device should an iPad user replace their iPad?
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