Adobe: There will be an online version of Photoshop this year

Adobe Systems has pledged to release a beta version of its online photo editing tool, Photoshop Express, this year, and said the complete version will be released next year.

" Later this year, we will have a beta version of Photoshop Express, " said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Adobe Creative Solutions at 6sight Digital Photo Conference. According to him, the online photo editing tool will be available to everyone next year.

In the conference, Loiacono demonstrated Photoshop Express running on Adobe servers connected to the Internet, but according to him, when the application is deployed to the majority of users, it will be connected through its partners. like Shutterfly or Photobucket. Not surprisingly, Loiacono mentioned Flickr, which Adobe said in October that it will use Picnik's online photo editing tools.

For Adobe, Photoshop Express is a very important project, so it wants to be specific, especially at the time of launch. Photoshop Express will mark the period when Adobe transitioned from a "boxed" software vendor to a service provider over the Internet to bring a rich experience to users. And with the graphics industry in general this will be a signal that Internet technology has really matured so companies are willing to take risks when deciding to expand their names from PC software to Internet platforms. .

Photoshop Express itself is not a full version like Photoshop or contains all the advanced features like Photoshop Elements, but it is simply a tool to reach a larger number of users than the way distribute Adobe's current package software.

This car was previously red

Loiacono also demonstrates some of the features of Photoshop Express with simple operations such as removing eye drop and drop effects, adjusting tones, using "healing" pen to erase bad skin, and replace color. of a red sports car in different colors .

Photoshop Express also has a drawback tool
Similar to "healing brush" function in Photoshop

However, the demonstrated features of Photoshop Express are quite limited. There are only 3 advanced menu options, which are: Quick fix, Tuning, and Fun.

The "Fun" option includes a color replacement function - used by Loiacono to change the red car to blue, pink and green. Other options in this section are pretty much: black-and-white, distort, sketch, and tint.

The "Quick fix" option is: cropping and rotating; remove blemishes; remove red eye effect; Auto correction and focus.

Meanwhile, "Tuning" functions include: white balance, exposure, lightening, brightening, saturation, and soft focus.

Van Han