Microsoft Surface Dial : the list of applications that are compatible with the magic wheel – 01net.com

Accessory surprise of the Surface Studio, new all-in-one luxury for creatives from Microsoft, the Surface Dial is a tool that could become a favourite for many graphic designers, video editors, photographers, etc, Wheel interactive and programmable, the Surface Dial allows you to control many functions directly on the screen on the Studio, but also laid on the table for any PC running Windows 10.

provided of course that the applications support it. The list of the first compatible applications has surfaced on the american online store of Microsoft. There are of course custom in-house software such as Office, One note, Paint, etc., but also creative programs such as Sketchable and Sketchpad for the graphics, Smith Micro Moho 12 for the 2D animation, or… Spotify. Without a doubt to raise/lower the sound in a first time.

List of software compatible with Microsoft Surface Dial in the launch

- Bluebeam Revu
- Drawboard PDF
- Mental Canvas Player
- Microsoft Groove Music
- Microsoft OneNote (UWP version)
- Microsoft Paint
- Microsoft Photos
- Microsoft Plumbago
- Microsoft Windows Maps
- Microsoft Windows (All)
- Microsoft Word, PPT, Excel (Office Win32)
- PewPew Shooter
- Sketchpad
- Silicon Benders Sketchable
- Smith Micro Moho 12
- Spotify
- Staffpad

If some of these software have an audience, it does not remain about it less than a giant is currently absent from the list : Adobe.

Adobe is waiting

On Windows even more than in Mac OS, Adobe is the cornerstone of the majority of creative. The dad-of-Photoshop editing software of reference for Premiere Pro for video, Illustrator for graphic designers and other Hearing for the sound. It is therefore a real surprise that the american publisher had not announced the support of at least one software during the announcement of Surface Studio and Dial. Microsoft will have to absolutely convince this partner to reach the largest number, Adobe being in a situation of quasi-monopoly in many of the segments it touches.

Saw the echoes extremely positive that the Studio and the Dial have been known in the press, there is no doubt that Adobe needs to investigate the thing at the present time. Let’s hope for Microsoft that his sidekick is not lagging too much the feet.