September 07, 2011

Adobe Carousel Turns Sharing Photos Just For Apple Fans


When Adobe asked users about their photo sharing pain points, it generated some buzz about an expected Cloud solution. And today it delivered. Adobe Carousel automatically uploads, stores and syncs photos from all your devices--as long as they're from Apple--and lets you create shareable galleries (Carousels). When shared, you and they can edit and apply special effects to the photos nondestructively.

(Aside: Adobe PR denies that the name Carousel was inspired by the Kodak Carousel slide projector.)

It sounds neat on the surface, and it's based around solid goals--"People want ubiquitous access to photo libraries; to browse, adjust, and share all their photos from anywhere; to share a photo library with friends and family; and simple, easy-to-live-with setup." But I think there's an unstated goal here as well. Photoshop.com already meets a lot of these needs and the company could likely have … Read full post & comments

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