Adobe Photoshop Touch / FAQ

Adobe Touch Apps enable you to design, edit, and elegantly present content on your mobile device. Whether you use a stylus or just your fingertip, intuitive touchscreen features provide easy, precise control for a variety of creative tasks. Transfer files through Adobe Creative Cloud™ for refinement in Adobe Creative Suite® software — or to view, access, or share them from anywhere.¹

The Adobe Touch Apps are:

• Adobe Ideas
• Adobe Photoshop® Touch

Adobe Creative Cloud is a digital hub where you can explore, create, share, and deliver your work using any of the Creative Suite desktop tools, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® software, and new apps and services like Adobe Muse™ and Adobe Edge Tools & Services. Creative Cloud also includes new Internet-­based services¹ and enables the delivery of high-impact content experiences, such as interactive websites and stunning digital magazines across screens and devices.

By offering connectivity with Adobe Touch Apps (purchased separately), Creative Cloud enables a mobile workflow, from ideation to publishing, to bring the power of Adobe innovation to your mobile devices. It gives you the freedom to create, offering immediate and ongoing access to industry-­defining tools and innovative technologies to serve a vibrant worldwide community of creative talent. Learn more.

No, a free membership to Creative Cloud is available to everyone. Free membership includes 2GB of space on www.creativecloud.com and the ability to:

• Sync your creative files between the Adobe Touch Apps on your mobile device and your desktop computer, or between two desktop computers
  
• Share large creative files with colleagues and clients
  
• Store your files for easy access from anywhere
  

This membership will provide you with free levels of Adobe services and access to 30-day free trials of all applications and other apps that are part of Creative Cloud.

Yes, Adobe plans to enhance both the Touch Apps and the sync, store, and share features of Creative Cloud over time.

Yes. See the "Using Adobe Creative Cloud with Adobe Touch Apps" section below for more information.

Both Adobe Ideas and Photoshop Touch can use Adobe Creative Cloud to transfer files.

Yes, Adobe Touch Apps can be used without an Internet connection. However, you cannot upload files to or access files from Creative Cloud without an Internet connection.

Yes, please visit the iTunes App Store or Google Play in your country for availability.

For specific language availability, visit the iTunes App Store or Google Play.

Yes. Visit a store in your region to purchase Photoshop Touch for your devices. Photoshop Touch for tablet is available from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore, and Samsung Apps. Photoshop Touch for phone is available from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

For pricing in your local currency, visit the iTunes App Store or Google Play.

No. When you purchase one of the Adobe Touch Apps and sign up for a free Creative Cloud membership, there is no additional cost to use the file management and sharing capabilities in Adobe Creative Cloud.

Adobe provides connectivity between the Adobe Touch Apps and Creative Cloud (to sync, store, and share files) as a benefit of membership.

Use Adobe Creative Cloud to access your creative work virtually anywhere. Easily move between Adobe Touch Apps and Creative Suite. View, access, share, and present your creative work anytime, anyplace.¹

You can easily upload files from your Adobe Touch Apps to Creative Cloud as long as you have an active Internet connection. Upload files from your app to access them from your computer for further work in Creative Suite or to share with others. You can also upload files created with Creative Suite applications to Creative Cloud from your computer, and then access them from your tablet or smartphone.

You can import or upload files using Creative Cloud when using the following Adobe Touch Apps:

• Adobe Ideas
• Adobe Photoshop Touch

To upload files to Creative Cloud from your tablet, tap the Creative Cloud icon located in the top right bar of your Adobe Touch App. After signing in, choose the files you wish to upload to Creative Cloud and tap OK.

To upload files from your desktop, navigate to the Adobe Creative Cloud page and sign in to your Creative Cloud account. From here, you can either click the upload button to add files from your desktop or simply drag and drop files from your desktop to the browser. Your files will now be stored in Creative Cloud and will be accessible in the Adobe Touch Apps.

After you've logged in to Creative Cloud from your desktop, you will be able to download files for access in Creative Suite components. To download a file, check the box next to the file you want to download and click the Download File button that appears. The Download File button is also accessible on the file preview page.

Creative Cloud makes it easy to transfer your Adobe Ideas artwork to Illustrator for further refinement. Sync and store .idea files in Creative Cloud, and then open them with Illustrator CS6 for further refinement. To open .idea files with Illustrator CS5 or CS5.1, you'll need to download and install the Touch App Plug-in available on the Apps and Services page of Creative Cloud.

Most files can be uploaded and shared from Creative Cloud. In addition, many creative file types can be previewed directly in a web browser on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. These include PSD, AI, INDD, JPG, PDF, GIF, PNG, Photoshop Touch, Adobe Ideas, and others.

An Adobe ID is typically your current email address. A verified Adobe ID, plus your password, gives you access to Creative Cloud to use with your Adobe Touch Apps. You can create an Adobe ID within your Adobe Touch App. 

When you share a file, the recipient will receive an email with a public URL that will take them to a presentation view of the file. Anyone with access to the public URL will be able to view the file, as well as download or comment on it, if you have enabled these options.

If you sign up for a free Creative Cloud membership, you will get 2GB of storage space to sync, store, and share your files. If you become a paid member of Creative Cloud, you will get 20GB of storage space. Learn more about Creative Cloud membership.

Visit the Creative Cloud page to access Creative Cloud and learn more about its features.

The view, access, and share features of Creative Cloud work with most popular browsers and operating systems. Internet Explorer versions 9 and below do not support selecting multiple files for upload to Creative Cloud.

Adobe uses industry-leading security engineering processes in building its products. With Creative Cloud, security is considered at every level, from applications to networks to physical facilities. In addition to the latest technologies, world-class security requires ongoing adherence to best-practice policies.

Adobe Creative Cloud uses some of the latest technology available for Internet security. When you access a service, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology is used for both server authentication and data encryption, helping to ensure that your data and documents are available only to you and the users you authorize. The service issues a session cookie only to record authentication information for the duration of a specific session. The session cookie does not include the username (Adobe ID) or password of the user.

Creative Cloud leverages firewall protection, intrusion detection systems, SSL encryption, and proprietary protocols to protect your important information. The services are hosted in a protected server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology to help prevent interference or access from outside intruders.

Services hosting facilities are protected by multiple layers of physical security, and only authorized personnel may access the facilities and servers. In addition, all facility access is logged, and logs are regularly reviewed and protected from outside access. All data center equipment has physical protections in place against data theft and environmental hazards in order to prevent assets from being lost, damaged, or compromised and to prevent interruption in business activities.