Adobe will be following a trend that has been seen across the internet by releasing a free online version of its popular Photoshop image-editing software. The online version will be a stripped-down edition of the program that has rapidly become an industry standard for graphics professionals.
The move to online usage is part of a larger effort by the company to bring key aspects of its software portfolio - which includes audio, video and graphics applications - to bring in advertising dollars and attempt to persuade users into purchasing software upgrades. Prior to this move Adobe's business has always been based on packaged software.
A sneak peak at Adobe's photography's future: Currently the company offers four versions of its Photoshop software, beginning with the high-end CS2 package which is targeted to creative professionals all the way to the free Album Starter Edition which is used by the casual photographer. According to Adobe, the online offering will be more like the consumer products.
Last month, the company also publicized that it was planning on entering a partnership with image- and video-hosting web site Photobucket in order to give the site's 35 million users free access to Adobe's web-based video editing tools.
At that time the company said that it expects to announce more partnerships with Internet companies over the coming months, and that the ventures would be driven by Adobe's pursuit of higher advertising revenue and increased software upgrades from existing customers.
The time-line for Photobucket features to become available to the site's users is sometime in March. Adobe's shift to free online applications follows similar moves by other software makers. Google (Charts), for instance, has released online word processing and spreadsheet software under the Google Docs banner
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