The biggest change in the new MacBook Pro, announced at Apple’s media event on Thursday, is the elimination of the keyboard’s function keys. The Pro’s keyboard now has a contextually relevant Touch Bar at the top. That makes the keyboard more versatile than ever, with keys that change according to the app you’re using. Apple will support its own apps with the Touch Bar, of course, but will also open it up to third-party developers.
Sep 12, 2016 Re: How do I set up photoshop to work with a touch screen? X23x23x23 Feb 19, 2016 3:12 PM ( in response to HLCarleton ) Same issue here, with a brand new Lenovo Flex 3 and an Adonit Jot Pro capacitive stylus. To draw with a pen directly on the screen you'll need either a Wacom Cintiq screen-tablet, or Cintiq Companion tablet PC. I would advice to learn the hotkeys though, you can't work in Photoshop efficiently unless you master the hotleys. I understand that the touch screen driver is incompatible with Adobe Photoshop. If the driver is already installed then you may run the driver in compatibility mode and check if this helps. Compatibility mode runs the program using settings from a previous version of Windows. Re: How do I set up photoshop to work with a touch screen? X23x23x23 Feb 19, 2016 3:12 PM ( in response to HLCarleton ) Same issue here, with a brand new Lenovo Flex 3 and an Adonit Jot Pro capacitive stylus.
One of those developers is Adobe, a natural fit.
“This new MacBook Pro and Photoshop are made for each other,” Bradee Evans, experience design manager of Adobe Photoshop, said in an on-stage demo at Apple’s keynote presentation.
Evans showcased how Photoshop, software in most creative professionals’ toolkits, will work with the new MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar. (Click each image to see a full-size version.)
Everyone knows that using Photoshop requires a lot of clicking to achieve the perfect combination of visual effects. But as Evans demonstrated using a photo of a woman climbing a cave in Greece, the Touch Bar makes that process a little less complicated.
“What if the cave were in the desert instead of Greece?” Evans said.
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The tool for cutting things out in Photoshop is called Select and Mask. It’s usually buried in a submenu, but with the Touch Bar, it’s right on the keyboard.
After you touch Select and Mask, the Touch Bar changes again to show you just the tools you need.
With your right hand you mouse and select on the trackpad, and with your left hand you adjust the sizing.
“This two-hand way of working is really fun,” Evans said.
To add to an open document, choose Favorites on the Touch Bar and then add a new layer. You can go full-screen from the Touch Bar if you want—there are no panels or menus to push out of the way. Every option is in the Touch Bar.
There is a mode of the Touch Bar just for brush control, so you can change the size of the brush, the flow of color through the brush, and how hard the brush is.
Choosing color is now easier with the Touch Bar. You can keep your right hand on the trackpad—which is now two times larger—for painting while the left hand is choosing colors by sliding across the Touch Bar.
“It almost feels like you’re playing a musical instrument,” Evans said.
If you want to blend the colors with the layer beneath it, you can change the blend mode in the layer properties. That can be difficult in Photoshop sans Touch Bar.
“There’s a lot of clicking and trying and hoping and guessing,” Evans said.
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But with the new MacBook Pro, you can just scroll through blend modes in the Touch Bar to find the best one for your image, from soft light to vivid light and everywhere in between.
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If at any point you don’t like the changes you’ve made, you can scroll back through the visual history of your image in the Touch Bar.
The Touch Bar-optimized version of Photoshop is expected to roll out by the end of the year.
By adding the Touch Bar to the latest MacBook Pro, Apple has added a way for Mac users to access all manner of tools without having to click a mouse or trackpad. Everything sits at the top of the keyboard, mere inches from where your fingers already rest. The Touch Bar is specially designed for use with Mac-based programs. But, many of us like to use both Windows and macOS on one computer and the Windows operating system relies on the function keys, which are now folded into the Touch Bar. So, what does the Touch Bar mean for Windows users on the Mac?
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Apple's built-in utility, Boot Camp, lets you install Windows onto your Mac using a partitioned drive. When you boot up Windows via Boot Camp, the Touch Bar will display the function keys F1 - F12 and an escape key. As soon as you log into Windows, the default setting will be the function keys. It is not clear yet whether there will be further customization for the Touch Bar when you use Book Camp to log into Windows.
What the Touch Bar does when using Parallels with Windows
While Boot Camp lets you install the Windows operating system on a partitioned drive, Parallels is a third-party app that allows you to use Windows while still in macOS. Developers are able to add Touch Bar support to apps, so it is highly likely that Parallels will add a row of function keys to the Touch Bar. The company hasn't made any official announcement yet about what it will add to the Touch Bar.
What if my third-party app doesn't support the Touch Bar, but I need the function keys?
Have no fear. Apple didn't forget about the function keys, even if its own operating system doesn't really make much use of them. If you want to use F1 - F12, and the app you are using doesn't have Touch Bar support, simply press the fn key on your keyboard and the Touch Bar will display those trusty function keys for you.
Touch Screen Compatible With Mac For Use With Adobe PremiereAny questions?
Do you have any questions or concerns about losing the physical row of function keys on the Mac when you are booting up Windows? Put them in the comments and I'll help you out.
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