Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, left, announces a development partnership with ally and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen at Adobes Max conference. screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Specifically, its begun adapting its core Creative Cloud software, starting with Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects, for touch interfaces. Thats tricky, but its a lot easier than building entirely new apps for iPads and Android tablets. Indeed, Adobe announced at Max a new version of Illustrator that adds a new touch workspace designed for using the graphic- design software not just with touch-screen laptops but also on tablets. The Microsoft alliance is hardly exclusive. Adobe also is pushing mobile apps, mostly for Apples iOS operating system. That includes new apps announced today such as Premiere Clip for video editing. Adobes newer mobile apps are designed to link projects seamlessly with more powerful PC-based apps so designers can move among the different devices. With the Surface Pro, though, its simpler, since the tablet and the laptop are the same device. Microsoft gets a kick out of enabling productivity and now creativity, too, Nadella said. We want to enable this in a mobile- first, cloud-first world, because thats the new paradigm. The companies also demonstrated various tablet-enabled features, including touch gestures to edit curves and drop shadows, moving a tablet around to change the perspective in a 3D room view, swipe gestures to move the limbs on a sketched model, and smartphone shakes at a tablet for Jackson Pollock-style painting. Theres more to come as Microsoft and Adobe work to integrate the Creative Cloud subscription for software and online services with Microsofts Office 365 subscription, Nadella added. Theres a lot going on in the cloud between the two of us, Nadella said. This is the beginning of a journey that can be really exciting for the two companies and for the creative community.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 08:55:31 +0000
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