https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html Adobe Launches Photoshop Express Beta The new online photo editing and sharing site gives photographers simple tools for enhancing and sharing images. By Aimee Baldridge March 27, 2008 Adobe has launched a beta version of a new online photo editing and sharing site. Adobe Photoshop Express provides a rich Internet application (RIA) that runs in an Internet browser and does not have a desktop software component or require a download. It is designed for a broad audience, offering simple (and nondestructive) tools for enhancing photographs, free online gallery space where users can store and organize up to 2GB of images, and numerous ways to share images with individuals and distribute them to other destinations on the Web. During the Photoshop Express beta period, Adobe will solicit feedback from users as the company continues to develop its features and functionality. The 17 photo-editing tools provided by Photoshop Express are grouped into three sections: Basics, Tuning, and Effects. Basics includes items such as a one-click Auto Correct tool, exposure and saturation enhancements, and redeye removal. There's also a Touchup tool that is similar to the Healing Brush in Adobe's desktop software. Tuning options let users make finer adjustments to parameters such as white balance, brightness, contrast, and sharpness. Effects range from hue and tint adjustments to more creative and fanciful options such as Sketch, Distort, and Pop Color, which lets the user select an area or object where color is retained while saturation is decreased in other areas. The Pop Color tool also lets users swap in different colors for selected areas. Photos can be converted to black-and-white as well. Adobe's interface gives users a ringaround-style preview of adjustments. Multiple versions of the image that show differing levels of adjustment appear along the top of the screen, allowing the user to select and save the most pleasing version. Gallery and photo organization functions include the ability to create slideshows, add captions to photos, and group images into albums by selecting multiple shots and dragging them to a new album. Sharing tools let users publish images on other online destinations, such as blogs and social networking sites, and send them to friends via e-mail. Adobe plans to add print services and paid subscriptions with higher space limits to Photoshop Express in the future. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and other Internet browsers support Photoshop Express. Adobe's Flash Player 9 software, which is a free download, must also be installed on the user's computer in order for Express to work. http://www.popphoto.com/photonews/5212
I haven't had time to fart around with it yet. Will it allow you to easily past the head of someone on to another body? I figured it would be a useful tool for the Photoshop the Pain threads.
