I heard Adobe was going to release a free limited version of Photoshop. I signed up for it to take a peak to see what is has to offer. I’d first like to say that the layout for Photoshop Express is very attractive; actually it’s kinda sexy. Anyway, I started test driving Photoshop Express and the first RED FLAG I found was the fact that I could NOT upload psd, gif, png, or tiff files; only jpg files. This did not please me, but I went ahead and uploaded a jpg file and moved on.

The next thing I wanted to test was the resizing and cropping features. Second RED FLAG: when you choose to resize the image using one of the set sizing aspects, it chops off the dang image. Whereas in Photoshop, if you change the image size settings; the image remains in tact, it does not get chopped off. This sort of annoyed me. This is a simple task. Resizing an image should not be rocket science.

I didn’t try anything else within Photoshop Express. I glanced a the effects they have to offer and what not, but Photoshop Express is clearly not the product for me. I’m a Photoshop professional girl and I and need the full Photoshop package; the layers, filters, effects, various file type compatiblities, etc, etc. But I guess, it’s a good start. Photoshop Express is a heck of a first try though. I’ll give Adobe that much. It could turn out to be an excellent photo editing tool for the complete novice. We shall see.

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