Google and Adobe have teamed up to introduce full-blown Photoshop in the Chromebooks by launching Adobe Creative Cloud.
Presently in the beta mode, the streaming version of Photoshop will be made available exclusively to Adobe Education customers in North America with a Creative Cloud subscription.
Users have to apply for the beta mode through Adobe’s website and will also be granted access to Adobe Education Exchange learning content and an in-app learning panel called “Learn Now.” No installation will be required as everything is streaming from remote servers.
Other products from the American multinational computer software company are waiting in the pipeline to be hosted in Chromebooks, and the announcement by the giant corporations said that they are “coming soon”.
Google Product Manager Stephen Konig commented on this collaboration through a post on the Chrome blog saying, “The Photoshop you know and love is now on Chrome OS… Just save your art directly from Photoshop to the cloud… No muss, no fuss.”
The software has been enabled to update automatically and remain completely integrated with Google Drive; while it is easy to manage on account of one-click deployment and no long client-installation.
It has not yet been announced as to when the streaming Photoshop will be rolled out to non-education users. Nonetheless, it is a welcome development considering that one of the prime criticisms directed at Chromebooks concerned their inability to run proper desktop programs, but with this collaboration that will cease to be true.
