Photoshop Express – not really photoshop but cool nonetheless

So apparently I’ve been living under a rock as the new announcement of Adobe’s “Photoshop Express” took me by complete surprise. There is an awful lot of buzz going on around it, some rather dismissive… To this I say, I will reserve judgement but one thing to keep in mind is:

This is not photoshop – to me, the defining characteristic of photoshop is layers and masks – these are really the foundation on which all the advanced capabilities of PS are built. Without that, this really isn’t “Photoshop” per-se. However, it is a very intriguing product nonetheless – really this strikes me as more of a social network-photosharing stite, with some basic web-based editing capabilities. If you think of it in those terms, it’s actually quite a neat offering. I will definitely be playing with it a bit in the next few weeks.

Edit 3/28: Apparently uploading pictures to essentially gives Adobe unlimited rights to do whatever they want with them.  Uncool.  I guess it’s fine for the myspace crowd (who this app seems to be targetings) but that is bad mojo for any serious/professional photographer.  Guess I won’t be signing up after all.