What is a "cloud" application?

It’s any application that has the power of a desktop (as in installed locally to your computer) app – except it’s all on the web.

You probably use cloud apps already and probably didn’t even realize it. Do you use Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail? That’s all in the cloud.

But this is about Photoshop, the famous high-priced image editor.

Except this one is free – and it’s still Photoshop.

Photoshop Express is an Adobe product available here:

https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html

As with most cloud apps it does require you to register an account in order to use it.

Here’s a quick overview. (Click each image to enlarge)

Above: The sign-in screen. If you don’t have an account you can sign up from there.

Above: The landing page. I have no images in here yet so I click the "Upload Photos" button at the top left.

Above: I cancel the upload on purpose because – LOOK AT THAT ON THE LEFT – there a Flickr login (as well as Photobucket and Picasa too!) Nice. I choose Flickr since I use that already.

Above: I’ve validated my Flickr account and loaded in an image – direct from Flickr. Very cool. Now I can start editing.

Above: I chose the "Crop and Rotate" tool and selected a portion of the image.

Above: I clicked the top right green check arrow to see the edit I just made.

From here I can either continue editing, save it, do whatever I want, etc.

Seriously.. this is frickin’ cool.

This is what cloud apps are supposed to be like. Simple, friendly, powerful, and of course – free.

Adobe Photoshop Express is without a shadow of a doubt one of the best cloud apps I’ve ever used.

Try it out – you will love this.