Photoshop iPad Pro 2019 - First Impressions (for Illustrators) 

LMAOOOOOO your anger and indignation is actually giving me life - thank you for suffering through all this, for our sakes.

I used Adobe software from the times of Photoshop 4.0. Over two years ago I switched to Affinity. Now I am again having fun working.

Eyedropper has always been "I". Check on your Mac. It's not a change. It goes back even before CS. I get what you are talking about though. Those are alternate functions of other tools like brush, gradient, etc. The project as a whole is too ambitious for the iPad the way they are doing it. They are using the original core code to port over instead of writing for the device. Which is why other apps work so well with the iPad. The iPad is not a MacBook or Mac workstation. They need to either match specs or keep the tablet a tablet. This is only going to anger consumers in the long run and cause a schism in the community as there are those that simply won't accept facts for facts and still think it's the greatest most powerful can do anything device.

Finally... someone that talks like a real person, great video, definitely subscribing to this channel 👍👍

15:15 you had me with that wet nail polish demonstration. also, on a counter positive note: it would be nice to watch a video with some great workflow choices compilation in drawing apps. maybe your personal favorites. just an idea... even mister "i" could benefit from it.

I try to avoid any subscription-based software these days. No thanks Adobe.

“I” has always been for eye drop for me, I’m right handed

"Ill show you how to fix it OPEN ART STUDIO PRO ROASTED!!" haha awesome

This is why I use Clip Studio. Completely customizable, and welcoming to any brush. Art studio pro looks like great app as well, to recommend to friends. Thank Adam for sharing your pain.

Honestly, I've been using PS for about 10 years, and in the last 5, Adobe's done nothing but systematically convince me to find other programs to use. Even after this much time, I'd rather learn an entirely new program than get shafted by Adobe anymore. I'm trying Clip Studio now, and I'm not really missing PS at all... (I am on PC though).

As a photographer I was flabbergasted by this 1.0 release and all the small simple things that made no sense, and now hearing it from an artist's perspective, it just confuses me even more. What the hell were they thinking?

i'm a 19 year old painter and Procreate has been my only application i have used for the past 6 years, and i think the keyboard shortcuts vs on screen/gestures is just a matter of preference if i were made to start using keyboard shortcuts out of nowhere it would completely ruin my work flow. just as you can look at your painting and resize your brush at the same time, you can do the same with onscreen controls/gestures with practice! i feel like if programs had more customization abilities, the ipad applications would work for everyone

"I" has always been the shortcut to the eyedropper tool, Like how you press "B' for brush. "Alt" is a modifier that you press and hold until you pick a color.. Once you let go of the alt key, it then switches back to brush... I do agree, Adobe has screwed up quite a bit over the years

Both Artstudio Pro and Clip Studio Pro are much better for painters, with customizable shortcuts (and interface in CSP too) Loved your video!

Want to hear something funny? I got the Ipad Pro basically in preparation for the Photoshop release. Not only did it come way after it was announced, but I found FOUR apps that do a much better job at drawing and painting ( Procreate, Art Studio Pro, Sketchbook Pro and Infinite Painter). They handed their user base to other companies in a silver platter. And don't get me started about price...

Greetings from Artstudio Pro team from Poland ;)

I absolutely exploded in utter happiness when you opened up Art Studio Pro. Absolutely criminally underrated.

Adobe has been dead to me since procreate came out 5 years ago.

Ok, yeah, but "I" was always an eyedropper shortcut. What you're looking for is Alt as a quick swap of tool. When you press I in PS it picks eyedropper and stays eyedropper too. Also- all real artist know not to touch your surface with a palm, it's called painter's grip for a reason.

Hi Adam! I am glad you went through this aspect of the Ps for iPad Pro. I have been using Procreate for all of my artwork and so far Adobe has once more convinced me not to move over! I feel like I get frustrated with these kind of developments that hinder the creative process if it gets in the way all the time! So thanks for taking one for the team!

I've always used i for eyedropper

I had a similar experience! Was so excited to get going with photoshop on my ipad, 2 minutes later I was back in procreate. Procreate 5 is coming soon and it's new brush engine looks like it's the answer to my prayers. Will have to check this Artstudio pro everyone is mentioning too.

Oh man, I hope I'm not putting myself in the line of fire here, but I've always used "i" for the eyebropper tool. I have my pinky finger on "E" for the eraser, pointer finger on "i" which also puts it close to "L" so I can rock that lasso tool and then my thumb works the space bar and "B" brush tool. I am all ears if there is a more stream line way of using short cuts!

Your salt is a breath of fresh air! All the other reviewers are so careful with their words, so that they don't incur the wrath of the PS fanboys. Love your stuff. Never stop being you.

How’s the actual drawing brush experience comparable to procreate or pc photoshop though?

First impression are so important. It really doesn’t matter if you fix all these problems, you’ll move onto another program and start to get in a groove, and when they finally have something polished you don’t give two craps about it cuz your found your process.

Adam, breath! Breath in and out. You can always use Affinity Photo or Artstudio Pro they're more Photoshop then Photoshop is now.

Haha I love the vid man! The frustration was palpable, but I found it so enjoyable to watch someone being honest. True artists will relate.

In the Input Settings, there are options to turn on/off "Stylus only painting", and "Stylus double-tap".

oh no Adam the second you pointed out that light, all i could see was it dancing around the room when you swung your hand. I could of been blissfully unaware. lol

I'm so glad I switched from Photoshop to Procreate for sketching and Clip Studio for refining... And I also may try Artstudio Pro too, it looks good from what I've seen, and if you recommend it there's not much else to say. Thanks for everything you do (and went through with this video).

My theory is that a left handed person designed this because all the features are optimized for lefties- short cuts on the right side, brush size previews on the right sight.... (Please don't take this serious. I just noticed how practical this would be for me as a left hander xD)

I died at the nail blow THIS MADE MY DAY LMAO

Mr. LUCIDPIXUL Sir... First let me just tell you I love your youtube style already, and this is the only video I've watched. I like that you are real, you are blunt as all hell, and obviously really don't care if Adobe knows your pissed or not! LOL . Some call that a weakness... I call it a straight up strength! Rough but real! OK.. now.. To All Y'all.... Seeing the comments about Adobe being dead to them, and Procreate, etc.... I would feel guilty if I didn't share info on a program you might fall in love with even more than either of them. I totally accidentally came across Affinity programs when looking for Adobe videos. NO... I DON'T OWN IT. NO I'm NOT GETTING COMMISSIONS. NO... I'M NOT SELLING ANYTHING... I PROMISE. I'm just sharing info because it isn't QUITE as popular YET..... and I absolutely HATE ALL GREEDY DEVELOPERS that not only charge ridiculously high subscriptions... but make you buy bundle packages of shit you will never use to get the one or two that you will. Sorry.. HUGE pet peeve. Ok.. deep breath... I'm good. Alright.. FOR THE TL;DR version... just click the link to they Publisher launch keynote. It's long but if you have time.. watch the whole thing. They introduce the latest of 3 Affinity Programs .... and the ability to Toggle between Photo, Design and Publisher. Workflow is freaking MAGICAL! You're Welcome. affinity.serif.com/en-us/live/ . If you don't have 31 minutes.... skip to 14:25 and take it from there for the good stuff! Anyway... Y'AAALLLL!!!!! If you haven't checked out Affinity Publisher, Affinity Design and Affinity Photo yet... do yourself a favor. All three are now out on MAC.. (I think on Windows but not sure.) Photo and Design are on iPad with Publisher to follow soon. BUT OMG .... Say you're working on a design in Affinity Photo and you need a function/feature on Affinity Design. YOU LEGIT JUST "TOGGLE" BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ALL 3... on Mac... so far. No Export/Save/Reopen/Export/Save/Go Back to frist program/etc etc . The iPad will do the same... as soon as Publisher is finished and launches. AND THE BEST PART.... NO SUBSCRIPTION!! I paid ONCE for EACH.. I'm seeing the price in Japanese Yen in Tokyo which is 6,100 yen each (Approx $55 - $60 USD) for Mac OR Windows...and 2,440 JPY ($20-ish)for the iPad versions of Photo and Design. Hopefully Publisher will launch soon! AND if I remember correctly upgrades will be the norm, just like this last one was. No buying the next version like the purchased PS programs! Oh yeah.. and for those with all of their stuff already "ADOBE-fied"... You can open photoshop files, and export any file you start with to a PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PSD, PDF, SVG, EPS, EXR, HDR, OR TGA. So if the release of PS on iPad left you super disappointed... like is did for A.D. LUCIDPIXUL ... Totally do yourself a favor and check it out! BREAK FREE from your subscriptions! HAHAHA Again, this is the link to their live launch keynote for Publisher a little while back. If you don't have 31 minutes.... skip to 14:25 affinity.serif.com/en-us/live/ . So freaking awesome! I know... I know... I rock. You're totally welcome!

I actually like this guy and the way he speaks. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Thank you Adam for this informative video so people know what they get themselves into. I am a concept artist and illustrator myself, so I feel your frustration with the changes in iPad's version of Photoshop, I probably will stick to Artstudio Pro, Affinity Photo and Procreate, while wait for Procreate 5 in the meantime , and let Adobe fix up their issues first before dipping my Apple Pencil in there. Also high five on the ArtStudio Pro!

*”I need to meditate after this.”* aaaaaayyylmaoooo

Also, do they want us to draw on fresco? I just want one app, the one i have on desktop, for ipad. This would be very simple. I dont need spin offs

You can quickly select the eye dropper while using brush tool with Photoshop for iPad. You do it by sliding your finger to the outer edge of the secondary function ring. Did take me a few goes to realise this, it’s not obvious.

4:07 it’s the suns reflection off of the Apple pen - you can see it move as you move the pen in you’re hand.

I am a college student who is going into animation/illustration as a major my grandparents got my a subscription to either clip studio paint or photoshop for my iPad I thought photoshop because it is what all my classes use but now maybe not.

I totally get it.... I’m a pro avid tv editor... and keyboard shortcuts are the most important thing... And I’ve been tweaking my ergonomics so I have to move fingers as little as possible... If it’s not customisable.... it’s not pro.... Simple as that.. Nick

eye dropper tool always has been "i", it just when in brush mode you can also use alt ......

I've been using PS for almost 30 years but don't recall when "I" wasn't the Eyedropper Tool... I use Option (Mac) to invoke it, but have aways known "I" did the same thing. That you can't select the Eyedropper with Alt/Opt on the keyboard is lame and hopefully they fix it, but you can trigger it when holding the onscreen modifier button and pulling out on it. It will be a damned if you do, damned if you don't for Adobe trying to balance a touch UI and what ppl are used to on the desktop. Don't think this first release was meant to appease artists (that’s why they released Fresco), but for basic compositing while they add features periodically because they made a promise to have it out “sometime this year", tho nowhere near what was promised.

Affinity Photo works both on desktop and iPad (iPad version just the same as normaly expected) for 50 and 20 bucks. You can open PSD and create as well, no question left 4 years ahead Adobe.

Omg he is soooo pissed 😂😂 I feel sad for you. Here is a like for the great vid. Cheers 💯

12:30 made me laugh but I'm surprised the shortcuts aren't customizable

Thanks Adam!! Your reviews are fantastic!

If you go to settings you can turn off the pen double tap switch thingy

Thanks for this. My first job barelly out of art college was as a Photoshop instructor at Adobe Sao Paulo, some 20 years ago. I must say, I haven´t been using Adobe Apps for a while now. The spell is over, way due.

I am the FARTHEST thing from a professional, but I too was very disappointed with the release of this Photoshop. I Understand your frustration, when something should just work, it should just work. The double tap zoom on the Apple Pencil was driving me crazy, until I figured out that’s what was causing it. Of course I have to actively avoid double tapping. Palm rejection is not good, and the lack of a pen tool seems like an amateur problem, not an adobe problem. Just my opinion, from somebody who does very minor photo adjustments. Obviously, there are ways to work around some of it, and being an amateur, it is easier for me to do that. Still love Pixelmator, and the new Pixelmator photo that came out seems decent.

Adam, Apple (or any other Vendor), should do a 50 inch display for drawing that one can put on an easel or hang to a wall and draw imho

Use left hand for size control I’m right handed and use left hand fro those on procreate

You said exactly what I felt. Subbed.

I'm attempting to leave Illustrator for either Corel or Affinity Designer. Adobe has broken their apps. I don't know how they're reporting such huge profits because their core is suffering

lolololol the editing on this one killed me!

This was a very informative video. I am still waiting to buy an iPad as I want a really compatible Shop for iPad, especially timeline. They said the 2019 release would be a 'FULL' release....... Adobe are being incredibly vague for a massive organisation.

Thanks a lot for that video man, you save my money.

Same exact situation I went through. I do all my layouts on my iPad throughout the day and then finish my work on a Cintiq at my desk. It has been a laggy, impossible-to-use mess and I'm only working to 350dpi with 2 to 3 layers. Unacceptable on an iPad pro. Sticking with Procreate!

You're totally right... Photoshop is a great great program, it never crashes and you never tend to have any kind of bizarre problem (try cubase... it's a pain!) but I've always had the feeling that Adobe is still thinking that photoshop is only for photography. It's 2019 and we hadn't a proper brush manager yet. My thoughts are that Adobe needs to change the way they perceive photoshop or another companies will own the market in the next 5 years

"I need to meditate after this" 😅

You can disable the double tap in the pencil settings (in iOS, not the app). One of the first things i did. The rest matches my experience (except that I bit the bullet trying to work out a touch instead of keyboard workflow for procreate - so it just bothered me moderately here. Still enough, though.)

The reenactment of the nailpolish with the eyedropper I HAHAHAA

Adobe is consistently shooting themselves in the foot. I'm really liking my iPad/Macbook workflow, but Adobe just doesn't give me what I need. I gave up even trying, and paying. These tools work infinitely better for me, maybe some food for thought. My alternative recommendations: MAC Photoshop - Affinity Photo Illustrator - Affinity Designer Indesign - Affinity Publisher *These work flawlessly, especially while using sidecar with a Mac and iPad, OMG, butter. Premiere - Final Cut Pro X After Effects - Motion (I don't use often at all) Lightroom - Capture One *Still getting used to this one, but saving me money nonetheless. iPad Photoshop - Affinity Photo Illustrator - Affinity Designer Indesign - X (Waiting for Publisher?) Premiere - Lumafusion (Nothing serious/intensive on mobile anyways) After Effects - X (Don't really need it on iPad) Lightroom - Darkroom All these offer me top notch results, no client complaints, and I've saved over $300 already, and $70 every month here on out. Opinions or other suggestions?

As someone who uses many adobe products (PS, AI, AE, LR......) my biggest gripe is that they don’t even try to keep the same shortcuts across their own platform. This comes as no surprise to me at all, unfortunately.

I’m totally confused about adobes three apps for drawing in the iPad - photoshop illustrator and fresco....

amazing review, that's what a critical review looks. great job Adam and thanks!

Im left handed and had to used the "crossed hands" technique for SO DAMN MANY YEARS, man. You have no idea how hard it is. Now I have a cintiq and its so much fucking better. holy shit

Works well for me. I seldom have anything with any more than a few layers though. It’s anew app, and I suspect that there will be many, many updates to come as the engineers find all new ways to accomplish things in the iOS environment with its restrictions. I also find that using the iPad Pencil allows me to go much faster than using the keyboard or the mouse.

Art studio pro is a great app I use it all the time And guess what no monthly subscription fee

i is the shortcut for eyedropper for windows

I has always been the eyedropper for me. Been using this for years

I wouldn't even call whatever this app is photoshop, let alone pay a sub fee for it. On top of what you mentioned when I tried working at my normal pace within 5 minutes it crashed. So I rotate between affinity designer

I would really love to know what Adobe is thinking. It doesn't make sense for them to state boldly that a full version of Photoshop was coming to iPad. I said all along that it was unrealistic. But what was Adobe thinking? Now they've added more negativity on top of that caused by the release of Fresco.

I've learned to work with photoshop, so when they announced subscription based software i wasn't to happy with adobe. I must say that, working on a Desktop with it is still the best way (for me anyway), i use my keyboard a lot in conjunction with my wacom tablet. Should be no different on the iPad though! I totally get your frustration...

Thanks for your honest opinion and although you’re really embarrassed, I had a real good time watching your video. You’ve exacty expressed what the flaws are in PS for iPad. I’m not an illustrator but a photographer and first things first when I opened the app: Where’s Camera Raw? Okay, no chance for development of photos. Next, trying to make a selection, so where’s the Pen Tool? Ah, not implemented yet, only the damn lasso. Two must-have features for every photographer did’n make it into PS and Adobe has been developing the app for more than a year? That’s the joke of the century! Instantly solved the problem as you did: deleted the app and fired up Affinity Photo. Raw developer: integrated. Pen Tool: works perfectly since version 1 of their app launch.

I love your videos. Thank you for all of your content.

i fucking loved this video hahahaha the nail polish bit xD

"I sounds like EyEdRoPpEr" damn right

Excellent video. I just tried it out a few days ago on my original iPad Pro and am disturbed by the lack of features on it. Even worse that some of the filters and FX were not even available for this version which shocked me. I actually have to think that both Apple and Adobe are to be blamed. Apple is at fault for proclaiming iPad Pro as a full fledged computer which must've add immense pressure on Adobe to get it out the door and to compete with Affinity. As an artist myself, I swear by CSP, Procreate, Concepts and a few others. However, Photoshop on the desktop is always reliable when I need it although I have plans to switch to the Affinity apps. It's a shame because the UI for Adobe Fresco was not that bad or Photoshop Sketch as well. I deleted Photoshop from my iPad yesterday because they have a lot of work to catch up on to make it better. If Belsky thinks that they can't do a full version of Photoshop and has to do it slowly by keeping things spartan by design, then this proves Apple's message of the iPad Pro as a desktop class machine doesn't work at all.

When the King shows up in a new suit, his birthday suit, he expects his subjected to enjoy the view because he has always owned the castle. Adobe always seemed to ignore their audience even before there was competition. I understand why your as an Adobe user prefer the other program’s honoring of the Adobe shortcuts etc. It think the arrival of Procreate along with the Apple Pencil then Affinity series gave Apple a boost. Meanwhile Adobe still raised its prices while still ignoring its pro users. Remaining a behemoth with a behemoth ego.

I totally agree. On the iPad I am at the moment sticking with Clip Studio Paint instead of Photoshop. I can actually do real work on there. I think we artists are meant to migrate to Fresco, but that’s another incomplete piece of software.

Adobe really should’ve done like clip studio and just copied the same interface etc from the desktop version over to the iPad. If Celsys could do it then adobe surely would be able to as well. It made switching to iPad much easier when the program is behaving just like you’re used to. I can reimport all my custom brushes, adjust the layout, import and export files all the same way like on the desktop version of clip studio. I feel sorry for photoshop users who have to deal w this.

who else doesn't have iPad pro but they came to watch the video anyway cuz of Adam? xD I don't use photoshop but most people do and this really seems like a stupid move adobe played, could have released it on Dec 30, at least if most stuff was working then people wouldn't be so turned off about it, right now it just seems unusable.

totally agree with them changing shortcuts! For example the new Lightroom CC has complete different shortcuts to Lightroom Classic...totally screws up workflow!

Between this app and Fresco (which... doesn't seem to hold a candle against ProCreate, especially for its essentially infinitly more expensive price tag), I don't know what's Adobe doing anymore. It might not be today, but with the constantly-evolving competitors (like the Affinity Suite on PC), I think they might just lose their monopoly in a few years. Changing the industry standards will take a really long time, if they do change, but it seems to me they're no longer "the best" in lots of areas, and that's why they used to be the standard at first, right? Just a few weeks ago, I had a need to get back into design for publishing; so I needed to renew my licence for inDesign. And compared to Affinity publisher, which was like a one time $50, I just didn't get *why* inDesign was so expensive in comparison. Thanksfully for them, they had *one* feature I absolutely couldn't do without (support for jp text, only available in the jp ver. of inDesign, not even the western inDesign, another one of my complaint but w/e), so I had to give in. BUT the more time goes on, the less I feel like Adobe deserves support. Again, Fresco and this iPad Photoshop both sound terrible, and terribly expensive, for what they are: less than their competitors.

My goodness, I know some people think he's exaggerating, but when you spend basically 4-6 hours constantly painting (with breaks of course) or even more, these kinds of things make all the difference, tbh drawing in photoshop for iPad as it is now sounds like hell.

That's disappointing. I was planning to get Creative Cloud to be able to use Photoshop and Fresco, since I need to learn the ropes for my studies, but this is a huge step back. The worst part is, Adobe now wants us to pay for subscription instead of a one-time pay for their programs, and this is just not worth it. I'll stick to Procreate for now. I do need to learn Photoshop, but I guess I'll wait till I have the money to get a new PC and learn it there. Thank you for the review, we really needed it. Just saved potential wasted time.

YOUR COFFEE IS GETTING COLD!

“Full” version of PHOTOshop can’t open RAW files. 😂😂😂

Regarding eyedropper "i" (hear the wordplay here? ;) ) shortcut, it's been "i" since I remember (CS3). PC user here. Cheers!

I know the fresco you have to scroll at the very bottom of the brush menu and press the (+) button. I know fresco doesn’t customize paint brushes. I think that is my biggest complaint

I feel your pain. I got frustrated using the beta. And seems like they haven’t solved any of the problems.

Adam you mentioned meditation for a second there, would you do an art talk about meditating and how it’s helped you work?

I thought I was the only one that was mad at photoshop. I legit thought I opened adobe fresco it was that bad

the audio is a bit tough to hear for me. Might be my system or connection

Hey Adam, this is important and I have no idea where else to get in contact with you. But are you and the other drawing channels going to be affected by this new FTC thing? Honestly I'm really worried about all this. So many creators are being forced out of their money and being forced to move to the RU-vid Kids and I'm not sure if that includes the traditional/digital art channels too.

I have to meditate after this 😂😂

Pretty enlighten for a ux designe.

I think that your face expression at 15:24 sums up everything xD What a pity though, I am currently saving money for an IPad Pro and I had high hopes for PS, but oh no, they messed up everything...I really hope this will be fixed in the future :(