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Looks like the previously mentioned Photoshop Online isn't going to be Photoshop Online after all. Adobe senior product manager John Nack says instead that by "Photoshop-branded" we don't mean the professional version of Photoshop. The tools being discussed here are targeted at the consumer market-- especially all the people using social networking and media sharing sites."
So instead of a tool for serious amateur photographers or pros it's aimed squarely at a lower end consumer market. That answers a few of the questions I'd had earlier and really sets the stage for an interesting play for dominance in this market between Google's Picassa and the "Photoshop-branded" product Adobe is going to put out. Since both products are going to be free it seems like the definitions of success and the path to revenue will be very different for both. Will Google try a better/bigger system of getting people to order prints (a la Flickr's which allows you to choose having prints mailed to you or picked up by you at your local target), will Google try to grow Picassa's web album feature? Will success for the "Photoshop-branded" product be measured by how many users of the free online product go on to buy Photoshop Elements?
Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.
Adobe to take Photoshop online from News.com
Photoshop online? It's a very interesting prospect. Does it mean doom for upstarts like Picnik? Possibly since the Photoshop online service is going to be free. Though will the online Photoshop be too bloated with features to work quickly and easily online or be so powerful that it's overwhelming for new and low tech users? A better question is perhaps what does this mean for Google's Picassa? Does the Photoshop brand identity give Adobe the automatic leapfrog effect over Picassa? It will really depend on who Adobe is hoping to target. In any case it's a boost to photographers for there to be good competition in this arena and it's going to be fun to watch developments.
New blog photoshopit wants to help you get the most out of your Photoshop experience. It's got tutorials, examples and even a page full of free PSD files to give you a jump start on lots of projects. The site is only a couple weeks old so there aren't a ton of articles yet but still enough to get you interested and more than enough to encourage you to check the site frequently or subscribe with your favorite RSS feed reader.
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