iPhone App: Photoshop.com Mobile

October 17th, 2009

= 4 stars

Photo editing app that brings some basic features of Photoshop, Adobe’s powerful image editor, to the iPhone.

The Good

• Performs several useful image editing functions in intuitive ways: crop, rotate, flip, exposure, saturation, tint, black and white, sketch, soft focus, and an area that applies a variety of amusing filters. Once an effect is chosen, the amount of effect is controlled by swiping across the screen. A numeric indicator shows the level.
• Undo and redo.
• Works with the iPhone camera and camera roll so you can take a new photograph within the app or edit a photo already stored on the iPhone. Once done editing, you can save the edited photo to your camera roll.
• Account at Photoshop.com not required for image editing. But if you do have a Photoshop.com account you can upload, store, and share all your iPhone photos using that service.

The Bad

• Any regular Photoshop (or Photoshop.com) user will think of additional functions that would be nice to have, such as blur or focus, or multitouch to zoom in and out. This isn’t by any means a Photoshop replacement or even equivalent. I hope this app will get better over time with the addition of more features.

Conclusion

Adobe’s first entry into iPhone apps is solidly comparable to other iPhone editing programs — and the best part: it’s free.

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