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Adobe Photoshop Updated With Touch Bar Support

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Adobe has released an updated version of Photoshop CC 2017 for Mac with support for the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro, providing users with access to controls based on three categories: Layer Properties, Brushes, and Favorites.

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Photoshop's implementation includes a History Scrubber to jump to any recent state of a document created during the current session. Each time a user applies a change to the document, a new document state is added. Users can scroll through or tap thumbnails on the Touch Bar to navigate the document history.

Touch Bar functions for Layer Properties include adjusting the layer opacity and visibility, scrolling through available blending modes, and making a layer a clipping mask. For brushes, users can use the Touch Bar to pick a color, brush size, brush hardness, brush opacity, and brush flow.

Favorites includes a Screen Mode for toggling between the normal screen mode and full screen mode, and controls for invoking the New Layer command and flipping layers horizontally or vertically. Meanwhile, a Fill Mode control invokes the Fill command with the Content-Aware Fill option preselected.

Photoshop design manager Bradee Evans demoed the Touch Bar features at Apple's new MacBook Pro event in October. Skip to the 52:30 mark.


Photoshop users can update to the latest version using the Adobe CC Updater. Adobe says Touch Bar support is a "technology preview," meaning the feature is not considered "production-ready" but nonetheless is available for users to try out.

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Now we really need a new wired keyboard with TouchBar support for us iMac users. I use PS every day at work. Creatives at work are more likely to use an iMac or external display, necessitating an external keyboard. I assume it would need to be wired to power the display and reduce input lag, but perhaps Apple's new wireless charging tech next year could solve part of that problem. A custom wireless chip for the video signal could solve the other part.
 
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+1 for keyboard (preferably wireless please) with touchbar support. Whether using with docked MB / MBP or with a desktop, this would be an excellent accessory to increase interest and hopefully developer support for the TouchBar.
 
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bladerunner2000 said:
o_O

Say that in an ad agency or other studio. Nobody uses Pixelmator. It's a wicked app and all, but it doesn't do anywhere near as much as Photoshop. If one were to shut down today, which do you think would cause major problems?
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Probably Adobe but there's still a lot of people getting CS6 instead of the Creative Cloud subscription. Pixelmator tends to copy some features every so often.
 
TMRJIJ said:
Probably Adobe but there's still a lot of people getting CS6 instead of the Creative Cloud subscription. Pixelmator tends to copy some features every so often.
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Probably? LOL... there's no probably here, it's an absolute guarantee. I've been working as a designer for over 15 years. NOT ONCE have I come across anyone using Pixelmator or even having heard of it. Even when I try to get non-designer coworkers to get off my back by doing mundane things for them like image resizing (ive got better things to do than petty favours), I recommend Pixelmator, they still refuse to use it... think about that.

I like the app; it's fast, small, cheap, does all the basics and then some... but it's no replacement for Photoshop.
 
mdbradigan said:
+1 for keyboard (preferably wireless please) with touchbar support. Whether using with docked MB / MBP or with a desktop, this would be an excellent accessory to increase interest and hopefully developer support for the TouchBar.
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Apple's touchbar keyboard update should be wireless with optional wired use via a USB-C connection. An adapter cable (purchased separately) would allow it to work with older Macs, but the next iMac update will support USB-C, and the iMac and keyboard would be released together.
 
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TMRJIJ said:
Probably Adobe but there's still a lot of people getting CS6 instead of the Creative Cloud subscription. Pixelmator tends to copy some features every so often.
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I like Pixelmator but as a pro graphic designer Adobe is the king on my industry. Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign and After Effects are the standard.
I am not in love with the subscription model from Adobe but if you making a living using their tools, that's an insignificant amount of money to pay for it. As for Pixelmator, I am still waiting to see a pro studio using it as their main tool. It just not the case. On a consumer level, I think Pixelmator is a great buy.
 
I really do not see how this TouchBar in PS will improve my workflow.... Using a Wacom tablet... I hate to take my eyes off the image so the TB will be useless for me.

I am still waiting for the company to bring me this new MBP.... Let's see...

Adobe - I think they were laughing when they sent that lady to demo it.... that retouching the lady, what she did, was.... in my opinion.... Pokemon Style Retouching.
Probably there are others who will find it useful... I really really don't.
 
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Boo I have CS6 and would love this type of control. But, I use a wired apple keyboard so it wouldn't really matter.

I do tons of web design, what I'd love is to tap a 'save for web' button on touch bar!
 
Michaelgtrusa said:
Let's not forget Gimp.
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Gimp is surprisingly good. I think it has a steeper learning curve, but for the price (free, for those not aware) it has a huge percentage of Photoshop's functionality. For casual Photoshop users willing to learn the interface, it's a pretty decent option over shelling out for Photoshop.
 
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There are dozens of ignored feature requests that are years old in Adobe's forums.

Metal was released almost 2 years ago and still no signs of coming to Photoshop or Illustrator.

But here we have support for a gimmick that only a very small percentage of mac users will be able to use.

Adobe has its priorities straight.
 
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pier said:
There are dozens of ignored feature requests that are years old in Adobe's forums.

Metal was released almost 2 years ago and still no signs of coming to Photoshop or Illustrator.

But here we have support for a gimmick that only a very small percentage of mac users will be able to use.

Adobe has its priorities straight.
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What, you don't like the 4 year old bug that makes sliders get stuck to the cursor upon click release of a Wacom tablet or trackpad? Adobe has this thing where if they can't reproduce a bug 100% of the time, it's not worth fixing, and even if they can, if it's too hard to fix, they just blame someone else.
 
adamneer said:
What, you don't like the 4 year old bug that makes sliders get stuck to the cursor upon click release of a Wacom tablet or trackpad? Adobe has this thing where if they can't reproduce a bug 100% of the time, it's not worth fixing, and even if they can, if it's too hard to fix, they just blame someone else.
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Adobe blame someone else....they aren't owned by Apple are they?

How is touch bar in any way better than just using existing shortcut keys?
 
adamneer said:
What, you don't like the 4 year old bug that makes sliders get stuck to the cursor upon click release of a Wacom tablet or trackpad? Adobe has this thing where if they can't reproduce a bug 100% of the time, it's not worth fixing, and even if they can, if it's too hard to fix, they just blame someone else.
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I agree, but I was referring to new features.

In software companies QA and bug solving is usually a different department.

Hopefully Affinity will save us all.
 
pier said:
I agree, but I was referring to new features.

In software companies QA and bug solving is usually a different department.

Hopefully Affinity will save us all.
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true. OK how about this one - people have been begging them for years to make the vector paths from the pen tool properly visible, like they are in AI and AE...
 
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