Online Photoshop Almost Here

The product which was rumored a long time ago is about to be released by the end of the year in beta version while the full product is expected next year, PC World informed today. The web-based version of Photoshop is supposed to bring the powerful image editing utilities included in the desktop application straight in your browser, allowing the users to manipulate their photos without installing anything. According to the same source, Photoshop Express will be "licensed by photographic website portals including Shutterfly and Photobucket" so we'll probably see the two online photo sharing services with some brand new image manipulation functions very soon.

Among the functions to be included in the web-based Photoshop, I can mention red-eye removal, cropping, image resizing and other basic operations which can be applied over a photo in digital format.

Adobe didn't mention whether Photoshop Express can be accessed for free or by paying for it but I believe the company prepares a freeware license for the web-based service in order to lure more consumers to the desktop application.

This new flavor of Photoshop is useful especially for the photo sharing services which now have the possibility to implement powerful features to enable the users modify their pictures straight from their browsers. Until now, most technologies allowed only basic operations such as editing, rotating or color adjustment so the Photoshop implementation would be a great addition to this kind of products.

Certainly, the traditional desktop application will remain the best technology to work with your photos as Adobe seems to be very focused on it. Recently, Photoshop CS3 was officially rolled out as the last flavor of a product which leads this side of the market in which only a few products managed to attract the attention of the clients.