Photoshop for web - any good in Education?

[gszech]

Our school is planning to order Photoshop for web. The idea is simple - we would like our pupils to access Photoshop at home on any device.

 

This is a question for educators. Can Photoshop for web deliver all curriculum planning / lessons or the web functionality is too limited and Photoshop for desktop is required.

 

I'm aware that with Photoshop license you get both web an desktop platforms, but the interface looks completely different in Photoshop for web and we are not sure about functionality

[Accura2k7]

My understanding is that Photoshop online is not covered by the standard licensing for Education. Photoshop online is IIRC £2 a user minimum 2000 users purchase quantity...

[gszech]

My understanding is that Photoshop online is not covered by the standard licensing for Education. Photoshop online is IIRC £2 a user minimum 2000 users purchase quantity...

 

We received a quotation from Academia for around 1000 users and the license also includes Photoshop for the web.

 

I've trialled Photoshop on web for 3 months and this just worked fine. A few filters were missing, the interface was different.

Is there a specific curriculum guidance that IT / Photography teachers needs to follow in secondary school that would exclude using Photoshop on the web ?

[fiza]

From : https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/using/photoshop-web-faq.html

 

Is Photoshop on the web available for school accounts?

 

Yes, Photoshop on the web is now available for all education users with a paid Photoshop entitlement.

[gszech]

From : https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/using/photoshop-web-faq.html

 

Thanks for this I've checked this page earlier. There is not much info there or a table comparison between the desktop and the web Photoshop version. They just keep repeating "Photoshop on the web has a streamlined online interface with an updated user interface, features and tools grouped in a condensed way to aid you find them faster."

[Sonic007]

There is also Photopea which is just as good and free.

[synaesthesia]

There is also Photopea which is just as good and free.

 

It is, but it's also prone to some *interesting* adverts. I've advised our ICT curriculum leads to use it on the basis that it may sometimes get blocked because of the ads.

[timbo343]

It is, but it's also prone to some *interesting* adverts. I've advised our ICT curriculum leads to use it on the basis that it may sometimes get blocked because of the ads.

 

We allow it here however we have had reports that 1 staff member is unable to use it as Photopea thinks we are blocking adverts. When we try a teststaff account with the same filtering permissions, it works fine. When said teacher runs photopea via edge in an inprivate browser, it works fine.

 

You would have thought it would be a cookie issue however when said teacher logs into a PC they haven't been on before the issue follows - staff using mandatory profiles.

[cnc]

Our school is planning to order Photoshop for web. The idea is simple - we would like our pupils to access Photoshop at home on any device.

 

We have the same requirements but are currently using the desktop versions of the Adobe CC apps on Mac Mini desktops in the classroom. The students are licensed for home use so can download the apps on their devices at home.

However, we are currently having huge issues with the way they work with large files.

e.g getting 700MB of photos to download from OneDrive so that they can create a contact sheet locally using a variety of photographs and then upload the file back to OneDrive to continue working from home.

 

Does Photoshop for Web utilise the Adobe storage to ensure that they can achieve everything within the web browser and is this included as part of the licensing? (We purchased via Academia too).

Is there any loss of functionality...I would need to demo to our Photography and Graphics teachers.

Any concerns with relying on the internet for access (although I guess the same can be said for all SaaS apps) ??

[dhicks]

Can Photoshop for web deliver all curriculum planning / lessons or the web functionality is too limited and Photoshop for desktop is required.

 

Sorry, I can't really answer your questions, but just to say we did have a very quick try-out of Photoshop-for-web (free evaluation account) and were quite impressed with the hardware it would run on. I think we tried it on a couple of our standard Chromebooks, our 7-year-old iMacs and even a 12(?)-year-old laptop, and it worked (if somewhat slowly on the older machines) on all of them.

[Pottsey]

Would Serif Affinity be any use? Its as good as Photoshop and free for education https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/affinity-canva-free-for-schools/?utm_campaign=affinity_edu_nfp_launch&utm_content=b2ed_email_edu&utm_id=en&utm_medium=email&utm_source=affinity_CRM

[gszech]

We have the same requirements but are currently using the desktop versions of the Adobe CC apps on Mac Mini desktops in the classroom. The students are licensed for home use so can download the apps on their devices at home.

However, we are currently having huge issues with the way they work with large files.

e.g getting 700MB of photos to download from OneDrive so that they can create a contact sheet locally using a variety of photographs and then upload the file back to OneDrive to continue working from home.

 

Does Photoshop for Web utilise the Adobe storage to ensure that they can achieve everything within the web browser and is this included as part of the licensing? (We purchased via Academia too).

Is there any loss of functionality...I would need to demo to our Photography and Graphics teachers.

Any concerns with relying on the internet for access (although I guess the same can be said for all SaaS apps) ??

 

With the Adobe user license you get a shared storage that can be assigned to users. All the work is saved in Adobe cloud and you can create storage quota for your users.

 

As for the loss functionality - this is what I don't know. One of our teachers claims that the web product is not good enough, but doesn't want to say what exactly is missing, or what part of the lessons plan can't be delivered.