Adobe Putting Photoshop Online
Thursday, March 1, 2007 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
In a move designed to get ahead of competitors like Google and a few others, Adobe has plans to released a hosted version of Photoshop sometime this year. This online version which is aimed at being an entry-level version will be free, but supported by ads.
"The company intends to offer entirely hosted applications, as well as "hybrids," in which Adobe uses the Web to introduce features to desktop products, such as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, he added.
"The company intends to offer entirely hosted applications, as well as "hybrids," in which Adobe uses the Web to introduce features to desktop products, such as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, he added.
"We recognize there is a customer there--we recognize they are not going to pay us, necessarily, directly. But we could use ad revenue as a model. Google has demonstrated that it works pretty well for certain types of applications," Chizen said."
Read more at the article below.
Lantec
Reply #2 Thursday, March 1, 2007 12:02 PM
Isn't that what Elements is? I've been struggling with myself over whether I should pony up $600+ dollars to buy CS2 because of my addiction to photography when programs like Elements and PaintShop Pro sell for around $100 (and I already own PSP X) I thought about looking into the "trial" version but I understand it takes a bit of time to learn to use the program, so how can I evaluate something I don't know how to use. This might actually serve to stimulate sales by allowing people such as myself to "learn" the program before investing in it.
Reply #2 Thursday, March 1, 2007 12:02 PM
What they should do is make Photoshop-lite
Isn't that what Elements is? I've been struggling with myself over whether I should pony up $600+ dollars to buy CS2 because of my addiction to photography when programs like Elements and PaintShop Pro sell for around $100 (and I already own PSP X) I thought about looking into the "trial" version but I understand it takes a bit of time to learn to use the program, so how can I evaluate something I don't know how to use. This might actually serve to stimulate sales by allowing people such as myself to "learn" the program before investing in it.
vStyler
Reply #3 Thursday, March 1, 2007 12:07 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, March 1, 2007 12:07 PM
Yeah Elements is pretty much Photoshop lite.
An online version? I know I would have no use for it.. sounds more like a reason to flog ad-space more than anything.
An online version? I know I would have no use for it.. sounds more like a reason to flog ad-space more than anything.
whiterabbit007
Reply #4 Thursday, March 1, 2007 8:49 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, March 1, 2007 8:49 PM
Elements costs money, so it's not exactly what I was suggesting. Although, yeah, if they take elements, give it away for free but put some ads into it, I think that would actually work better, in terms of attracting more people to buy full Photoshop, and at the same time making more revenue than from sales of Elements.
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 1, 2007 11:46 AM
What they should do is make Photoshop-lite - cut down on features (but leave enough to make it competitive with software like Gimp or Paint.NET) and put an add or two - that loading splash is perfect for adds, and make it free.