Adobe plans to introduce freemium version of Photoshop on the web

Adobe is reportedly testing a free online version of Photoshop and plans to open up the service to everyone, aiming to introduce more users to the industry-standard application. According to The Verge, the company is currently testing a “freemium” version of the same in Canada where users can access Photoshop on their browser using a free Adobe account. It eventually plans to remove some features and offer them exclusively to paying subscribers. But even then, enough tools will be available for users to perform what Adobe considers to be core Photoshop functions.

The first web version of Photoshop was released in October last year. It was a simplified version of the desktop app that could be used to handle basic edits; this included layers and some core editing tools.