Photoshop with friends: a synchronous learning community for graphic design

Authors:
Juho Kim;Benjamin Malley;Joel Brandt;Mira Dontcheva;Diana Joseph;Krzysztof Z. Gajos;Robert C. Miller
Affiliations:
Massachusettes Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA;University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;Adobe Systems, San Francisco, CA, USA;Adobe Systems, San Francisco, CA, USA;Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA, USA;Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA;Massachusettes Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Photoshop with Friends is an online community of learners exchanging just-in-time help on graphic design tasks. The system attempts to provide an interactive, visual, context-aware, and personalized mode of learning. Developed as a Facebook application, Photoshop with Friends allows users to help each other in live sessions, with built-in screen sharing, recording, and voice chat support. Major design decisions are guided by two laboratory studies that identified challenges in learning graphic design skills on the web.