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Adobe to Launch Full Version of Photoshop for iPad, Expected in 2019

Sah-Weet! Have Photoshop CC on Mac and was long wishing there were a capable version available for my iPad Pro. The current range of express apps are very limited in function and with Apple Pencil I think you can well use many pro functions even on a mobile device.

I'm curious on how payment will be; iOS apps usually are single purchases but all other Adobe stuff now is on a subscription basis. Hope that if it's a one-time purchase, which would be better for most customers, Adobe CC subscribers can still use the app without another purchase or added fee.
 
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mollyc said:
The biggest problem I see is that you can't calibrate an iPad screen. How will you ever be able to do specific color corrections? (Yes, I know there are already PS light versions.)
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You can . . . kind of. There are no system wide profiles but if adobe works with Spyder and Datacolor (which both have calibration apps) then you should be able to use a custom profile within particular apps. Also, in my (albeit limited) experience iPads are already pretty close to accurate out of the box. Would I want to improve on that for client/critical work? Absolutely! But Apple is so close to the point of diminishing returns as far as accuracy (again, in my experience) it wouldn't be my top priority.

I also don't see iOS replacing MacOS completely for another few years. However, having a full-feature companion/travel app is very appealing. I'd rather take an iPad than a MacBook when I'm not using my MacPro.
 
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I assume this leak by Adobe was based on the news from Affinity that now they not only have a top rated Affinity Photo on iPad and now Affinity Designer as if the other day and the announcement of Affinity Publisher. I think they were caught off guard that Affinity is so ahead of the curve, so to avoid a lot of people leaving their Adobe subscription they want people to know they are at least working on iPad apps too. However Affinity's top rated iPad apps are here today, Adobe's not until 2019, which means won't be in our hands I imagine until 2020 and of course won't take advantage of all of Apple's tech such as iCloud since Adobe is pushing their own high priced plans. With Publisher on the way, and I'm sure eventually on iPad as well as their Lightroom alternative in the pipeline, I think Adobe should definitely be worried. But competition will only make both companies better so looking forward to the battle.
 
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mollyc said:
The biggest problem I see is that you can't calibrate an iPad screen. How will you ever be able to do specific color corrections? (Yes, I know there are already PS light versions.)
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This is necessary in the PC world where graphics cards, drivers and monitors are thrown together wildly.
The latest iPads surprised experts by their high level true-color, which was not significantly inferior to calibration standards. You can google.
 
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Not really a full version if it doesn't have all the abilities of the desktop version, e.g all keyboard shortcuts (it is possible it might have this, but I don't know if you have full keyboards for iPads, never looked into full keyboards.), and won't have multiple windows open at once.
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Steve121178 said:
There are already 256GB/512GB iPad Pro models available plus cloud & Adobe cloud storage options. I'm sure a 1TB storage option on the iPad Pro is just a matter of time.
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Ha, 1TB iPad Pro, $5000
 
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I loved the Adobe Photoshop Touch App for the iPad. It was really great and i used it all the time. But after i upgraded to iOS 11, it didn’t work anymore, and Adobe never updated it to work on iOS 11. They split up the app into all these separate apps that were annoying as hell to work with. Totally ruined the experience.

But hearing this news that Adobe plans to release a full version of photoshop is exciting. I will definitely download it as soon as it’s released. Between this and one of the new ipad pros, i think i will be set for creating while on the road.
 
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Wildkraut said:
Fear the walking Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer.

Personally I don’t care for bloated Adobe products anymore. Affinity products are more performant anyway and has all critical features most designers need. They are very customer friendly and communicative, too. You can even talk directly to the devs.
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Morgenland said:
Adobe (and Microsoft) were the driving force behind the (now cooled down) software rental wave (subscription model), while Affinity and updates just belong to the buyer. This is just one of the advantages of Affinity...
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Affinity is killing it with their products and pricing. If only the "industry" would swing in their direction so that Affinity file formats are universally accepted like Adobe.

Now, Affinity...we need a PDF solution and you would have the trifecta of products that would allow everyone to DUMP Adobe stop paying ridiculous prices.
 
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TechRemarker said:
I assume this leak by Adobe was based on the news from Affinity that now they not only have a top rated Affinity Photo on iPad and now Affinity Designer as if the other day and the announcement of Affinity Publisher. I think they were caught off guard that Affinity is so ahead of the curve, so to avoid a lot of people leaving their Adobe subscription they want people to know they are at least working on iPad apps too. However Affinity's top rated iPad apps are here today, Adobe's not until 2019, which means won't be in our hands I imagine until 2020 and of course won't take advantage of all of Apple's tech such as iCloud since Adobe is pushing their own high priced plans. With Publisher on the way, and I'm sure eventually on iPad as well as their Lightroom alternative in the pipeline, I think Adobe should definitely be worried. But competition will only make both companies better so looking forward to the battle.
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I'm too looking forward to the clash, not since Macromedia Freehand Adobe had a real competitor, I was force to use Adobe AI after they kill Freehand, and I always hated their UI and the way it worked; I bought Affinity Designer and Photo and ditch their extortion scheme a year ago I even paid the early termination feed, and never going back.
 
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The only part of Photoshop that is really that demanding on a processor level is the 3D tools. The 2D portion of Photoshop could have run on iPads a long time ago.
 
recoil80 said:
And that means an ARM based Mac is even more likely to happen. One of the main concerns is software, but if Adobe and other key players are able to port their stuff on an iPad most of the work is done for an ARM OS X porting.
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I hadn't thought of it before, but getting macOS running on ARM is going to be fantastic for the Raspberry Pi. I expect it'll increase the number of open source ARM binaries, which should increase the amount of stuff I'll be able to run on my Pi.

It's interesting I don't hear much about the demise of Intel... with iOS and Android both being ARM only, and Windows and Linux both having some ability to run on ARM, and macOS will jump from 0 to 100% ARM very quickly, Intel CPUs will very quickly become completely irrelevant.
 
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