Comments on: Photoshop Touch for iPad is here!

By: danbock

danbock — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:09:09 +0000

i think this version was not meant for profesional use. it would possibly catered for the mass consumer , fun use.

By: Phil Scarsbrook

Phil Scarsbrook — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:53:35 +0000

The more I work with this app, the more fun I am having. I have used Photoshop professionally since version 2.5 (1994), so I am fairly familiar with its features. This certainly does not have nearly all of the high-end performance that I need to do my job and I would never expect to make high-end image adjustment on large files on a tablet, but for an app that runs on my tiny IPad, it’s pretty damn cool! I only wish that layer masks had made it into this version.

I second PE’s congratulations and can’t wait to see what future updates bring!

By: Frank McIntosh

Frank McIntosh — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:55:14 +0000

@ 8bf

“I like most users would prefer a REAL app and not a toy or not do it all.”

Please continue your fantastic analysis and feel free to speak on behalf of the entire creative community. Where would we be without your searing insight?

By: 8bf

8bf — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:46:23 +0000

PE uh no…sounds like your comment wasn’t specific enough and your just bothered by my outspokeness, your the one who sounds like your censoring a different opinion; I’m entitled to speak my mind just as you are. So the vague filter down your comment sounds more like “shut the hell up filtered through nice talk” maybe just come out and say what you want without speaking in nonspecifics followed by a criticism of the way i state my opinion. Looks like your the one being obtuse.

I already stated my problem with releasing a tablet version which is just a watered down selling out of photoshop. I like most users would prefer a REAL app and not a toy or not do it all. Its just a cheap cash in on adobes part and not a serious tool. No professional can seriously use this as an adjunct ps on the go. Its a minitoy masquerading as a serious helper app for professionals.

Sadly I can’t blame adobe because money talks; but to think that there was actually users who suggested it to adobe without thinking of the practicality of implementing it as an app. Didn’t those users realize that a ps app was just gonna be a watered down picasa of an app? Would prefer adobe had waited at least until the app became mature enough to be a real supplementary tool.

By: PECourtejoie

PECourtejoie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:36:41 +0000

BTW, congrats for this new release, John!

By: PECourtejoie

PECourtejoie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:34:56 +0000

8bf, can you filter down your comments?
Could you provide more constructive criticism than “that’s not enough”? Given the limited power of tablets, and today’s expectations of speed, could you accept 30 seconds of wait when applying a gaussian blur, like we used to do in the Ps 3 era? (with the useful “beep when done” preference)

By: yuliang

yuliang — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:59:07 +0000

great now. however i still prefer my tablet rather than fingers for photos editing.. despite some limitations of the apps

By: 8bf

8bf — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:54:30 +0000

Agreed. The words quick cash in on name springs to mind. Rather pay more and get a real work app instead of a crippled toy that limits my ability to work. Jumping on the app bandwagon with a limited tool will only cheapen the photoshop brand and devalue it in the long run. i think most users would rather have a more developed program that can actually do more something akin to real editing with the real strength and tools of ps

By: K Brown

K Brown — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:39:08 +0000

According to Apple, prior to the release of the iPad 2 [March 2011], sales of the iPad 1 were at 19 million. Thats quite a significant number to thumb your noses at Adobe….
Interesting business model going on there.

By: melgross

melgross — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:46:03 +0000

I would rather it cost more, and did more. I’m just not thrilled with the picture size and format limitations.

By: Porsupah

Porsupah — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:32:11 +0000

First off: all due congratulations to the team responsible. This is an auspicious beginning. ^_^

That said – yes, iPad 1 support would be highly welcome. Scalability’s not the easiest of tasks, and potentially, some features might have to be dropped for the original device (or made available behind a “you know what you’re letting yourself in for?” warning). Still, let’s not forget that, back in the ancient mists of time, Photoshop itself ran on far more humble hardware – a very different feature set to now, absolutely, but still with the essentials that make Photoshop so useful.

Consider a PowerBook 5300c, in 1996 – and Photoshop 3 ran happily. It sported a respectable 100MHz PPC603e (with no L2 cache, unfortunately), and 16MB RAM, with a 640×480 LCD. Nobody would reasonably ask CS5 to be ported to an iPad 1 – but there is scope for future development to take it into account, and to be honest, I’d be somewhat surprised if there aren’t Adobe staff already looking in that direction, if indeed, not already running dev builds on the iPad 1.

I’ll wait, and hope to be given a pleasant surprise. ^_^

By: K Brown

K Brown — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:48:45 +0000

Yes. Still no excuse not to allow it to work on an iPad One.
Perfectly workable.

[Well, clearly our feeling was that it was better to give up some business than to risk taking people's money & then letting them down. --J.]

By: imajez

imajez — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:28:24 +0000

Probably not much point buying an iPad either as it’s nowhere near as powerful as a laptop or desktop.

By: Phil Scarsbrook

Phil Scarsbrook — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:20:49 +0000

Come on guys…It is what it is, a $9.99 app, not a $699.00 program. I have purchased and worked with it for several hours this morning. I find it perfect for what it is. I create a lot of photo composites using Photoshop CS5, and this app is perfect for “sketching out” ideas using multiple images and discovering how they interact with each other. Is it perfect? Heck no, but it is very nice for a first release. I am confident that Adobe Systems will be adding more features and functionality over time, and yes…I may have to occasionally upgrade my hardware if I want that functionality. I can think of much worse reasons to upgrade an IPad.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:41:06 +0000

Having played with PS Touch for several hours, I’m impressed with its capabilities. I needed help from the forum to figure out how to rename projects. It would have been helpful if rename was one of the menu items or if pressing the name of the project elicited some feedback (e.g., highlighting). Speaking of help, the absence of a help file, or even online help other than the forum, is odd. Since so many features have already been documented in PS, you’d think it would take a tech writer only a few days to assemble and create a help file. The inability to edit text layers is regrettable. Probably the limited capabilities of present-day tablets makes it necessary to rasterize these layers, but it’s still a feature people are likely to miss. Finally, I hope we can expect that PS6 will permit us to open documents in the Adobe Cloud directly, rather than obliging a multi-step process of getting documents from the cloud via a browser.