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Adobe Thinking About Options for Viewing Photoshop Files on iPad

One of my first "negatives"

You're kidding me right? The rumored iPad has been a reality for 2 months now and Adobe's thinking of "viewing PSD's".

WHY AREN'T THEY FINISHING UP CS FOR iPAD????

Bottom line, CS3 runs on laptops with lower specs than the iPad. A "lite" version of CS can easily run on the iPad. This should already be in the works by now, I can't believe they're this far behind.

:mad::mad::mad::confused::confused::confused::(:(:(
 
For what it is, Photogene is a very nice Photoshop'esque app for only $4. I'm sure Adobe could come up with something similar for a few extra bucks that might blow it out of the water…
 
KindredMAC said:
I've been begging for an Aperture/Lightroom version for the iPad that would allow tethered shooting so that you could view everything as you shoot and store them in their native RAW formats.
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Yes yes yes... this would be freaking great!!!

kirky29 said:
Having the ability to open AND edit Photoshop files, including Layers etc would be a big thumbs-up for me.
I'm for this..
Obviously, I wouldn't expect it to be as complicated as the desktop version, but A LOT more extensive than say, the current Photoshop App on the iPhone/iPad. I'd like to add layers, curves and text and some more filters.

:)
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Yup.. Mild editing, until the processor and ram come up to speed. I would like this a lot. Come on Adobe, do it!
 
kirky29 said:
Having the ability to open AND edit Photoshop files, including Layers etc would be a big thumbs-up for me.
I'm for this..
Obviously, I wouldn't expect it to be as complicated as the desktop version, but A LOT more extensive than say, the current Photoshop App on the iPhone/iPad. I'd like to add layers, curves and text and some more filters.

:)
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And what happens when some of those layers are using adjustment layers or smart objects that are not included in this Photoshop-lite? Such as, opening a CS3 file with a black and white adjustment layer in CS2. You lose access to that editing and perhaps do not display the image as originally edited.

And you want to add text? How do you plan to import a selection of 100-300 fonts onto the system? What happens when the text layer you want to edit contains a font not available in the system?

Sure, Adobe could pull this off. But at this point, Apple has shown to be complete dicks to the industry standard for image editing software. When Adobe created professional software to exactly deal with mobile app conversions, Apple shifted their policy at the last minute, wasting a lot of time and effort from Adobe. If Apple wants to be a consumer-entertainment company, there's no reason for Adobe to provide a professional solution inside of this silly gadget platform. Especially if the core audience they'd be catering to are the same people who believe a flash compiler is the same thing as the flash for web standard.

Nevermind the poster above who is demanding a flash-to-html5 converter. These types of people are ignorant.

And to the guy who thinks a pogo stylus is a fit replacement for a real stylus, try using that fat head on a 3 pixel brush. The mere shape of it hides the area you're editing inside of.

People, play with your toy, but if you want to work, use the proper tools. The ipad is not it.
 
ryanide said:
Why don't they think about a simplified version of Photoshop for the iPad, since obviously it is possible considering the other apps that already do quite a bit. Step it up a notch and be a leader in imaging on the go... Hello?
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Why do you expect Adobe cater to the ipad, when even Apple doesn't have their applications (final cut, aperture) supporting the ipad? Give me that, but don't give that...flash! Frankly, I find it pretty anal that Apple accuse Adobe of creating buggy flash, yet itune on Window is also buggy pig...and how long has Apple had itune for window?
 
I'd like Adobe to leave one thing off the iPad version of Photoshop... the outrageous price tag.

Pixelmator does everything I need and costs under $50.00. If and when they port to an iPad app I'll never look at Photoshop again.
 
UTclassof89 said:
I'm sure if Adobe made an iPad version of Photoshop, Jobs would say it's too processor-hungry and would drain the battery too fast (oh, wait--he'd be skimming money of that app. so he'd say it was a fantastic example of what can run on an iPad).
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That's a not clever comment.
Apple isn't against Adobe is just against Flash on their mobile devices.

And also the comment on the money is not clever as well.
There have been other apps that have been declined by Apple for various reasons. If Apple would have cared about the money only, they wouldn't have decline those as well and they would have a less restrictive policy on apps.

I don't use Photoshop but I reckon would be as great as Autodesk's Sketchbook is, they should go for it, and actually they should have done it already.
 
Photoshop on my iPad is a no-go for me. I simply can't imagine why I'd use that. Bring a 13" MacBook Pro if you need Photoshop on the go.

Lightroom? Maybe. If it was turned into a more "instant-cool-results"-kinda app. 70% hipstamatic + 30% Lightroom. Compatible with all the LR presets out there. (and it should work on the new iPhone (4G/HD) too).

PS: I use both Photoshop and Lightroom at work every day.
 
I would love to have a Photoshop app on the iPad, but it would have to be completely redesigned (to be much more simple)... which would be good anyway. I'm an interface designer. I would love to edit designs on the go. Tab on a element on the canvas and it will select it. The interaction design/user experience of this app would be key.
 
Before Adobe start developing a fun Photoshop App for the iPad, they should first fix CS5.

I would just really like Adobe to at least TRY to make CS5 not look like an Alpha release. It's so full of bugs, if I were Adobe, I would be working 24/7 on delivering a quick patch/update to calm down all the frustrated CS5 users, who were former frustrated CS4 users. CS5's Liquify tool doesn't even work anymore! How could they have released it without checking if Liquify worked? They really are lazy as hell, and I bet you right now that they won't do ANYTHING to fix these bugs, and these bugs will be in CS6 as well, with more bugs.

Photoshop for the iPad would be fun, but not very useful. Viewing PSDs is one thing, even OS X can do that natively, no big deal, but editing them is a big deal. It would have to support vector masks, smart filters, 3D objects and all the stuff CS5 is supposed to support, or else it wouldn't be able to edit them properly. It's obvious this won't happen!
 
IMO, Apple needs to build this into the OS (much like Quick Look in OS X).

Being able to view a PSD without opening a separate app is key here.
 
Dagless said:
What a terrible idea, what Apple should do is build their own Photoshop-esque suite and block Adobe apps from running on OSX because they suck so hard :mad:.
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While i have to admit the creative suite is in dire need of an interface improvement or at least unification, that has to be one of the dumbest things i have read in a long time. CS far from "sucks hard" and apple blocking the creative suite would cause an uproar. They may have a point with flash but i don't know what i'd do without illustrator, photoshop and indesign.

Now a portable Illustrator or an app that can view .Ai files would be immensely useful for me.
 
I would be willing to pay $50.00 for a Lightroom type of app.

In fact part of the reason I bought an iPad was to help with my mini painting. I like to have an on-line color wheel and references near-by. Also I can use to to play some music as I paint.
 
Too little too late.

Viewing isn't enough. Adobe should be releasing a Photoshop version for the iPad, iPhone, iPodTouch family. They developed Photoshop and Illustrator on hardware that was 1/100th as powerful as an iPad. Photoshop could easily run on the iP family. The only problem is Adobe has lost its pizzaz, innovation and become come bloated. This is why I no longer upgrade despite being a Photoshop owner since day -1.
 
Yeah, and while you're at it, how about an app to view .SWF files on it as well...maybe even load the file from a URL.

Be sure to write the app in Objective-C.
:cool:
 
Grimace said:
I'm having trouble seeing how Photoshop, with its complex UI, would be implemented on an iPad. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it seems nearly so to do well.
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I've seen some pretty knarly interfaces for music controllers/dj stuff. Seems like they could make this work.
I'd still rather run CS5 on my 30" monitor though - don't think there'd be a big market for a full blown photoshop app.

iPad seems like it'd be great for carrying your photo portfolio around to customers. The ability to carry Photoshop files too, and maybe just have a way to turn on and off layers perhaps? Otherwise I guess you could jsut output all your PSD files to JPegs and store them as photos.
 
KindredMAC said:
I've been begging for an Aperture/Lightroom version for the iPad that would allow tethered shooting so that you could view everything as you shoot and store them in their native RAW formats.
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Except with only a 64gig iPad; it would fill up rather fast with 15megapixel raw files.
 
baryon said:
Before Adobe start developing a fun Photoshop App for the iPad, they should first fix CS5.

I would just really like Adobe to at least TRY to make CS5 not look like an Alpha release. It's so full of bugs, if I were Adobe, I would be working 24/7 on delivering a quick patch/update to calm down all the frustrated CS5 users, who were former frustrated CS4 users. CS5's Liquify tool doesn't even work anymore! How could they have released it without checking if Liquify worked? They really are lazy as hell, and I bet you right now that they won't do ANYTHING to fix these bugs, and these bugs will be in CS6 as well, with more bugs.

Photoshop for the iPad would be fun, but not very useful. Viewing PSDs is one thing, even OS X can do that natively, no big deal, but editing them is a big deal. It would have to support vector masks, smart filters, 3D objects and all the stuff CS5 is supposed to support, or else it wouldn't be able to edit them properly. It's obvious this won't happen!
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Word...+++++
 
flottenheimer said:
Photoshop on my iPad is a no-go for me. I simply can't imagine why I'd use that. Bring a 13" MacBook Pro if you need Photoshop on the go.

Lightroom? Maybe. If it was turned into a more "instant-cool-results"-kinda app. 70% hipstamatic + 30% Lightroom. Compatible with all the LR presets out there. (and it should work on the new iPhone (4G/HD) too).

PS: I use both Photoshop and Lightroom at work every day.
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+1. The stuff I do in PS and LR couldn't be done on a Pad. Sure, let us open psd files on an iPad, it makes a great portfolio but the Pad is a toy as regards content creation.
 
Consider lightroom instead

Personally I think lightroom would be more useful, complete with full camera control functionality. Hook up your camera and control everything from the ipad.
 
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