While photographers have been able to upload their RAW files to Google Drive for quite some time, apparently, we’re now one step closer to being able to process those in Photoshop directly through our browsers. An almost two year effort on the part of Adobe and Google has brought Chrome-based Photoshop to fruition. They’ve got a version called Photoshop Streaming that they’ve sent out to educational institutions to test out over the next six months.
While it was announced at Adobe Max several weeks back, they’ve finally raised the curtain, at least partway, to offer some new details and give the public a sneak peek of what to expect. The functionality is pretty straightforward. The application is downloaded through the Chrome Web Store, and once you launch it, it connects you to a server running Photoshop CC 2014. Just like most virtual machine setups work, a javascript-based workflow sends your actions to the same server that is sending video of Photoshop’s interface to your computer, essentially creating a feedback loop based on your actions and interactions with the program. At the moment, Photoshop Streaming only works with files that you are hosting on Google Drive, but according to The Verge’s Sean O’Kane, Adobe’s Director of Engineering, Kirk Gould, said “Adobe hopes to add ability to work with other cloud storage services down the road.”
[via The Verge]
what a publicity stunt. i can do that with vnc
also, the MAIN advantage of photoshop is the ability of fine tuning stuff and use it's super-speed-real-time-updates, and also the automation stuff. this is all gone here
not necessarily... the automation and 'instant' response time is only based on the 'video' streaming capability of your internet, which should be able to handle the feed easily with any high speed internet. As your actions are instantly sent to be interpreted by a fully capable machine. In all likelihood the processing side would perform much faster than your home machine, and you could do massively complex operations and use their computing power. Its a great idea that should be tested and implemented for all adobe programs imo.
Its exactly what Pixar does for real-time rendering with their many render farms.
This is Adobes approach to bypassing pirating. It's only a matter of time before the entire Adobe suite runs off their servers only, and then you'll really be enslaved to them. What happens when their servers go down, which they inevitably will? Murphy's Law dictates they'll go down right on that mission critical job you're working on. You've been warned.
Adobe's professional monopoly is a real problem. I think it's important to give yourself options that can help you survive. Programs like GIMP, while no match for the overall power of Photoshop, nonetheless offer enough production power to get you out of a jam. It's well worth your time and effort to learn some other image editor, GIMP being only one example, to cover your asses. Remember that old Boy Scout motto...