"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."
The article cited above doesn't give any specifics about whether or not an off-line application would be available. I would assume that you would upload your file to a server and the make edits in real time via an on-line application.
Regardless of the mechanics involved, a fast broadband connection would be required, I think. It will be interesting to see how well this works with a typical, large, PSD file.
-PB
Posted by Jim Goldstein on March 6, 2007 at 11:07 AM
If you read the article there are hints to the deeper objective. Adobe doesn't see Photoshop as just an application they see it as a brand. This will the lowest end of the Photoshop spectrum. I just wrote a detailed entry about this on my blog that might shed a little more light to what this announcement means.
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3 replies"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."
http://news.com.com/2100-7345_3-6163015.html
Pete D.
The article cited above doesn't give any specifics about whether or not an off-line application would be available. I would assume that you would upload your file to a server and the make edits in real time via an on-line application.
Regardless of the mechanics involved, a fast broadband connection would be required, I think. It will be interesting to see how well this works with a typical, large, PSD file.
-PB
Photoshop In A Software As A Service (SaaS) Model?