Photoshop and all of Creative Cloud is Coming to Chromebooks
Just this morning, Google for Education released in a blog post, as well as a surprise tweet, that Creative Cloud will be coming to Chromebooks. This might seem a little fuzzy at first. The Chromebooks are known for their extremely fast boot-up and app loading time, while Creative Cloud products can be heavy on hardware, which would be slow by comparison. However, this is how Google began their blog post: “Chromebooks are fast, easy to use and secure. They bring the best of the cloud right to your desktop, whether that’s Google Drive, Google+ Photos or Gmail.” Then they continued immediately welcoming Creative Cloud into Chromebooks.
Adobe Photoshop for Chromebooks. It’s happening. http://t.co/lXw97gNkqU pic.twitter.com/mC9zCBUsLO
— Google (@Google) September 29, 2014
The application runs in the cloud, while the users stream it to their desktop. This solves the “heavy app” problem on the light Chrome operating system.
If you have a Chromebook, and a Creative Cloud Education membership, you can already apply to become a beta tester. The qualifications listed on Adobe’s application site states the following requirements:
- Reside in North America
- Be at least 13 years of age
- Be a qualified Creative Cloud education member
- Have either an active Creative Cloud Individual or Complete Membership
- Be a member of the Adobe Education Exchange
- As a student youmust be enrolled in one of the following:
- University or college – accredited public or private university or college (including community, junior, or vocational college) that grants degrees requiring not less than the equivalent of two years of full-time study*
- Primary or secondary school – accredited public or private primary or secondary school providing full-time instruction*
- Home school – defined by state home schooling regulations
- To qualify as an educator, youmust be one of the following:
- Faculty or staff – employed by an accredited primary or secondary school, public or private university or college, school district, or board of education (including emeritus status professors)*
- Teacher of a home schooled student – defined by state homes schooling regulations
Sources:
https://twitter.com/google/status/516683690861019136
http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2014/09/adobe-joins-chromebook-party-starting.html
http://edex.adobe.com/projectphotoshopstreaming/eligibility#indveligibility
