Adobe, makers of the popular Photoshop image editing program, have announced that they will make an online version of the program that will be free to everybody.  This version of Photoshop will be a basic version of the program, and is expected to launch within the next six months.

This move will probably bring in the casual user, but will the average person really feel like laying down a few hundred dollars for the retail version?  I understand that Adobe is doing this as a “just-in-case” in the event that Google offers their free image-editing software Picassa as an online application, but I can’t really see how it will move that many more boxed versions.

Source:  DailyTech

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1. 
   Devin de Gruyl
   March 3, 2007 at 6:06 pm

   How “basic” are we talking here? Obviously it won’t have everything the boxed version has, but (the real question is) will it have enough features to prevent users from seeking out established free solutions (like The GIMP or Paint.NET) that already implement enough Photoshop functionality to be considered viable alternatives in their own right?

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   Shawn M.
   March 3, 2007 at 6:13 pm

   I wish I knew, but the article didn’t go in-depth as to its features. It looks like the release date of this is still a long time off, so Adobe themselves probably haven’t hammered out what this will offer.

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3. 
   Sean C
   March 4, 2007 at 10:00 pm

   I just hope it will be an upgrade from 5.5, which is the only version I have access to at home.

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