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Creative Cloud crossroads: Will Adobe users flee in droves?

By Peter Cohen, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 a 1:30 pm

On Monday Adobe kicked off its MAX conference in Los Angeles with news that it it had ceased active development of its Creative Suite 6 products in favor of Creative Cloud instead. Moving forward, if you want the latest innovations to key Adobe apps like Photoshop, InDesign and After Effects, you're going to have to pay a monthly fee instead of buying a license to use a copy of the software in perpetuity. That's not sitting well with many Adobe customers - let's look at what's at stake for both the company and its users.

Want to see some of the new features coming to Photoshop CC and the rest of the Creative Cloud? Here are the videos!

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, May 6, 2013 a 8:15 pm

Earlier today Adobe announced that they were axing their old Creative Suite apps and going all-in on Creative Cloud. As part of that initiative, they've released a series of videos starting with the one above that tries to dispel common myths associated with Creative Cloud. Others address how Creative Cloud will help various professionals, like designers, web pros, and video editors, as well showcasing some of the new features and technologies coming our way this June in apps like Photoshop CC. And I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the incredibly Mac-centric nature of the videos. But then, who could blame them? Here's what we've got...

With exclusive focus on Creative Cloud, Adobe readies new iOS apps and... a mighty stylus

By Peter Cohen, Monday, May 6, 2013 a 4:01 pm

Adobe Systems Inc. opened its five-day Max conference in Los Angeles, CA this morning with a bang: the company announced that it's the end of the development road for its Creative Suite (CS) software. From here on out, the company is focusing exclusively on its Creative Cloud service, and has rebranded new versions of its applications with the CC moniker to denote the change. New apps will roll out on June 17, 2013. What's more, the company has a couple of new iOS apps in development.

Adobe Lightroom product manager demonstrates RAW processing on iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 2, 2013 a 9:01 am

If editing DSLR photos on an iPad in their original, RAW format is the holy grail for many professional photographers and hobbyist alike, editing DSLR photos on an iPad, in RAW, using Adobe's workflow is likely the holiest of holies. It just might also be a reality, if not today, then at some point in a future that's near-ish. In fact, it's already been previewed on popular photography podcast, The Grid. Here's the description:

Swinging for the stars: On Apple's hiring of Kevin Lynch

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 a 11:39 am

Last night news broke that Adobe's chief technology officer (CTO) Kevin Lynch was leaving to join Apple as their new vice president of technology. Reporting to senior vice president of technologies, Bob Mansfield, rumor has it he'll be charged with coordinating between the software and hardware divisions. Confusion, doubt, and curiosity has followed.

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch leaving to join Apple

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 a 5:44 pm

Adobe's CTO, Kevin Lynch, is leaving the Photoshop and Flash maker to join Apple. CNBC's Jon Fortt got the statement from Adobe:

Adobe Photoshop Touch for phone brings powerful photo editing to iPhone and iPod touch

By chrissyboy6969, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 a 3:23 am

Adobe has released a version of its Photoshop Touch app specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new app offers some powerful features for an app that is designed to be used on a small screen like layers and filters to dramatically improve your photographs. Adobe Photoshop Touch has been available for a while now on the iPad but today sees the release of a separate version specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.

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Adobe Photoshop goes Retina for Mac

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 a 12:27 am

Roughly 6 months after Apple released the first Retina Mac, Adobe has updated Photoshop to make use of every one of those double-density pixels (aka HiDPI). Adobe was expected to go Retina by the end of the year, and they made it with weeks to spare.

Adobe Photoshop Touch optimizes for iPad mini, adds effects, support for pressure-sensitive stylus pens, more

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 a 2:22 pm

Even though I use Photoshop CS 6 nearly constantly, I'm not a huge fan of Adobe Photoshop Touch. I think they made a lot of bad decisions, from not building a truly native iOS app, to creating an interface that's almost opaque. However, they're Adobe, this is Photoshop, and I'm just an overly opinionated blogger, so for those of you who are all up in the Touch, here's some good news:

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Adobe to bring Retina support to Photoshop CS6 and more "this fall"

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 a 8:49 pm

Adobe has finally elaborated and expanded upon their previous pledge of bringing Photoshop to the Retina MacBook Pro "this year", bringing the target date down to a more proximate "this fall". And what's more, it won't just be Photoshop CS6 that's getting the Retina -- or more generically, HiDPI -- support.