In February, Adobe released Photoshop Touch, a $10 version of its $700 image-editing app for Apple's iPad that is now competing with Apple's $5 iPhoto app for iPhone and iPad. The future that's probably of more concern to Adobe is one in which software is sold through platform-owner portals, such as Apple's iTunes App Store. Howe characterizes Photoshop CS6 as an effort to refocus attention on application UI and design, and to lay the foundation for a future in which graphics processing chips are more widely used. 'The technology, industry, and our customers' needs are always changing, and so we try to approach things with a fresh perspective.' 'While there are aspects of each release that are the same, such as hitting key milestones, every version brings with it something new,' he observed in a blog post.

Since its debut in 1990, Photoshop has received major revisions over a dozen times, but David Howe, Adobe director of engineering for Photoshop, insists the update process hasn't become a rote activity. New iPad Teardown: Inside Apple's New Tablet (click image for larger view and for slideshow)Īdobe on Thursday released a beta version of its forthcoming Photoshop CS6 as a free trial download.

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