Adobe on Tuesday at its Adobe MAX 2021 virtual conference announced that it is bringing simplified web versions of Photoshop and Illustrator across the desktop and iPad apps.
The aim is to allow users to share Photoshop or Illustrator files with others, open and view your work in the browser and provide feedback, use layers, make basic edits to documents hosted in the cloud without having to download or launch Photoshop.
While the simplified web versions are not fully featured versions of Photoshop or Illustrator, it does let you open documents and use basic edit tools like the eraser, spot healing brush, and selection lasso.
Currently, both applications only allow viewing, commenting, and some basic editing capabilities when a .PSD or .AI file are launched via Google Chrome or Chromium Edge (coming soon to Firefox and other browsers).
“We are excited to share a major step forward for collaboration, introducing a new way to collaborate with stakeholders on your creative work from Illustrator and Photoshop via the web. Extending Illustrator and Photoshop to the web will help you open up your creative process, express your vision efficiently, and remove a ton of friction from the process,” wrote Eric Snowden, Vice President of Design at Adobe in a blog post.
You can start sharing Photoshop and Illustrator documents for commenting and feedback via the web by updating to the latest versions of the apps .
