Edit images like a pro with this new mobile app
The Adobe Photoshop (beta) app is available for download for free on Google Play on Android devices. — Adobe
The arrival of the Photoshop app on smartphones is a major event, especially since it is currently free to use. It offers a wide range of photo editing tools, thanks in particular to its Firefly artificial intelligence.
A few months after iOS, the Photoshop mobile app is now also available on Android. It allows all users to benefit from highly advanced image editing tools. Currently in beta, the app offers most of its features for free. This is unlikely to last, and once the final version is released, users will probably have to switch to a paid subscription. In the meantime, now is the time to try it out.
Photoshop for mobile is an app that provides access to features for creating visuals by composing and combining images using the app's main tools, such as selections, layers and masks. It also allows you to remove, recolor or replace parts of an image or unwanted elements using its Firefly AI, access free content from the Adobe Stock library, as well as thousands of fonts. The premium plan offers a host of advanced features such as precise selection, color correction, and more generative AI tools.
With this app, Adobe aims to make photo editing accessible to everyone by offering quick and intuitive AI-powered editing tools – a major trend of the moment. At the same time, Google has announced the arrival of smart image cropping in its Photos app, as well as quick editing (background blur, light adjustment, object removal) and the ability to modify elements of a photo using text commands.
Although both apps offer advanced editing tools, they are aimed at different audiences and uses, with Google targeting the general public and Adobe more focused on content creators. – AFP Relaxnews
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