Adobe to offer Photoshop online
Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said.
This new online service will introduce an ad-supported online services, that will complement its existing products and broaden the company reach into the consumer market, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen told CNET News.com.
Chizen added Adobe laid the foundation for a hosted Photoshop product with Adobe Remix, a Web-based video-editing tool it now offers through the PhotoBucket media-sharing site.
Like Adobe Remix, the hosted Photoshop service will be free and marketed as an entry-level version of Adobe's more sophisticated digital image editors, including Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Chizen envisions revenue from the Photoshop service will come from online advertising.
"That is new (for Adobe). It's something we are sensitive to because we are watching folks like Google do it in different categories and we want to make sure that we are there before they are, in areas of our franchises," Chizen said.
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