Adobe shows full-featured Photoshop CC for Touch Devices
- Published on June 2, 2014

In the past, Adobe has created watered-down versions of Photoshop for use on tablets and smart phones, but there has not been a full-featured version of Photoshop that was fully optimized for touch devices. At the recent launch event for Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3, Adobe’s VP of Experience Design, Michael Gough, showed a touch-optimized version of the full version of Photoshop, and hinted that touch optimized versions of the other Creative Cloud apps are also forthcoming.
Demonstrating Photoshop on a the Surface Pro 3 shows the difference of this touch computer compared to other tablets such as the iPad, as the Surface Pro is a full-featured computer running the complete Windows 8.1 operating system. The touch-optimized version of the Photoshop application includes support for high-density displays, tools that are enlarged on touch devices – making them easier to select, support for touch gestures such as pinch to zoom, and it is optimized for the use of a stylus as well
At some point in the not too distant future we expect our Photoshop training courses will incorporate touch devices, as Microsoft is pushing to make touch-devices more widespread. With the addition of Photoshop as a touch-optimized application running on Windows, Microsoft is developing a more robust library of applications which may help increase adoption of these devices.