Photoshop Touch apps extend desktop functionality to iPad and other tablets

Any discussion about Adobe and the iPad seems to always devolve into a Flash vs. HMTL5 debate. For today at least, Adobe’s hoping to temporarily refocus the conversation on a trio of new tools that extend desktop Photoshop functionality to the iPad via native iOS apps. First up is Adobe Eazel, an iPad drawing app that lets you create a five-fingered painting on the iPad before transferring it back over WiFi to the Photoshop application running on your Mac or PC. Adobe Nav turns the iPad into a Photoshop companion device by extending live controls and menu bars from the Photoshop workspace to the iPad’s display. Finally, there’s Adobe Color Lava which turns the iPad into a hi-tech color mixing palette. Of course, these are just the first in what Adobe hopes to be a full range of Photoshop extensions hitting app stores just as soon as Adobe launches its Photoshop Touch programming tools (consisting of a Photoshop scripting engine and enhanced SDK) for Android, BlackBerry, and iOS devices. Expect to see the Eazel, Color Lava, and Nav Photoshop Touch apps arrive next month — alongside a 5.5 update to Adobe’s Creative Suite (and free Photoshop update for CS owners) — with prices ranging from $1.99 to $4.99. Until then, why not feast your eyes on a video preview posted after the break? Continue reading Photoshop Touch apps extend desktop functionality to iPad and other tablets Photoshop Touch apps extend desktop functionality to iPad and other tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Posted by on April 10, 2011. Filed under News, Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.