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I wonder if people will drop Photoshop from their list of deficiencies when the topic Tablet vs. PC comes up. Often, some people bring up the lack of productivi
by esturk 8y ago
I wonder if people will drop Photoshop from their list of deficiencies when the topic Tablet vs. PC comes up. Often, some people bring up the lack of productivity tools like PS, X_Cad, writing and building code etc.
- megaman22 8y agoI don't think I understand how one could possibly use Photoshop effectively with such imprecise and limited input options as touch. I don't think I'd be able to do it on a surface the size of an IPad with a good stylus, let alone my grubby sausage fingers. Especially without keyboard shortcuts to reduce the amount of clicking around to select different tools and navigate.
- revision17 8y agoThe apple pencil is pretty good. As of the most recent generation of iPads, all current iPads support it too (not just the iPad Pros, as was the case in the past).
- ModernMech 8y agoBut what about "gorilla arm"? I used to hear that as an excuse for why touch screen windows laptops with a pen were impractical.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThat applies more to larger vertically mounted touch screens (including laptops with touch screens). Using an iPad with a stylus isn’t very different from using a Wacom tablet, which are fairly standard in the industry that uses photoshop anyways.
- rimliu 8y agoiPad has a better resolution and color reproduction than many displays.
- eropple 8y agoMy Photoshop workflow depends on its ability to act as a plugin host for third party workflow tools and to integrate with the rest of a professional toolchain. So, for me, Photoshop functionally remains a PC/Mac application. (This applies to most applications ported to iOS or even the Web with such fanfare -- I still use Office plugins here and there...)
- rainbowmverse 8y agoIt's the same with music software. It's wonderful that Reaper has a native Linux version! I might just go with Linux when I have the means to build a dedicated mixing and mastering computer, though I'll miss the ease and quality of SerumFX. Unfortunately, few VST developers have taken advantage of the new Linux support in the VST SDK. And then there's Ableton Live. All of it runs on Windows and Mac. None of it is likely to see an iOS port. I need my whole workflow to come along. None of it is trivially replaced.
- eropple 8y agoI didn't even think of music stuff. I use Logic Pro at the moment as my primary mixer for the video stuff I do (mostly because the remoting capabilities are nicer--Logic Remote is a lot nicer than Lemur or other OSC stuff) and...well, now I'm a little queasy.
- scarface74 8y agoApple is introducing some advanced automation features with iOS 12 that may go a long way toward making that easier.
- eropple 8y agoAssuming plugins get updated for an arbitrary new standard that is wholly incompatible both with existing tools and with existing platforms (every Photoshop plugin I have works on Mac and PC and there is zero percent chance that those, even if they are updated, would not be a disgusting upcharge for iOS), sure. Or one could not use it at all.