Photoshop and touch screens: Is the latest photoshop CC or Lightroom software compatible with touch screen computers (i.e.: can the software be manipulated via a scribe or finger on...

Picdude Loc: Ohio

Is the latest photoshop CC or Lightroom software compatible with touch screen computers (i.e.: can the software be manipulated via a scribe or finger on the screen instead of a mouse)? Can any other photo editing software be manipulated that way?

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

The new iPad's have a stylus but I don't think you can get the control needed using just your fingers. This is why I use a Wacom Tablet.

Picdude Loc: Ohio

DanielB wrote:

The new iPad's have a stylus but I don't think you can get the control needed using just your fingers. This is why I use a Wacom Tablet.

Yeah, using fingers was more of an example than an actual consideration

. I have a Wacom tablet myself, but I also just got a touch screen laptop that a stylus works very well on. It would be awesome if I could use either the Wacom or touch screen to edit.

fotoman150

I wouldn’t use touch screen because the oil on your hands messes up the screen. You need a clean screen to use photoshop. I also thought it was pretty dumb when they used to put down people who used a mouse for retouching. I’ve never used a tablet. I do just fine with a mouse. They used to say if you used a mouse you were using a potato. LOL

DaveJ Loc: NE Missouri

I have been using a DELL XPS Laptop with a 4K touch screen for the last 2 years . It has worked on PS and LR fine. I bought a Bamboo pen and use it on occasion for fine work. I also use fingers for some of the menus along with the touchpad.

DaveC Loc: Illinois

I’m a heavy Photoshop user. I used a mouse for a long time. Then I finally decided to try a tablet so I bought a Wacom. I installed it, began using it and ten minutes later I set the mouse aside, never to be used again. I can’t recommend a tablet highly enough.

JBRIII

DaveC wrote:

I’m a heavy Photoshop user. I used a mouse for a long time. Then I finally decided to try a tablet so I bought a Wacom. I installed it, began using it and ten minutes later I set the mouse aside, never to be used again. I can’t recommend a tablet highly enough.

Are you using this as an input device to the computer or as an independent device?
Thanks;
Jim

DaveC Loc: Illinois

An input to a Windows computer. (I still use the mouse for non-Photoshop applications.)

montephoto

fotoman150 wrote:

I also thought it was pretty dumb when they used to put down people who used a mouse for retouching. I’ve never used a tablet. I do just fine with a mouse. They used to say if you used a mouse you were using a potato. LOL

Have you tried a tablet? Can you "sign" your name in a signature using your mouse?

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

I use a tablet but have thought using a touchscreen would help. When "painting" along irregular lines I would like not to have to judge exact positions and angles on tablet corresponding to places and angles on photo. So far I haven't seen anyone address that issue here.

I have an older computer that does not have an HDMI video output, and a video chip that doesn't have 16:9 aspect ratios. It tops out at 1152 X 864.

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

Picdude wrote:

Is the latest photoshop CC or Lightroom software compatible with touch screen computers (i.e.: can the software be manipulated via a scribe or finger on the screen instead of a mouse)? Can any other photo editing software be manipulated that way?

Yes and no. You can use a touchscreen with two finger gestures to zoom, rotate or reposition the image. You do not have the control of the cursor within the image, but you do outside the image area, to click buttons or menus, for instance (right click only, as far as I can tell).

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

fotoman150 wrote:

I wouldn’t use touch screen because the oil on your hands messes up the screen. You need a clean screen to use photoshop. I also thought it was pretty dumb when they used to put down people who used a mouse for retouching. I’ve never used a tablet. I do just fine with a mouse. They used to say if you used a mouse you were using a potato. LOL

For very fine control a tablet is far superior to a mouse. Try writing without moving your fingers or wrist..

DaveJ Loc: NE Missouri

Not all touchscreens for computers are the same. On my Dell XPS laptop, I can use a pen and do on the screen lines ect. I can outline what I want to cut out ect. I can use the pen as a brush and paint on whatever I want to. I think it is the same on tablets, some just go by pressure, and some use signals from the pen. I have never used a Wacom tablet, so I can't compare the difference.

jgunkler

DaveJ wrote:

I have been using a DELL XPS Laptop with a 4K touch screen for the last 2 years . It has worked on PS and LR fine. I bought a Bamboo pen and use it on occasion for fine work. I also use fingers for some of the menus along with the touchpad.

I've had the same experience with the same laptop.

fotoman150

I’ve tried a tablet but it’s a whole new set of muscle movements