Touch Screen Monitor? I am considering a touch screen monitor. I've got a Wacom tablet for fine work, but feel that seeing the image and putting the "pen" right on it will be the best...

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

I am considering a touch screen monitor. I've got a Wacom tablet for fine work, but feel that seeing the image and putting the "pen" right on it will be the best solution for post processing. I use PhotoShop 7 and when eliminating unavoidable background clutter, getting good edges is difficult with a mouse or even a tablet.

Has any one had experience with a touch screen monitor?

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

PHRubin wrote:

I am considering a touch screen monitor. I've got a Wacom tablet for fine work, but feel that seeing the image and putting the "pen" right on it will be the best solution for post processing. I use PhotoShop 7 and when eliminating unavoidable background clutter, getting good edges is difficult with a mouse or even a tablet.

Has any one had experience with a touch screen monitor?

I have one on the laptop I use for emergency and travel. I never used it for processing images. For most work I use my desktop - not touch screen. It might work for you, but I doubt for myself.
Mark

tcthome Loc: NJ

Wacom Cintique. Steve Perry uses 1. Also Karl Taylor on you tube has a couple of vids on using 1. Have fun.

Najataagihe

It is quite a pain to hold your arm up to use the touchscreen.

You will need some kind of prop, unless you put the monitor on its back and use it like a giant tablet.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

My wife's laptop has a touch screen. It's okay.
I've been using a mouse too long, so used to it.
I probably would not use the screen too much.
I only use it on her laptop because she uses the built-in mouse pad, which I don't like.
My laptop and the desktop are not touch screens.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I had one touchscreen for a while. It was at the farm. Fortunately it was a glass surface, because on the farm my hands are frequently covered with noxious substances so the screen was always dirty. It was bolted to a wall and used for data taking and only for pushing virtual buttons on the screen (sort of like those monitors you see used to see in restaurants that the waitstaff used to enter orders. Never tried it for fine work.

My iPhone of course uses a touchscreen. I got a photo editing app on the phone and tried it out a few times but the screen was way too small to do anything serious. Really dismal results.

The original touchscreen was a tablet. Got it for about $200 maybe 5 years ago. Used it for a couple years and didn't find it was worth the trouble. It's now propped up on a table as a photo frame using the screen saver.

RichinSeattle

I'm very happy with my Microsoft Surface Book. Has a ~15" monitor, and can be used with or without a keyboard. Excellent resolution and color rendition.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Longshadow wrote:

My wife's laptop has a touch screen. It's okay.
I've been using a mouse too long, so used to it.
I probably would not use the screen too much.
I only use it on her laptop because she uses the built-in mouse pad, which I don't like.
My laptop and the desktop are not touch screens.

I’m pretty much aligned with you. I use a wired mouse on my desktop and laptop. Hate the mouse pad on the laptop. I seldom use the touch screen on the laptop

jim quist Loc: Missouri

I have a Wacom Cintique and love it. You have the image right on the screen, and using a pen I can do detail work I could never do with a mouse. I don't know why anyone would not love using one of these.

dfrodin Loc: Colorado Springs, CO

I have a 24" Cintiq Pro and I love it! The smaller Cintiqs are more reasonable in price but work just as well. Try one out for 30 days and see if it works for you. Go to Wacom.com to check them out.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I occasionally take a laptop on travel that is touchscreen. My experience is that the touchscreen is handy for button pushing and maybe sliders but generally is PITA for anything that requires precision. For those moments, I rely on a mount if I forgot my Wacom.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

PHRubin wrote:

I am considering a touch screen monitor. I've got a Wacom tablet for fine work, but feel that seeing the image and putting the "pen" right on it will be the best solution for post processing. I use PhotoShop 7 and when eliminating unavoidable background clutter, getting good edges is difficult with a mouse or even a tablet.

Has any one had experience with a touch screen monitor?

Newest versions of Photoshop, On1 and others have exceptionally powerful masking and selecting tools that use color, contrast and edge detection, custom brushes to replace stuff that you accidentally masked, a remove background tool, plus a lot of other significant advantages. But you can usually get very good results using channels and contrast adjustments to create crisp, realistic selections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42JXjWZ5fII

https://f64academy.com/remove-background-versus-select-subject-photoshop-2020/

Unless the display is horizontal like a Cintiq, your accuracy may not be up to your expectations.

I use Photoshop 2020 and do all of my "fussy" selections and masking with a mouse. I also have a Wacom tablet, but other than for very precise dodge/burn stuff, the mouse is more than adequate for me. Things have significantly advanced since 2002 when Photoshop 7 was released. Just sayin'

Cummins

My fingers can't make the screen come alive when I swipe on my phone. Then, the screen shows the trails the fingers took. So, for me, the touch screens, anywhere, are a RPITA.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Only the user knows if he works better with a touch screen or mouse.

Majority opinion may be accurate, ...or not.

Like asking what my personal preference should be.

Rusty69 Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

If my tablet is anything to go by, the touchscreen will be covered in fingerprints before you know it. If you go that route get a decent stylus and use that in concert.