After two years in beta, Adobe Photoshop will now be available on the web service starting September 27th. The simplified online version is a desktop photo editing app with popular tools like Generative Fill and Generative Expand.
Powered by Adobe Firefly generative AI models, the features will be available for commercial use and will allow users to quickly add, remove or expand on an image using text-based descriptions in more than 100 languages.
Photoshop on the web has the same features and tools as the desktop version, except with a redesigned layout for a more ‘streamlined’ user experience. This will also include the contextual task bar, added to the desktop Photoshop app this year, which suggests the most relevant steps to take in your workflow. Adobe intends to add the patch tool, pen tool, smart object support, polygonal lasso, and other desktop features “soon.”
Web will enable Photoshop users to collaborate on projects by inviting others, allowing users without an active Photoshop account to view and comment on files. Web-based Photoshop is included in its paid plans starting at $9.99/month. The service will not be available for free to users at launch.
The company had previously said it hoped to offer a free version of Photoshop, but Ashley Still, Adobe’s senior vice president of digital media, told The Verge that Adobe has “no immediate plans to offer freemium”. And new users can check it. Make Photoshop available on the web through “free interactive demos and in-app tutorials” on Adobe’s website.
