Cloud computing gives Adobe mobile apps a power boost
June 18, 2014
Grazed from CNet. Author: Stephen Shankland.
Adobe Systems plans to release new technology Wednesday that amplifies the power of software running on mobile devices — and points to part of the the future of computing. The technology, called the Creative SDK (software developer kit), lets apps running on relatively feeble tablets and phones tap into more powerful servers connected over the Internet. It’s built into its new Photoshop Mix app for iPads, but Adobe also is beta testing it with third-party programmers.
Its initial services are limited to file sharing via Adobe’s Creative Cloud and to perform three high-powered image-processing chores: sharpening photos blurred by camera shake, content-aware fill for advance copying and pasting, and the "upright" tool for correcting perspective corrections. But there’s more on the way…
Adobe could well use the technology to beef up its mobile version of Lightroom software for editing and cataloging photos. A PC has enough to power for the software, but Lightroom for iPad — and now iPhone, too — can’t handle some tasks like local brightness or contrast adjustments. "Lightroom is the logical thing to look at next," said Scott Morris, Adobe’s senior marketing director for Creative Cloud…
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