Photoshop on iPad
Photoshop on iPad brings the enormous power of the world's best image editing software to iPad.
Bringing a fully mature product to a new surface while maintaining familiarity to pro users, ease of use to newer users, and interoperability with the desktop ecosystem was no small feat. Here's a selection of my contributions to that task.
A redesigned UI
Photoshop on desktop is a bit of a "cockpit" with lots of complex UI. One of the challenges with bringing it to iPad was reimagining its interface while keeping it understandable to people used to the desktop version. I worked closely with my fellow designers to bring this to life and keep it aligned with Adobe's other mobile apps as much as possible.
Imaging modes
As part of the UI changes, we had to reimagine Photoshop's modes for iPad. These modes are isolated workflows with specialized tooling that must be committed. One example is Transform.
We also designed modes for more complex workflows like Refine Edge.
Adding CC Library images
Collaborating with the horizontal CC Libraries team, I worked on a way to bring in images and graphics from your Creative Cloud Libraries.
Process notes
I worked with the Photoshop design team over a year and a half, first as a contractor, then as a senior designer, then as part of my work across Creative Cloud's mobile ecosystem. Many thanks to my fellow Photoshop mobile designers Ryan Hicks, Sile Gao, Vergil Shi, Olivia Haroldon, Seth Shaw, Prachi Chaudhari, and Ryan Gates, along with our PMs and engineers. Huge thanks also to our research partners Laura Herman and Laurel Coco.
Bringing a fully mature, 30 year old program to the iPad was a fascinating challenge, full of considerations both technical and strategic. Our team had many more ideas than we had time to execute. To hear more behind the scenes detail, get in touch to schedule a chat.