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For those wondering how the "streaming" version of Photoshop is implemented: Project Photoshop Streaming is identical to the Photoshop you’d install locally with a few notable exceptions. This build can be accessed from any Chrome browser (Windows only) or Chromebook and does not require a full download and install. In other words, this is the same build of Photoshop you’d typically download and install from Creative…
My understanding is that Adobe's previous cloud offerings download the programs to your machine, where they execute locally, saving files to the cloud. Is this how Photoshop works here? Or are they doing VNC/remote desktop style access? I really hope it's the former - having virtual machines / LXC instances synchronized down to the Chromebook would solve those last few use-cases. (For me, my IDE is the only thing mis…
So, it is the latter you prefer? -- VNC/remote desktop
My understanding is that Adobe's previous cloud offerings download the programs to your machine, where they execute locally, saving files to the cloud. Is this how Photoshop works here? Or are they doing VNC/remote desktop style access? I really hope it's the former - having virtual machines / LXC instances synchronized down to the Chromebook would solve those last few use-cases. (For me, my IDE is the only thing mis…
This is totally different, as you suggest, it's a VNC-style access for Photoshop. (Since there is no Photoshop for Linux.)
Their FAQ[0] contains some more information, but still does not explain everything. They say "however, instead of being installed on your local machine, it is running in a virtualized environment so can be accessed from any Chrome browser or Chromebook. Because this version of Photoshop is running in a virtualized environment, you open, save, export and recover files from/to your Google Drive rather than your local file share."
It would seem that they are indeed streaming the video (VNC-style). More over, space requirement is only 350MB (Photoshop is normally much bigger), and there's also this:
"If network connectivity is lost, you will need to launch a new session. A recovery folder called ‘Photoshop Recovery’ will be created in the root of your Google drive. To recover files, simply double click to open a file."
Overall, this doesn't sound good at all. If they are streaming screen "video", color correction and pixel-level precision in design is going to be tough. Photoshop seems like one of the most difficult programs to work via VNC.
For those wondering how the "streaming" version of Photoshop is implemented: Project Photoshop Streaming is identical to the Photoshop you’d install locally with a few notable exceptions. This build can be accessed from any Chrome browser (Windows only) or Chromebook and does not require a full download and install. In other words, this is the same build of Photoshop you’d typically download and install from Creative…
Are Chromebooks so different than the shipping version of Chrome for Linux?
My understanding is that Adobe's previous cloud offerings download the programs to your machine, where they execute locally, saving files to the cloud. Is this how Photoshop works here? Or are they doing VNC/remote desktop style access? I really hope it's the former - having virtual machines / LXC instances synchronized down to the Chromebook would solve those last few use-cases. (For me, my IDE is the only thing mis…
The current version of Creative Cloud is really just a different license; indeed you do still download (say) Photoshop, it just pings the Adobe servers to ensure that you have paid your monthly or annual licensing. To call it "the cloud" is really in name only, as it's no different than the Photoshop that you pay a one-time fee for and install from DVD. This is totally different, as you suggest, it's a VNC-style acce…
It's not clear to me why this supports only Chromebooks and Chrome on Windows. It seems like they would have had to go to the trouble to explicitly disable support for Chrome on Linux. Are Chromebooks so different than the shipping version of Chrome for Linux?
It doesn't necessarily mean that they disable support for chrome on linux. It's possible that it can run on Chrome for Linux but Adobe won't necessarily provide support in the same way that they provide support for the Windows version.
It feels like sooner or later, big companies will have all the hardware and software hosted on their side and people will only get access to play it according to companies rules.
This is actually a concern to my freedom as well.
I want to own my hardware and software power. I want to run everything offline if i want to. I don't want to click "I agree" button for all the actions i am doing.
It also means everybody is kind of forced to use their devices how these big companies are decided to. They are selling you an apple, but they don't let you to eat it however you want.
I will be happy as long as they give me the option(and not to force me use cloud) to keep my hardware and software on my side.
It's not clear to me why this supports only Chromebooks and Chrome on Windows. It seems like they would have had to go to the trouble to explicitly disable support for Chrome on Linux. Are Chromebooks so different than the shipping version of Chrome for Linux?