Yes, Photoshop Apps Are Coming to the iPad

CreativePro Staff

Adobe Systems is encouraging software developers to create mobile and tablet apps using the new Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit (SDK).
Adobe is priming the pump by creating three apps: Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop, and Adobe Nav for Photoshop. All three are designed to work with, not replace, Photoshop. Although they run only on the iPad, the Photoshop Touch SDK can also support Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS, and the iPhone.
Using Color Lava and Eazel feels a bit like finger painting. You can send your creations to Photoshop CS5 for refinement or for adding to existing files. The Nav app is more about efficiency: You use it to select and control Photoshop tools, browse files, and more.
Click the screenshot below to see Adobe evangelist Mike McHugh put Eazel through its paces:

Click the screenshot below to watch a video that demonstrates all three apps in action:

Pricing and Availability
The Adobe Photoshop Touch SDK for Windows and Mac OS platforms is free and available now at www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop. Color Lava, Eazel, and Nav should make it onto the iTunes App Store in early May 2011 and will cost about $2 to $5 each. If you want to know when the apps are on the App Store, sign up at www.photoshop.com.