Microsoft and Adobe are improving Photoshop on touchscreens

[Scorpus]

The one app that Microsoft loves to point out is Adobe Photoshop, mostly as the editing app will run without issue on the company's range of Surface Pro tablets. Unfortunately though, Photoshop is designed to be operated with a keyboard and mouse as opposed to a touchscreen, with many of the toolbars and options being quite hard to manipulate on a tablet.

This is set to change, as Microsoft and Adobe have teamed up to improve Photoshop and Illustrator on touchscreens. Starting from today, both applications running in Windows 8.1 will support touch gestures, greatly improving their usability on tablets like the Surface Pro 3.

But the partnership goes deeper than just slapping on some touch features to Photoshop; Adobe is now working on an entirely new touch-friendly interface. At Adobe Max in Los Angeles, Adobe showed off a new feature called Playground, which strips back the Photoshop interface and allows you to manipulate layers simply by swiping across the display.

The benefit to these improvements for touchscreens is that Adobe can still offer the full Photoshop experience and interface when you switch to using a keyboard and mouse. On the Surface Pro 3, for example, attaching the keyboard cover could see the app switch from the touch interface to the full interface, giving users the best of both worlds.

What was detailed at Adobe Max was just meant to "get the journey started" for what software and hardware combinations Microsoft could provide to users of Windows, according to CEO Satya Nadella.

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[VitalyT]

Painters have been using brushes for centuries not because they enjoyed doing things manually

It was the job for the critics to stick fingers in the canvas and tell'em when it ain't good.

Some traditions are best kept as they are

I don't really see it being useful to draw with your fingers.

 

[MeladT]

Digital brushes maybe?

Painters have been using brushes for centuries not because they enjoyed doing things manually

It was the job for the critics to stick fingers in the canvas and tell'em when it ain't good.

Some traditions are best kept as they are

I don't really see it being useful to draw with your fingers.

 

[MeladT]

Sorry, meant to write - *Digitized* (some sort of digitized brush/pen)

Digital brushes maybe?

Painters have been using brushes for centuries not because they enjoyed doing things manually

It was the job for the critics to stick fingers in the canvas and tell'em when it ain't good.

Some traditions are best kept as they are

I don't really see it being useful to draw with your fingers.

 

[VitalyT]

Digital brushes maybe?

Stylus and alike is what it is They are used by artists widely now. But it is not what MS + Adobe are trying to pull there

Whatever happened to those coffee tables, oh yes - Android ate them...

 

[yRaz]

Painters have been using brushes for centuries not because they enjoyed doing things manually

It was the job for the critics to stick fingers in the canvas and tell'em when it ain't good.

Some traditions are best kept as they are

I don't really see it being useful to draw with your fingers.

I'm so glad you've decided to take the moral high ground on art.

#VitalyT 2016

 

[Adhmuz]

Everyone knows you can't beat the precision of a finger when trying to select that pixel on your greasy touch screen. This has to be a joke, or they're simply wasting time for the sake of wasting time over at Adobe. Again W8 brings us the joy of finger painting when trying to be productive. Thank You Microsoft.

 

[Guest]

Haha, true! Nothing beats the sharp, precise corner of a cursor!

 

[captaincranky]

Everyone knows you can't beat the precision of a finger when trying to select that pixel on your greasy touch screen. This has to be a joke, or they're simply wasting time for the sake of wasting time over at Adobe. Again W8 brings us the joy of finger painting when trying to be productive. Thank You Microsoft.

Adobe, M$, and Apple all know there's a massive untapped sales demographic in the six and under, kindergarten and preschool market. Messy tempera paints are destined to become a thing of the past. Parents will immensely enjoy the easy cleanup after finger painting presented by wiping down a screen with some form of sanitizing wipes.

You go get 'um, Adobe & M$! The next stop in your expansion should be targeted at chimps, then you can work your way through the rest of the great apes, and onto true monkeys...(y)

 

[yRaz]

You go get 'um, Adobe & M$! The next stop in your expansion should be targeted at chimps, then you can work your way through the rest of the great apes, and onto true monkeys...(y)

imagine how convenient a poo flinging app on the surface pro 3 would be for the handlers!

 

[captaincranky]

imagine how convenient a poo flinging app on the surface pro 3 would be for the handlers!

Fischer-Price will be way ahead of the curve on this one. ""Junior Zoo Keeper" will be part of the software bundled with "The Play School 3D Printer" (It will be under the, "Primates with Special Needs" subsection).

Fecal matter, of course, will be sold separately.. Quick, duck..!