Free Photoshop Express

[Thorsten]

Originally Posted by jdepould

If you found something in the EULA that's important, just say it instead of making veiled references. [...] edit: I read through the terms (which are surprisingly concise) and privacy pages. I didn't find anything untoward or shady.

This part of the terms is enough for me to not even considering using the service:

8. Use of Your Content.

1. 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.

While my pictures surely aren't fine art, I don't like the idea of giving them for free for any type of usage to Adobe...

[Scottie137]

Originally Posted by Thorsten

This part of the terms is enough for me to not even considering using the service:



While my pictures surely aren't fine art, I don't like the idea of giving them for free for any type of usage to Adobe...

Its only for pictures you make public in the album. Still, I understand one's reluctance to partake now, more than I did before seeing this on CNET...

[Nicole]

This statement by Adobe may be of interest:

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

[klew]

A comment on Gizmodo pointed out this part of the Terms of Service (section 8a)

"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."

[Nicole]

Originally Posted by klew

A comment on Gizmodo pointed out this part of the Terms of Service (section 8a)

"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."

Which is something that Adobe is hopefully addressing soon.

This statement by Adobe may be of interest:

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

As a side note, I'm going to bring these two Photoshop express threads together to keep the discussion in one place

[InvisibleBlack]

As far as it free thats good. I was looking at Photoshop for PP but its darn expensive for how little I would be using it. Is there a good PP that handles layers and costs less then a good lens? ( 600.00 )

IB

[drec]

look for the gimp, it is free. links and tips you'll find in the post processing section in the forums.

[Elmo]

Originally Posted by jdepould

If you found something in the EULA that's important, just say it instead of making veiled references.

I prefer not to sway anyone. What I found offensive, so might not. By the same token other might find something offensive that I did not.

Elmo

[douglas]

I tried to download (or join) this, but it says only available in the United States, and it wants a "personal sharing URL" whatever that is.
I see from the above posts people in U.K. have been able to get it. Am I missing something? Douglas

[cabrown]

douglas,

I live in Italy and was able to register. My IP address has prevented me from viewing content on the internet hosted in the USA from time to time (ex: streaming content from abc.com or netflix), so I was surprised I was able to register. Perhaps Adobe has (sadly) put a filter for specific IP addresses or regions? A quick search engine query shows a mixed bag of registration results for our Canadian friends.