Comments on: A cool, free Photoshop book comes to iPad

By: SBG

SBG — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:54:00 +0000

Agreeing with Doug – good idea, good potential, horrible execution. You try to swipe across the photos to see the before and after (bad approach all around) and you end up turning the pages accidentally. I guess people are going to be spending a lot of time learning that IA/UI/UX design is not so simple, unfortunately, they’re doing it at the expense of their customers.

By: Doug Nelson

Doug Nelson — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:17:06 +0000

I was so happy when I read this post, I ran to get my iPad and install the app. I’m sorry to confess I was disappointed.

It’s pretty, but buggy, and the interface is confoundingly opaque. I have nothing but good things to say about the content and the concept, but the app itself seems like an early prototype.

I’m sorry, but books should not have a learning curve. There are buttons there I still don’t know the function of. And in spite of having at least 3 ways to move to the next page I could find not one to STOP it from moving. I finally quit after 20 unsuccessful stabs at the “touch here” spot on the JPC chapter.

I suspect at least one picture error (or it could just be my own shortcoming, but I never could find Big Ben in the lumber shot).

A third of a gigabyte did seem a bit excessive, but I forgave that until I read “volume 1″.

Sorry for sounding so negative. It really is pretty.

By: imajez

imajez — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:09:53 +0000

Well PS certainly changed my world. I used to be a fairly accomplished darkroom printer and after my first go of PS, I never had any desire to go in the darkroom again and my DeVere 504 enlarger simply gathered dust until I gave it away. I certainly do not miss the stink of toxic chemicals either.

By: Phil Brown

Phil Brown — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:28:10 +0000

How mind-bogglingly stupid must you be to read an Adobe blog if positive comments about Photoshop make you react in a negative way? Masochist, much? ["Some days, the web feels like 5 people trying to make something; 5k people turning it into a list; and 500MM people saying, 'FAIL.'" -- Merlin Mann --J.]

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:57:25 +0000

I sorry I meant to say InDesign CS4 [Sorry, I don't think so. We have to pay the bills for writing this stuff. --J.]

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:56:25 +0000

Is there a plugin for InDesign CS5?

I hope

Ken

By: mark lane

mark lane — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:35:43 +0000

Were any Adobe products used in the making of this book app? [Yes--sorry, I forgot to note that; I'll update the post. --J.]

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:06:43 +0000

> how twenty years of Photoshop innovation have changed their world [ sighs ] oh, and [ pukes ]