Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Adobe unveils free online version of Photoshop

In an announcement late last week, Adobe – maker of the famed Photoshop image editing package – made a version of its headline product available for free to anyone with an internet connection.

Adobe opened the public beta testing phase on its latest Photoshop offering, Adobe Photoshop Express, which provides easy-to-use versions of many of Photoshop's most useful editing functions in a user-friendly, browser-based interface. The free Rich Internet Application (RIA) makes sorting and cataloging images equally easy, providing two gigabytes of free online image storage space and connectivity with social networking sites like Facebook.

Unique functions in Express combine several steps in traditional image editors into single, simple functions that create effects like selective color, sketch, and soft focus. All editing in Express is non-destructive: the original images remain untouched, allowing for infinite levels of undo.

Photoshop Express is now available to test drive. Visit www.photoshop.com/express to check it out.

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