Seems Photoshop CS4 has buried within itself a deep, dark secret. We’ve heard about all the improvements and enhancements for both the Windows and Mac versions of the flagship image editing program, but it turns out there are a couple of Mac-specific features that you might not have heard about.
For those who have a MacBook Air or one of the latest generation MacBook Pros, it turns out that Photoshop CS4 supports multi-touch gestures. Seems to me that’s one of those underutilized features that Apple built into its hardware—maybe that’s just because it hasn’t made its way to the standard MacBook line. Yet.
Anyway, using your multi-touch trackpad in CS4 lets you rotate, pinch to zoom, and even “throw” images across the screen. Wired explains in more detail:
…if you hold the space bar down, click and drag the image when it is zoomed in and then let go, the picture will continue to move before slowing and coming to rest. It’s very similar to the scrolling on the iPhone.
Sounds…odd. But it’s cool that there’s at least some support for multi-touch outside of what Apple offers. Maybe this will help usher this under-appreciated feature into popularity?
