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Highly Anticipated App Brings Image-editing Power of Photoshop to Apple iPad 2
Barcelona, Spain - Feb. 27, 2012 - At Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that Adobe® Photoshop® Touch is now available for iPad 2, via the iTunes App Store*. Adobe Photoshop Touch offers core Photoshop features, as well as new capabilities for creating and sharing in an app custom-built for tablets. The app is a central component of Adobe Touch Apps, a family of six intuitive touch screen applications, inspired by Adobe Creative Suite® software. iPad versions of the other Adobe Touch Apps are expected later this year.
Photoshop Touch gives users the ability to combine multiple photos into layered images, make essential edits and apply professional effects to create beautiful artwork, touch up photos, paint, lay out ideas and much more. The Scribble Selection Tool allows users to easily extract objects in an image by simply scribbling on what to keep, and then what to remove. With Refine Edge technology from Photoshop, even hard-to-select areas with soft edges are easily captured when making selections. Photoshop Touch helps users quickly find images and share creations through integration with Facebook and Google Image Search.
"People will be amazed with what they can create on the iPad using Photoshop Touch," said David Wadhwani, senior vice president and general manager, Digital Media Business Unit, Adobe. "Photoshop Touch combines the magic of Photoshop and its core features with the convenience of a tablet, bringing image-editing power to the fingertips of millions of people."
"Adobe Photoshop Touch offers a huge convenience factor and boasts cool Photoshop features tailored for the iPad," said Brian Yap, creative director, Boxing Clever. "Nearly all of the features I imagined being in Photoshop Touch are there, including the depth in layers, the extraction tools, and fade tool."
"I love the organic process of working on the tablet. With Adobe Photoshop Touch, I have a new form of image creation with familiar tools but in a more relaxed work space, allowing me to rediscover image making through play rather than production," Dan Marcolina, owner, Marcolina Design & Marcolina Slate.
"My team and I put Photoshop Touch through the paces and it shines as a tool for on-the-go photo shoots," said Tyler Stableford, photographer and director, Tyler Stableford Photography + Film. "Time is always critical when taking pictures during the golden hours of light. With a wireless connection, the art director and I can place photos, immediately as we take them, into a layer with the client's artwork. This is really helpful when shooting catalog covers."
In addition to Photoshop Touch, Adobe expects to release the following touch apps for the iPad in the coming months: Adobe Collage for moodboards; Adobe Debut for presenting and reviewing creative work; Adobe Ideas for sketching; Adobe Kuler® for exploring color themes; and Adobe Proto for website and mobile app prototyping.
Helpful Links
- Artist Project Deconstruction: Bryan Yap
- Artist Project Deconstruction: Dan Marcolina
- Artist Project Deconstruction: Chris Georgenes
- Artist Project Deconstruction: Kyle Lambert
- Introducing Adobe Photoshop Touch on iPad 2 and Android
- Photoshop Touch Sky Replacement Tutorial
- Photoshop Touch Camera Fill
- Photoshop Touch Google Search
- Photoshop Touch Blend Modes
Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop Touch is available today in the iTunes App Store for UK £6.99. Photoshop Touch is available in most geographies with English language support. The app will run on iPad 2 running on iOS5. For more information on Photoshop Touch, visit www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop-touch.html. Customers may submit feedback on the community powered feedback site, www.feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family. Users may also connect with the Photoshop Touch Team directly on Facebook, via Twitter or on the Photoshop blog. For Photoshop Touch how-to videos, visit www.tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-touch/.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
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