Saturday 23 April 2011

Adobe multitouch Photoshop SDK for iPad

After several preliminary demonstrations Adobe released today an SDK (application package for Developers) which consists of five applications for iPad. Eazel, Nav & Lava are new tools that ought to permit future users of iPad to enhance their Photoshop experience by tapping in to the multitouch display of the iPad.

Eazel - Adobe Eazel lets you use your iPad & your fingertips to paint pretty works of art. You can paint across your whole iPad screen, & basically access all the tools you need. Eazel also lets you send your artwork directly to Photoshop CS5 from any location all you need is a network connection between your iPad & computer. Alternatively you can do all of your painting in the app, & share by e mail. Here is more info & a demo.
 
Nav - With Adobe Nav & a network connection between your iPad & computer, you can personalize the Photoshop CS5 toolbar on iPad to basically access the tools you use most. You can browse, reorder, view, & zoom in on up to 200 open Photoshop documents on iPad. Tap a document on iPad to make it the active document in Photoshop CS5. Here is more info & a demo.
 
Lava - With Adobe Color Lava, you can use your fingertips to mix colors on your iPad & generate custom swatches & five-swatch themes. Instantly access them in Photoshop CS5 all you need is a network connection between your iPad & computer. Or use the app & then bring your colors in to Photoshop CS5 when you are connected you may even share colors by e mail. More info & a demo.
 
All three apps, which aren't yet obtainable, use Adobe Photoshop Touch SDK. This application development kit lets any developer write iPad apps that interact with Photoshop as well as other platforms such as Android Honeycomb & the future BlackBerry PlayBook OS.
 
Bringing touch to Photoshop makes the 20+ year elderly application young again & filled with innovative possibilities it still remains to be seen how Adobe, & more importantly other developers, will select to implement its immense capabilities.

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