Creating is typically a solo endeavour, but a new feature coming to Photoshop means creation can be done in a co-op kind of way.
Even though creating art can typically be done by yourself, the art of making isn’t always done alone. Musicians can work solo or with others, putting the band back together, while actors can run solo shows or work with a big cast.
That’s the real world for you, but in the world of digital, things are a little bit different. With one computer and one application, you’re typically working by yourself, and that’s just the way it has been. Not necessarily because it’s right, but rather because the technology has been limited to have more than one person work on something at the same time.
And yet that could be changing.
Adobe has thrown a feature into testing that aims to turn Photoshop into a collaborative tool, as the company tries out “Live Co-Editing”, a feature that can see serveral designers and Photoshop specialists split their job and work on one project together.
Both can be as remote rather than in the same room, one looking over another shoulder, and both can actively work on the same file in the co-editing feature. It means more than one person can actively edit an image, and even see others make comments on a file, helping speed the process along.
In an educational setting, students can follow educators live, watching as someone shows exactly how something is done.
The addition is the first feature Adobe is unveiling for 2025, but likely not the last, with interested folks able to sign up and test the feature ahead of release in the near future.
