Adobe gives peek at online Photoshop

Adobe demonstrated Photoshop Express at the Photoshop World conference on Thursday in Las Vegas. Photoshop Express is the lightweight online version of Photoshop.

"It's a new member of the Photoshop family that's meant to make Adobe imaging technology immediately accessible...to large numbers of people," says John Nack, Adobe Photoshop product manager.

The new Adobe product is aimed at consumers rather than professional photographers. It is a Flash application that runs in a browser and is designed to complement existing products Photoshop Creative Suite 3 and Photoshop Elements.

In a press release issued Thursday, Adobe said that the product is in development, but gave no indication when it would be available. A company representative on Friday said Adobe won't be releasing any additional details at this time.