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Video Editor Master<br />
Adobe Photoshop<br />
Express<br />
Feedlab<br />
touch-ready Windows 10 apps available<br />
on the store.<br />
VIDEO EDITOR MASTER<br />
www.queenloftapps.com<br />
Once you get the hang of it,<br />
touchscreen-based video editing<br />
can be quite quick and intuitive.<br />
Unfortunately, our favourite Windows<br />
desktop apps don’t work too well<br />
with touch, but there are a few solid<br />
Windows Store alternatives. A good<br />
place to start is Video Editor Master<br />
(free with a paid upgrade to remove<br />
ads), which handles the basics yet<br />
still has a few more advanced features.<br />
You can trim multiple videos and<br />
merge them, create slideshows, apply<br />
filter effects, add text overlays, adjust<br />
brightness and sharpness, and attach<br />
different audio.<br />
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP EXPRESS<br />
www.adobe.com<br />
For on-the-go photo editing, it’s hard<br />
to go past Adobe Photoshop Express.<br />
It’s free (though needs an Adobe ID for<br />
the full features), and is specifically<br />
designed for easy touchscreen use<br />
without sacrificing more in-depth<br />
controls. Photoshop Express makes it<br />
simple to tweak and improve photos,<br />
with focus on automatic fixes and<br />
filters. Those who want the full on<br />
editing experience, the Adobe suite<br />
of desktop apps also supports touch<br />
use, including gestures and stylus use.<br />
Keep in mind, though, fine control is<br />
not really possible just using fingers.<br />
FEEDLAB<br />
www.clevlab.com<br />
Jumping between browser-based news<br />
sites is slow and not very intuitive via<br />
touch — fortunately, there is a range of<br />
FRESH PAINT<br />
www.microsoft.com<br />
One of the great uses for a 2-in-1 device<br />
is turning it into a digital sketchbook.<br />
One of the best apps to get started with<br />
is Microsoft’s own Fresh Paint (free).<br />
While a lot of apps focus on stylus use<br />
alone, Fresh Paint fully supports<br />
drawing with finger touch (as well as<br />
stylus use), and can import photos and<br />
images to use as part of your artwork.<br />
For more advanced stylus users, check<br />
out Sketchable (free with paid<br />
upgrades, siliconbenders.com), which<br />
has a much more in depth interface,<br />
while still remaining easy to use.<br />
TOUCHMAIL<br />
www.touchmail.co<br />
Browser based email or even<br />
Microsoft’s own Win 10 app does the<br />
trick, but for 2-in-1 use TouchMail is<br />
the ultimate solution. The app is free<br />
(with paid upgrades) and has been<br />
purposefully designed for use with<br />
touchscreens, as well as stylus, and of<br />
course keyboard and mouse. It handles<br />
IMAP accounts (so Outlook, Gmail etc)<br />
and can bring multiple accounts into<br />
the one spot. The app uses a visual<br />
based layout, with colours, zooming<br />
and tabs to make handling a big inbox<br />
easy. It also integrates with all the<br />
major cloud storage services for direct<br />
email attachments.<br />
MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE<br />
www.microsoft.com<br />
Apps such as Word as not so easy to<br />
navigate with fingers, but Microsoft<br />
has included a Touch Mode that spaces<br />
everything out a little more for easier<br />
tapping. It should activate<br />
automatically when you enter Tablet<br />
mode, but it can also be turned on<br />
manually. First, open up the customise<br />
the quick menu (a little triangle with a<br />
dash above it, top left) and select Touch<br />
/ Mouse Mode. Now there should be a<br />
new touch icon in the toolbar - tap it to<br />
select touch or mouse mode. For those<br />
with a stylus, most of the Office apps<br />
make it easy to scribble on, highlight<br />
and interact with a pen.<br />
www.apcmag.com 53
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