Adobe has released a brand-new, free mobile image editing and design app today, Photoshop on iPhone, which reimagines the Adobe Photoshop interface optimised for phones. The app will be coming to Android soon, interested creators can sign up for the beta now.
According to Adobe, Photoshop on the phone is not intended to replace Photoshop on the desktop. While the Photoshop desktop app has deep and powerful tools that enable precision editing on larger screens, Photoshop on the phone is intended to empower mobile-first creators who may just be getting started, and want to create whenever they want, while on the go.
Here’s a quick list of the free capabilities of Photoshop on iPhone:
- Create unique designs and images by combining, compositing and blending images with core Photoshop tools and features, including precise selection tools, unlimited layers and masks.
- Remove, recolor or replace part of an image after making a selection using the intuitive Tap Select tool.
- Brush away spots in seconds with advanced removal tools like the Spot Healing Brush.
- Speed up and simplify complex edits with powerful generative AI tools that are safe for commercial use, like Generative Fill and Generative Expand.
- Make advanced edits in Photoshop, then bring your cloud PSDs into Adobe Express and Adobe Fresco and even edit Adobe Lightroom photos in Photoshop on iPhone.
- Edit with flexibility, using non-destructive unlimited layers, selective adjustments and the PSD format.
- Import and export images while preserving file fidelity and image quality with full-resolution editing.
- Add, replace and create with a vast library of hundreds of thousands of free Adobe Stock assets.
For creators who want more, a Photoshop Mobile & Web Premium Plan is available via the App Store, priced at US$7.99 per month or US$69.99 per year. It unlocks full access to the newly updated Photoshop on the web, along with a wider set of premium mobile tools and content for even greater editing precision and control. The plan will grant access to the additional capabilities as follows:
- Photoshop on the web
- Seamlessly pick up where you left off with files that automatically sync and save across iPhone and web.
- Access even more powerful features like: Camera RAW filter, shapes, layer effects, Quick Actions, generative AI features like Generate Similar, Reference Image and more.
- Premium mobile capabilities
- Easily remove objects by brushing over them with Remove Tool, use Clone Stamp to hide unwanted objects by cloning areas of an image, and seamlessly fill portions of an image with content sampled from other parts of the image with Content-Aware Fill.
- Quickly and precisely select people, plants, cars and more with enhanced precision using Object Select or isolate an object or area of an image and adjust it with targeted editing tools with Magic Wand.
- Control transparency, color effects and add unique styles to images with Advanced Blend Modes.
- Explore different typefaces and styles by accessing more than 20,000 fonts or importing your own.
- Export assets for a broad range of print quality and compression possibilities and use additional file formats (PSD, TIF, JPG, PNG).
- Generative AI with Firefly
- Seamlessly add or remove content from images using Generative Fill or extend an image with Generative Expand, non-destructively. Also, ideate, create new assets and jumpstart creativity using Text to Image, all powered by Adobe Firefly which is safe for commercial use.
The new Photoshop Mobile & Web plan can be purchased through the App Store. As for existing Photoshop desktop subscribers, Photoshop on iPhone is already included with every subscription that has Photoshop. Photoshop on iPhone is out now, so be sure to download it and give it a spin!
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