Photoshop Is Officially Available on IPhone

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“Photoshop” is synonymous with image editing, and for good reason. The app is an industry standard and has been around for over 30 years. But while Photoshop has been available on computers and tablets for some time, those who want to edit images on their smartphones have to use alternative programs or simply use their other devices instead.

Today the situation is changing. As of Tuesday, February 25th, Photoshop is officially available on iPhone. You can go to the App Store, search for “Photoshop” and see not only the usual alternatives like Lightroom, Canva, and Facetune, but also actual offerings. Plus, the app itself is free, in addition to a number of “core visualization and design tools.” According to the company, this includes the following for free:

  • Selections, layers and masks

  • Click the Select tool

  • Spot healing brush

  • Adobe Firefly AI features such as generative padding and generative expansion.

  • Integration with Adobe Express, Adobe Fresco and Adobe Lightroom.

  • Access to “hundreds of thousands” of free Adobe Stock assets.

Credit: Adobe

The company showed off a number of editing examples that you can use the app for: using the masking tool to copy an object from one image and paste it into another; using a “quick selection brush” to highlight parts of the image from the final product; overlaying multiple images on top of each other to create a dramatic but realistic set of objects around the subject; changing the color of one image element while maintaining the rest; and selecting objects to quickly remove them from the scene.

Of course, Adobe is also promoting its artificial intelligence features , namely Generative Fill. In one demo, a representative wants to insert an island into an ocean image. They use the Lasso tool to select the area in the image where the island should be, and then use Generator Fill to create a patch of grassy land using AI. In another case, Generative Fill is used to remove the background, replacing it with the sky visible in another part of the image.

Obviously, if you have experience with Photoshop, you should be very familiar with the tools and features of this version of the application. It might take you a little while to get your bearings, though: judging by the press images and videos, it’s definitely a mobile app, which means its user interface is similar to many other image editing apps you might have used before. So, it may take some trial and error before you figure out where all your usual options and functions are. But from what I can see, it’s a typical Photoshop experience, just reworked into mobile form.

There are more features (if you pay for them)

While Photoshop and its “core” features are free to download and use on the iPhone, if you decide to pay, you’ll get more features and benefits. Adobe now has a “Photoshop Mobile and Web Plan” for customers who want additional capabilities in the iOS, iPadOS, and web versions of the app. This includes:

  • Access Photoshop online

  • Expanded access to Firefly-powered AI tools such as Create Similar and Reference Image.

  • Access to over 20,000 fonts (or import your own)

  • Selecting an object for precise selection

  • The magic wand for targeted adjustments

  • Remove tool

  • Clone stamp

  • Content Aware Fill

  • Advanced blend modes to style your image

  • Lighten and Darken to lighten or darken different parts of the image.

This plan costs $7.99 per month or $69.99 per year. If you’ve already paid for Photoshop, all of these benefits are now included in your plan.

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