Adobe Express: bah.

All I really care about:

1. Just JPEGS. No RAW, no TIFF, nuthin.
2. Slower than crap to do anything. And I got me FIOS baybee.
3. Did you SEE that agreement? The worst thing is, most consumers wouldn't even care. SHAME on you, Adobe.

On the other hand:

1. VERY interesting idea of web-based editing program.
2. A REALLY nice beginners interface. Better than any free thing with any little camera I have seen. Canon and Epson, for example... really good work on that part Adobe.
3. Great for Grammy, except for the SLOW thing. NOT for ANY pro application I can see.

This has been fun. Lets get back to work now...

Adobe Express Terms of Service: Just Dumb

The Adobe Terms of Service Agreement:
"Adobe does not claim ownership of Your Content. However, with respect to Your Content that you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Services, you grant Adobe a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, derive revenue or other remuneration from, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other Materials or works in any format or medium now known or later developed."

Their response to complaints on the forum:
"Statement for Terms of Service Issues:
We've heard your concerns about the terms of service for Photoshop Express beta. We reviewed the terms in context of your comments - and we agree that it currently implies things we would never do with the content. Therefore, our legal team is making it a priority to post revised terms that are more appropriate for Photoshop Express users. We will alert you once we have posted new terms.

"Thank you for your feedback on Photoshop Express beta and we appreciate your input.

-Adobe Photoshop Express Team"

Adobe Express (beta): web-based photo editing application

The Adobe Express page.
...there's a test drive button at the bottom, no membership required. (You do need the latest Flash player for the site to work, at least with Firefox, though... v9 I think.)

The Photoshop Express Help (and info) page here.


Who knows... the shape of things to come?