11 Ways Adobe Photoshop Touch Makes the Apple iPad 2 an Essential Tool for All Pro Photographers
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Unsure of its full potential initially, professional photographers are quickly realizing that an iPad is a critical piece of equipment. For many, an iPad has become a “digital assistant,” with the capability to view images on a high-resolution screen anytime, anyplace. It’s also a portable portfolio that can be easily presented to clients during meetings, over lunch or during informal chats. Many photographers like how an iPad serves as a backup device to their camera and/or computer.
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The increasing number of highly useful apps has also elevated the stature of an iPad as a device pro photographers need on every shoot. For example, Easy Release provides model release and property release forms in a digital format. The free Impression app adds a watermark to photos.
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The most significant, and serious, app to be released for the iPad just may be Adobe Photoshop Touch. Introduced during late February 2012, this app for the iPad 2 gives any pro more convenience and control. Not only can he or she perform basic editing of photos right from the camera during a shoot, but also share those images displayed in working layouts of ads, features, etc., with clients, editors and art directors via a wireless connection.
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Some pros have discovered that their initial response to the iPad as simple a platform for fun and games is actually a beneficial feature when using Photoshop Touch. The casual nature of interfacing with an iPad, compared to an editing system anchored to a worktable and space, has unexpectedly resulted in photographers and designers feeling freer to create better work.
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It won’t take much time for any photographer to learn how to combine multiple photos into single images, complete critical edits and utilize various effects to enhance their from-the-camera files. Adobe Photoshop Touch for the iPad 2 also has touch-up, paint and layout features.
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When objects must be removed from an image, a quick scribble with the Scribble Selection Tool will mark them for elimination.
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A major challenge for many photographers during the editing process is selecting areas of a photo with soft edges. Photoshop Touch’s Refine Edge functionality makes this process much easier and faster, so photographers can complete more editing during less time.
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Other popular Photoshop editing techniques with Touch on an iPad 2 include sky replacement, paint effect, camera fill and blend modes.
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Photoshop Touch was brought to the Android tablet market during 2011, and is just the first of six touch-screen apps that Adobe will be introducing to iPad users during 2012. The others are Adobe Collage for moodboards; Adobe Debut for presenting and reviewing creative work; Adobe Ideas for sketching; Adobe Kuler® for exploring color themes; and Adobe Proto for Web site and mobile app prototyping.
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You can also visit Adobe TV online for video tutorials about using Photoshop Touch on the iPad 2 at http://tv.adobe.com/show/adobe-evangelists-russell-brown/.
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Adobe Photoshop Touch for the iPad 2 can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store for just $9.99.
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