As some of you may know, Adobe is introducing a new cool software to it’s lineup, called Adobe Story. To sum it up, it’s Adobe answer to Final Draft, with better online/on the cloud sharing/editing.
You can even test it right now in Adobe labs: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/story/
Story is made in Flash, and Flash won’t be anytime soon on the iPad or the iPhone. In fact, Flash runtime in a browser won’t be in the iPhone/iPad. But Adobe announced that Flash CS5 will be able to compile native iphone/ipad applications.
The truth is, i’m not a Mac fan (Windows is my personal favorite), but I got the iphone when it got released, and 2/3 of the apps I bought on it are pre-production tools (Cinemek Storyboard, Focalware, Artemis, pCam, Screenplay, Technicolor, Panascout…) or color tools (myPantone, Color Expert). And some of them are expensive for « mobile» apps (some of them are free too). But they are totally worth it if you’re a hobbyist movie maker.
I’m even using Dropbox, which is just an online space storage to monitor my After effects renders. And I know i’m not the only one here 
I totally embrace Stu vision of the iPad by the way, and i can’t wait to use my Magic Bullet Looks with such an input device.
You can see how many apps are dedicated to movie making hobbyist/Pro on the wonderfull HandHeldHollywood website (a must have link for iphone lovers). And even FinalDraft is coming to iPad. I used FinalDraft a lot and now I’m switching over to Story, but if Story doesn’t support iPad, I may switch back to Final Draft, loosing all the great sharing features, but gaining the ability to read/edit my script wherever I am. And sadly, that last part, for now, is more important to me than the ease of share introduced in Story.
But why makes me think Adobe won’t release Story on iPad ? Nothing really, but the little war between Apple & Adobe. And the Flash team hand in hand with HP slate demoing Flash Support. All this makes me feel like Adobe won’t support that much iPhone & iPad. I hope I’m wrong.
Concidering the potential iPad is for hobbyist/Pro movie makers, and how the iPhone is a real help when budget is short, i can’t think of Adobe not supporting it.
So please Adobe, make Story an iPad App.
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