Adobe Photoshop Touch hits iPad 2 for $9.99

http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/25/adobe-launches-photoshop-touch-on-ipad-2-for-just-9-99/

by jamesjyu • 14 years ago

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nathanpc• 14 years ago

I still prefer it on my Eee Pad Slider. I can plug-in my Canon 60D on it and easily edit the photos I just took. Anyway, I'll give the iPad version a chance...

joenathan• 14 years ago

If only the desktop version was sold at a reasonable cost, I think they would make more money.

ig1• 14 years ago

The desktop version is pretty reasonably priced given it's aimed at professional users. $50/month is less than 1% of the salary of a designer, and it definitely increases productivity by much more than 1%.

In comparison it's cheaper than SEOMoz or a Business Plus account on Linkedin.

sliverstorm2• 14 years ago

Yes, it is pretty key to remember Photoshop is not meant for casual home users. It is not MS Paint, and it is priced accordingly.

phaus2• 14 years ago

Web designers may make more than 5000/month, but most graphic designers, artists, and photographers make about half of that (if they can even find a job.) To make matters worse, the fact that they frequently deal with printed materials means that Photoshop Elements probably won't cut it for many of them.

Then there's the massive amounts of student loans that they will be paying off for a decade, due to insanely high art school tuition rates.

$50 may not sound like much to a web developer, but for a large percentage of Adobe's target demographic, it is hard to afford.

melling• 14 years ago

I guess this won't work on my "old" iPad 1? I hope Apple is going to announce the 3 in a couple of weeks. I'm holding myself to upgrading every other generation for both the tablets and phones. Does anyone else find it strange that these technologies are essentially obsolete in 24 months?

stephengillie• 14 years ago

I'm used to upgrading processors and other components every 2 years or so. The nature of the physical device space we're entering means now we have to replace the screen and plastic case every 2 years as well.

bbgm• 14 years ago

That's what I've been doing for a while. Seems to work. We stagger purchases at home, so there's always one current device around

nextparadigms• 14 years ago

It's not that strange if you take into account the law of accelerated returns, that suggests that change itself happens at an ever faster pace. PC's used to be changed at 3-5 years, laptops at 2-3 years, and now smartphones and tablets at 1-2 years.

6ren• 14 years ago

The singularity is near says this, but it seems that the rate of Moore's Law has been pretty constant (cost version: x2 performance/price every 18 months). When Ray extends this back to discrete transistors, vacuum tubes, relays, and mechanics, there's a case for an acceleration in rate - but not within silicon.

If hardware is updated at different rates in different categories, I think it's due to factors specific to that category. Counter-example: the update rate for game consoles is much slower now than it was previously.

gurkendoktor2• 14 years ago

I find it not strange, but terrible. With the ratio of sales from iPad 2 : iPad 1, it is clear that Apple has little incentive to optimize their OS for older devices at all. I remember how the iPad seemed to FLY on iOS3.2, and now on iOS5, I have to start turning off features so the lag doesn't make me regret the purchase altogether.

The best thing we can say about Planned Obsolescence is that the devices we throw away get smaller every year.

huntaub• 14 years ago

Looks like it was just a mistake to launch. We have to wait until Monday for the real launch. Why do we see so many developers accidentally launching apps early for iOS?

tar2• 14 years ago

I think this is a general problem in the app release process because you have cannot be certain when your app will be approved and your app is released at different times in different international app stores.

falling• 14 years ago

You can set the date you want your app to be available, independently of the review date (of course the later one wins).

leon_2• 14 years ago

Wow. Adobe devaluating their product by setting such a low price. I don't think this is a good idea.

maukdaddy• 14 years ago

1. Read The Innovator's Dilemma.

2. Tablets are the future. If Adobe doesn't make a photoshop for the iPad, someone else will and Adobe will go out of business.

leon_2• 14 years ago

> 2. Tablets are the future. If Adobe doesn't make a photoshop for the iPad, someone else will and Adobe will go out of business.

OK, let's assume tablets were the future ... so how does it help Adobe (a software company) if they set such low prices for their products? They are just educating customers that software should be very cheap and there's not much worth to it.

I can understand why Apple who is a hardware company at first is interested in low software prices but for a software company this is just suicidal.

ct• 14 years ago

Tablets are not the future for all types of computing. Someone else can make Photoshop for the iPad but it doesn't mean that it will be a success nor that Adobe will go out of business.

I don't think Adobe has much to gain OR lose by doing this as they have the capital to develop a side mobile app.

snowpolar• 14 years ago

I quite like the touchlight feature where you could shine light on your iPad camera at different angles to adjust lighting. 9.99 was a steal really, though I'm not getting it.

hkuo• 14 years ago

Man, this is gonna be a really tough sell.

The computer is where people do their real work.

The iPad is where people do casual consumption, games, or yes, perhaps some photography, but mostly instagram-level, meant for casual sharing. Instagram is perfect for this device. Quick, easy, looks good, simple to share.

This tablet version of Photoshop is both wayyyyyyy more complicated than instagram and wayyyyyyy less useful than the full Photoshop application.

As a power Photoshop user, I have no need nor desire for this product. I simply cannot imagine my wife, who has no image-editing skills, using this over instagram or an instagram-type app. So who is this for exactly?

Adobe Photoshop Touch hits iPad 2 for $9.99

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