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...website for editing, organizing and sharing your digital photos hails from a most unlikely creator - Adobe Systems, which is to digital imaging software what Microsoft is to word processors. And while Photoshop Express is arguably the most full-featured free photo program on the Web, the real surprise is that Adobe is willing to risk cannibalizing its own paid image-management products, which include the $100 Photoshop Elements and the $649 Photoshop CS3, in order to win over new users. "Express is for the casual user," says Adobe vice president Doug Mack. "It's an incremental market...
That's quite an understatement for an already hyper-competitive market with tens of millions of users. Rivals Flickr, Slide, Picasa and Photobucket all offer some of the same features as the new Photoshop Express. Still, Adobe is wise to tap into Web users' growing appetite for simple programs they don't have to buy - unlike Microsoft, which is so far missing out on the free software wave by failing to offer webware similar to Google Docs or Zoho...
...best reason to try Photoshop Express is for its image-editing features, which surpass those of any free program currently available. Beyond the standard red-eye removal and cropping features, Express lets you dabble with more advanced options like altering a single color on your image (while leaving the rest of the picture unchanged) or using the touch-up brush to fix multiple problems at once. On the downside, Express ran a little slowly in my tests and was not quite as intuitive to use as another competitor, Picnik...
...move from my childhood home in Porter Square to the Ivy Gates of the Yard, I was giddy with excitement about my newfound freedoms and resources. Sleeping in! Choosing my own classes! And, of course, taking advantage of the fact Harvard Computer Services gives students free access to Adobe Photoshop. (To this day, I have yet to manage to download more than a ten-day demo, despite several admirable attempts. But a week and a half was more than enough time to Photoshop my roommates into wacky pictures). Before turning my friends into crying babies and overweight nude models, though...
...Enter Photoshop. After a disastrously awkward trip to John’s office hours, I decided to channel my undying affection into artistic means. The wedding photo satisfied my passion for a while, but eventually I needed to take our relationship to the next level—so I ordered the picture on a tote bag. Ostensibly it was a gift for my best friend, which I swore was ironic, but when she failed to use it everyday, I stole it back (sorry, Kippy...