Comments on: Adobe introduce two new iPad apps but are they useful?

By: Anubhav Rohatgi

Anubhav Rohatgi — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000

Thank you Shanon. Our idea was the same when were brainstorming on Collage. Our influencers told us that they don’t want layers or precise drawing. They want direct manipulation of objects on the canvas and the ability to use mixed media types – as many as possible.

Regards,

–Anubhav
Anubhav Rohatgi
Sr. Product Manager, Adobe Collage

By: Shanon Peter

Shanon Peter — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:08:00 +0000

I know moodboarding seems crowded place on iPad. I still find Collage to most functional, and hence welcome as a standout in the crowd. I see taking cut-outs of images as one basic ability for creating boards, and Collage hits bang on that. I could never do that on Moodboard app that you mention. Also i missed freehand sketching in Moodboard thats so convenient in Collage.

I disagree that razor precision is needed for moodboarding, infact its the opposite, and thats why in my opinion, tablets is the best digital device to do it.

By: Jesús E. Lobejón

Jesús E. Lobejón — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:42:00 +0000

I agree with most of your remarks. Creating on an iPad doesn’t feel ergonomic right now, no matter what field. Seems more like a “toying with” device. Nice for learning and experimenting at one area, but not comfortable enough to escalate it to a production environment. Lack of a fine-point drawing device for is another cause: all stylus seem to have a huge point compared to those of a Wacom tablet or similar.

As for Muse, surprising as it may seen, I know designers around me (people lacking even the most basics HTML/CSS code skills) using it to create full small websites for small clients. Obviously these are completely uneducated clients that couldn’t care less about code optimization, SEO or such things. 17 euros or so monthly, and any designer can be a real competitor in this “small-world-of-small-websites” market… What do you make of it?