Mixed Feelings Remain About Newly Updated Mixed Media App Adobe Collage
August 22, 2012
Just a week after Adobe Proto received its first update, it’s Adobe Collage’s turn to receive its own.
Adobe Collage and Adobe Proto were actually released in the App Store simultaneously. So, it’s not surprising that their respective updates are only days apart.
But whereas the update to Adobe Proto delivered a good many new enhancements, the update to Adobe Collage brings no more than a couple of notable improvements.
First, the app now lets you pick up colors directly from your board. Second, it now supports the ability to add opacity and drop shadow to objects on your board.
There are also bug fixes applied to the app’s sync and add text workflow, but those are only to be expected.
So, do these improvements finally make Adobe Collage worth its $9.99 price tag? Hardly.
Adobe Collage is an app that lets you create mixed-media collages — or as Adobe likes to call them, “moodboards” — right on your iPad.
Sure, it supports a number of important features including:
But, as it stands and even with its recent update, Adobe Collage carries too limited a feature set for something that carries a hefty $9.99 price tag.
- Import PDF, PSD, and AI files.
- Search and import content from Google, Flickr and YouTube.
- Increase the size of your canvas as needed to add assets.
- Multiple pen types allow for varied look and feel.
- Add text with a variety of fonts.
- Leverage existing content library in Adobe Creative Cloud.
