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Adobe to discontinue iOS Photoshop Touch, plans successor apps [u]
Adobe to discontinue iOS Photoshop Touch, plans successor apps [u]
[Updated with correction to erroreous CC subscription requirement] Adobe has chosen to withdraw its current photo editor for the iPad and Android tablets, Photoshop Touch, as of May 28, but has announced plans for new and supplemental technologies manifested in a number of apps to come later this year. A new photo editor, currently dubbed "Project Rigel," will offer greatly-improved speed, and was teased in a video that shows the program offering selective object removal, warping, and color swapping. The new app will be free of charge, unlike the $10 Touch app, and does not require a Creative Cloud subscription.
Users who are CC subscribers, however, will likely gain additional benefits. The app will include a full range of general editing functions such as dodging, burning, exposure, vignetting, contrast, saturation, and similar abilities. The prototype app was seen in the video as being able to load and edit a 50-megapixel image on an iPad at the same speed as a desktop.
Adobe says that it is focusing on a "task-oriented" approach for iOS and Android apps going forward, pointing to Photoshop Mix as an example. Project Rigel will not be a straight replacement for Photoshop Touch, according to an Adobe PR spokesperson, saying that "not any one app will succeed Photoshop Touch, but the effort is to develop a collection of apps that are more powerful, specific in task and easier to use."
Correction: an earlier version of this article implied that future iOS and Android apps from Adobe would require a Creative Cloud subscription. Adobe has reached out to say that this isn't the case. MacNN regrets the error.
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Last edited by NewsPoster; May 22, 2015 at 09:38 AM.
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The initial reports suggested that a CC subscription would be required: Adobe later contacted us to say that this was in error. We've updated the article to reflect this, and apologize for any misconception.