This article on TechCrunch really caught my eye. Apparently, the team from Worth 1000 have a new project called Aviary.

Aviary will provide both a marketplace for creative professionals to showcase and sell their artwork as well as a set of 14 online tools to create and edit the artwork. The online tools (all named after birds) range from image editing, vector illustration, swatch generation and even audio & video editing. According to their website at creationonthefly.com, the tools will integrated with each other - allowing users to create an asset in one tool and bring it into another.

While there is no shortage of online image editors on the web today, this is certainly the first project (that I'm aware of) that will bring such a full suite of functionality to content creation. Indeed, it's hard not to compare the project to Adobe's Master Collection. Will creative professionals be inclined to switch from desktop tools to their online counterparts? Will they have to switch to take advantage of the marketplace? According to the TechCrunch article, the tools are all created using Flex - which means that there's also the potential that Aviary could create desktop versions of the tools using Adobe AIR. This is definitely a project I'll be following. Stay tuned!