It's not only fun to use, it can save a little time over clicking through onscreen submenus, although experienced Photoshop gurus no doubt have their own shortcuts and macros set up for maximum efficiency.Īpple's Logic Pro X professional music production software has also just added Touch Bar support, including the ability to play a mini piano keyboard or drum pads on the Touch Bar. Brushes, for example, allows you to select the size or opacity of the brush from the Touch Bar, and even use your finger to scrub through color options. Photoshop has much deeper Touch Bar integration, with controls sorted into three main categories: layer properties, brushes and favorites, the last of which is customizable. Photoshop recently added Touch Bar support. You can read much more about the Touch Bar experience here.

At launch, it didn't have the software support to be a must-have productivity tool, but that's slowly changing. The inclusion of a slim touch strip for commands, called the Touch Bar, was also polarizing - it's moderately useful in many circumstances, amazingly so in a handful. Despite it being a near-total refresh of this decade-old line, a good deal of the focus was on complaints about the (still) high price and the switch away from traditional USB and HDMI ports to USB-C/Thunderbolt ports.

Much has been written, blogged or Tweeted about Apple's newest laptops, first unveiled in late October 2016. 2,048MB Radeon Pro 455 / 1,536MB Intel HD Graphics 530

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