You pinch and zoom with your fingers to determine the area. Say you're using a large 27-inch monitor, and you might just want to map the top left area onto the iPad. Screen Mapping mode allows you to map what you see on your monitor onto the iPad. Switch to Drawing mode or Screen Mapping mode.īy the way, there's a circular disc (A) that allows you to switch from Drawing mode and Screen Mapping mode.Keyboard buttons for Shift, Control, Option and Command.Customizable shortcut buttons, such as for increasing brush sizes, engaging Eraser, Brush tool, Undo, Zoom.Switch to drawing with finger or stylus.Indication of whether your iPad is connect via wifi or cable to your computer.Let's go through what the buttons on the toolbar do, from top to bottom: The shortcut toolbar is on the left by default, but you can drag them to the right (good for left-handed users). To be able to see your computer desktop, you need to be running both Astropad iPad and Mac apps at the same time.Īfter all the setup, you'll see the workspace above. This is the screen that explains the different areas of the workspace.
#Astropad com update#
Update : Previously I had said that Wacom Creative Stylus 2 doesn't work. It's good to see that the cute Pencil from FiftyThree will be supported in the future also. Astropad current supports pressure-sensitive styluses from Wacom, Adonit and Hex3 Jaja. You'll be asked to setup your stylus first. Setup is guided and simple to follow along. If you don't want any lag, use the USB cable. That connection can be either through wi-fi (slow) or cable (fast). These two apps will connect to each other and make the iPad mirror the Mac's desktop. What do you need?Īstropad comes with two apps, one for the iPad and one for the Mac. Performance of the app exceeds my expectations but there are also some bugs. I am not kidding you!Ĭheck out this trailer video from Astropad: You can also think of Astropad as turning your iPad into a Wacom Cintiq, or other pen display tablet monitors. It's as if you're running the desktop Photoshop on your iPad!
#Astropad com full#
For example, you'll be able to use the full Photoshop with all its features, e.g. With Astropad, you can now use full versions of drawing applications that are usually restricted for use on desktops. You can use selected pressure-sensitive stylus with it.
#Astropad com full version#
You can use the full version of Photoshop or whatever drawing app It mirrors whatever that's shown on your monitor onto the iPad.Think of it like using those Wacom wired tablets with your computer and monitor It turns your iPad into a graphic tablet.So I spent an hour or two using it and it's quite impressive.Īstropad is an interesting app that does a few things, namely A few days ago, I received an invitation to review a new iPad drawing app called the Astropad.
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