Carousel - the analogue of Adobe Photo Stream

Service Adobe CarouselOf which you are not so long ago, can read on our website, it has finally become available for download in the App Store.

At the moment, there is only support for apple device family, but later on Windows and Android users just will not go away and get their version of the application.

To begin, consider Carousel version for the Mac. When you first start you will be prompted to create an account or create a new Adobe ID. Immediately evident that Carousel is primarily targeted at home use, there are no overloaded interface and plenty of controls. On the main screen there is only a photo upload button, go to the settings and viewing photos download status. The remaining space is occupied by a preview of the image already loaded. Sort photos in a single "Carousel" is only available automatically on the date of the snapshot, so sorry, you can not group photos on any other grounds. The benefit is the ability to create multiple "Carousel" from your photos.

Application settings are not astonishingly varied. You can create a new "Carousel", by the way they are limited to five, and specify privacy settings for it. By default, photos are available for all devices with your Adobe ID, if you wish, you can specify e-mail people with whom you want to share your photos. It is also a need to keep the original image on the computer in your own library applications, you can specify there.

When viewing photos have the ability to mark their favorite images, save images to a computer, duplicate them, copy to the clipboard and remove buffer. There are some possibilities for image editing. Using 17 photo filters can make your photo more attractive. It is perfect for home use, but high hopes for this feature is not necessary to impose - filters are used "as is" and no adjustments have not. A great feature for undemanding users, but who are more or less seriously fond of photography, clearly prefer a more functional solution for artistic treatment. If necessary, you can adjust the white balance, exposure and contrast. White balance and exposure can be adjusted automatically. Last edit function allows you to rotate the image and cut off the excess.

Before we wrap up, let's digress for a version for the iPhone. Carousel interface for iOS is almost identical to the way it is implemented on a Mac, the only difference is in some settings. Of course, there is no point to keep the original image, but the mobile version has the ability to Share photos via email, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, which is not on the desktop version. Edit photos as well resembles that in the version of the application for OS X, but color correction capabilities in a mobile application is much broader.

Very interesting photo editing is implemented. All committed changes instantly appear on all devices, and change history is synchronized - in versions for iOS, you can undo the changes committed in the desktop version, and vice versa.

It is noticeable that when you create a Carousel developers focused on iPhoto and photostream. Instant download images to the cloud, friendly user interface that can easily understand even far from the digital people, it reminds the usability of applications developed Apple.

Unfortunately, not managed in the application without the drawbacks. The fact that Adobe tried to make the application as simple and understandable, has left some limitations on functionality, such as Carousel can only work with images in a format Jpeg. In our time, see annex countries that can not work with other popular formats. The lack of any integration with other products of Adobe, for example, Photoshop, Lightroom, just as puzzling. Rather controversial decision - up photos of the originals in their own library, similar to iPhoto. Let's imagine that you store photos in the Pictures folder, the iPhoto creates the library and Carousel, too. It turns out, all of your images are stored in triplicate and take a lot of hard disk space. Significant disadvantages are the lack of gestures to the desktop version of the application - flipping pictures can be either the arrow keys or using the appropriate interface elements. The final net applications is that in D; IME, you can view photos only within the same date, and to move to the next date each time will have to return to the main window Carousel.

With the amount of space provided by the user to store images while it is not clear. The developer does not speak about any restrictions, but I do not really believe that the volume of network storage is not limited. Most likely there is a limit, but the place is quite a lot to the average user is not faced with limitations.

Despite the fact that the free application, the service provided with the subscription fee. Monthly subscription costs $ 9.99, and the annual $ 99.99, however, on the occasion of launching the application, you can have time to purchase a subscription at the discounted price of $ 5.99 and $ 59.99 respectively. The first month of use to familiarize themselves with the application free of charge.

Download the Mac App Store: Carousel
Download from the App Store: Carousel
Price: free
Subscription: $9.99/$99.99
System requirements: OS X 10.7 / iOS 4.2 and higher