Microsoft and Adobe started to build a touch-screen Photoshop version

A combination of 2 big guys will make using Photoshop easier on the touch screen.

Photoshop is a very popular graphics software today. But using it on touch screens has never been an easy one. Recognizing this, Adobe began making the first moves earlier this year when it publicly tested features that support Windows 8 such as Zoom or screen rotation. And now Adobe has the opportunity to do better by creating a touchscreen-specific version, instead of trying to support touch for Photoshop's current features.

The first features were tested by Adobe, such as the Playgroud feature. With it, users can select layers simply by swiping their fingers through them, and even layers can be selected and moved by touch. At an event in Los Angeles, Adobe spokesman said: "As soon as we started researching touch, we knew that it would have to create a separate version for it."

Touch features will also be applied to Illustrator software, and you can see how we interact with the new software via the touch screen on the video above. Although it is an Adobe product, creating a touchscreen Photoshop version comes from the collaboration between them and Microsoft. The result of this relationship is a product for tablets running Windows 8 (like the Surface Pro 3, for example), just like how Apple has its own applications for its iPad products.

This combination will help Microsoft confirm its power in supporting applications that run on the touch screen, and Adobe can rest assured to create new versions for Photoshop. It also shows the need to combine hardware production / software production to create user-friendly products.