Adobe finally launches a free mobile version of Photoshop. Finally almost because you have to subscribe to a paying subscription to unlock all its functions. Already available on iOS, it will soon arrive on Android.
Despite the weight of the years, Photoshop remains the reference software for image editing, for professionals as well as for demanding amateurs. However, so far, it has not been available in a mobile version. To use it on a smartphone, you had to use the desktop version; Or download Photoshop Express, a much more limited version. But it’s a past, since Dube launches, at the end of February, Photoshop on iOS. The application is already available on the App Store, since it has been on iPad for a few years. An Android version is also in pipes and will arrive by the end of the year.
Photoshop on mobile: free functions … and other paid
The mobile version of Photoshop gives access to the cult functions of the software. Thus, it allows you to use the superposition, the layers and the masks, as well as the localized corrective brush or the selection tool to delete, color or replace parts of an image. Obviously, Adobe did not fail to integrate Firefly, its generative filling tool which makes it possible to transform an image from a simple textual recommendation, whether by adding objects, by replacing the background or by extending the image. It is also possible to access the Adobe Stock library.
With its application, Adobe succeeds in the difficult bet to offer powerful functions and to integrate all the buttons and menus of the software on a small screen. Users will be delighted to take advantage of the compatibility between the supports and Creative Cloud, the Adobe Cloud, which allows them to alternate between the office and mobile version. Perfect for continuing to work during trips!
The mobile application works on the Freemium model. Some basic functions are free, but you have to go through a paying subscription to $ 7.99 per month or $ 69.99 per year, to unlock all (access is valid on mobile and on the Internet). This is the case of emblematic tools, such as magic wand, density + and density -generate similar results, reference image, selection of objects, duplication buffer, advanced fusion modes to control transparency, effects in color, and many others. The paid formula also gives access to more than 20,000 fonts available and more Firefly functions. Note that users with an iPad or Web subscription will automatically benefit from Photoshop on iPhone.