Update: Adobe has made all 3 of these apps available in the App Store! Go ahead and try it out.
Even though Apple has been nothing but hostile with Adobe’s Flash platform, Adobe is betting right developing for the Apple iPad.
Adobe has just previewed Adobe Photoshop Touch SDK for Adobe Photoshop CS5
Photoshop Touch SDK is built to let you use the touch screens on mobiles and tablets like the iPad combined with the power of Photoshop software.
For eg. You can move all your panels from Photoshop to iPad and just concentrate on the image or work on the desktop/laptop. While apps can work with Photoshop over WiFi, they can also be built to work independently. How cool is that?
With the SDK developers can create apps that interact with Adobe Photoshop CS5.
With this SDK, developers can create and enable apps to drive and/or communicate with Photoshop CS5 (version 12.0.4 or later) via a TCP connection. It’s now possible for developers to create an eBook of Photoshop tutorials that allows users to drive an Action within Photoshop CS5 from within the eBook. Or, if you find yourself inspired by an ocean view, use a tablet device to mix the colors you see and send those colors directly back to Photoshop CS5 without ever leaving the beach. There are so many possibilities, and with the Photoshop Touch SDK, Adobe is opening Photoshop up to the community to bring these, and other scenarios we haven’t even imagined yet to life.
This SDK delivers a completely new way for people to enhance, transform and enjoy the billions of images captured on devices of all types. We can’t wait to see what you create.
To showcase the new Touch SDK, Adobe is launching 3 new iPad apps.
Eazel iPad App ($4.99)
This is the next generation painting iPad app that can work independently from Photoshop. It is considered revolrevolutionaryit even mimics paint drying times of real life and gives you different results depending on how you work on the image.
You can send your artwork from iPad to Photoshop with no resolution restriction.
Nav iPad App ($1.99)
You can move your panels and palettes from Photoshop to the iPad. You can access upto 200 open Photoshop documents.
Color Lava iPad App ($2.99)
It is a virtual color palette that lets you mix colors like a professional painter.
It is going to fantastic to have these apps in hand when working with Photoshop. It will also be interesting to see what other developers create with such a powerful SDK.
