Hopefully, this means we’ve reached some critical mass of Mac apps moving over.
Because the iPad is the future of computing, much the same way the GUI superseded text interfaces.
Adobe will bring the full Photoshop to the iPad
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Re: Adobe will bring the full Photoshop to the iPad
#12That's 100% marketing talk. There will be no native running "full" Photoshop. Maybe it will be cloud hosted like on chromebooks but porting the behemoth that photoshop is is not gonna happen.
I'm not sure why that'd be the case.
I don't doubt that Photoshop on a desktop machine will usually perform better. But the latest iPad Pro models have six-core 2.3GHz processors and 4GB of RAM. It was only a few years ago that were were doing pro photography work with machines of that specification.
The challenges are definitely going to be building a productive and useful UI using the iPad's input constraints. This is something that might be more effective on a device like the Surface. But I'm sure there are ways to build a good user experience on an iPad, so we'll need to wait and see what happens.
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#13Porting photoshop to iOS/ARM could also in part be motivated by a known or perceived Apple transition from Intel to their own ARM chips.
This sounds most likely to me. Port to IOS on ARM coupled with the rumors of IOS APIs being added to MacOS. Sounds like a first step to ARM migration overall.
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#14I can’t even fathom using photoshop without keyboard shortcuts... iPad keypads are not useful.
The iPad will happily connect to a standard Bluetooth keyboard, and I'm almost certain it'll include keyboard shortcuts in this fashion (at least if they're planning on any professional user using it!)
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#15I can’t even fathom using photoshop without keyboard shortcuts... iPad keypads are not useful.
I have the same question. I am not a Pro PS user by any means, but I have yet to see anyone using PS with "only" mouse. And for a touch input devices like iPad, how will this translate well? I did imagine they will need a bluetooth keyboard ?
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#16Affinity Photo on the iPad made quite a splash and was Apple's software of the year in some category. I guess it showed Adobe that there is real money to be made.
And Affinity Designer for iPad has just been released.
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#17Interesting - wonder if Android too?
I wish Sketch or Figma had iPad/pro support too.
Re: Adobe will bring the full Photoshop to the iPad
#18Mouse/trackpad cursor support, keyboard shortcuts, and robust filesystem access are required to intelligently use Photoshop. Does Adobe expect that iOS will eventually get there?
I also am dubious about touch controls and the amount of real estate required for that, but with Apple Pencil and a BT keyboard could work ok
Re: Adobe will bring the full Photoshop to the iPad
#19Porting photoshop to iOS/ARM could also in part be motivated by a known or perceived Apple transition from Intel to their own ARM chips.
Guiding all the big Apps developer that Apple known are slow to move to new platform before they announce the switch. May be ARM Mac is really coming.
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#20I wonder what the battery life will be like for a full Photoshop session with a decent number of layers and filters being rendered in real-time while editing a reasonably large photograph.