The Artist Shows What A iPad Pro 9.7
Apple says that iPad Pro - is not only a complete
replacement for traditional computers, but also an ideal workstation for
designers and artists. With the help of an experienced painter, we tested this
hypothesis and found that the iPad Pro 9.7 can really replace a professional
graphics tablet for $ 250 000!
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| The Artist Shows What A iPad Pro 9.7 |
The chair sits fragile girl 'iPads. “From a distance it
seems that it in something passionately plays. But if you look closely, it is
evident that on the screen it leads not the finger, and the unusual white
"pencil". It is necessary to come closer, as a spectacle at once
fascinating: the master's hand on the tablet screen creates stunning pictures.
"By education I am a journalist, but since school was
fond of web design, and it turned into a profession. Invented corporate
identities, interfaces, banner and print advertising. Drawing comics and
characters to order.
In the individual projects I'm experimenting with an
illustration: try new techniques and tools. Now I do a series of one-page comic
book, where readers influence the plot. Recently I completed courses of tattoo
art, to understand the features of the pattern on the skin.
It seems to me that the new gadgets like the iPad Pro will
be indispensable if help designers and artists to create works that are
suitable not only for the screen saver on the screen. "
At three times lighter than a professional tablet
iPad Pro is available in two versions: with 9.7-inch or
12.9-inch screen. First weighs about 450 grams - almost as much as the normal
iPad Air. Most "Proshka" drawn to 723 grams, and it is still less
than the weight of the lightest Ultrabook. Bogdan we were given a 9.7-inch model.
The main working tool of our designer - is also a tablet,
but it is very unusual. He called Wacom Cintiq Companion and is actually a
flat-panel computer is 1.5 centimeters thick and weighs 1.7 kilograms, which is
running Windows 8. It turns out that on the tablet, you can install any
complete program, including Adobe Photoshop, and work with it full interface by
using the stylus on the 13.3-inch screen.
The most powerful iPad
Apple positions the iPad Pro as a full desktop replacement.
And headroom tablets really decent: dual-core processor is installed inside A9X
and 4 GB of RAM. In combination with near-perfect optimization, which Apple is
famous, and very proud, work tablets really fast and stable?
I tried to draw on the iPad Air 2, but the programs often
"flew" and "hang out". With the "iron" point of
view iPad Pro - a revolutionary thing. Problems with the performance no: I can
work comfortably even with 40 layers.
For comparison: in the Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 are set to
16 GB of "RAM" and quad-core processor in desktops and laptops. This
Intel Core i7-5557U with a frequency of 3.1 GHz. It is more powerful A9X, but
much faster consumes battery power, and most importantly - requires active
cooling fans. This leads to an inevitable increase in the size and noise of the
device. And the high price, of course: the Wacom tablet is from 100 to 250
thousand rubles, while the iPad Pro price starts from 53 000 rubles.
The screen with the "paper effect"
At the entry-level iPad Pro is the same screen size and the
same resolution as that of iPad Air - 9,7 inches and 2048x1536 pixels. But in a
matrix based on the other, it is much better.
Here is a very high contrast, excellent protection against
glare and superior color reproduction thanks to the coverage of 103% sRGB color
space. The latter is very important for the artists, because it is the standard
supported by all modern devices and programs, it is the most versatile. In
addition, iPad Pro 9.7 screen is 20% brighter than the iPad Air 2 Display.
In the Wacom tablet is very large layer between the matrix
and a protective panel. There is no sense, if you draw on paper, which gives
iPad Pro. In it there is no air gap. But brightness has to be put on
Convenient stylus with flimsy charge
Once upon a time, Steve Jobs said that styli are not wanted.
When Tim Cook Apple opinion has changed, and the company released Pencil - a
special pen for drawing on the iPad Pro screen. In Russia, the gadget is worth
7800 rubles.
Apple Pencil looks minimalistic and very beautiful, and from
afar it all can be confused with the usual pencil. The package includes an
extra tip (in case the primary is lost) and Lightning adapter for charging from
the brand Apple cable.
Sam port hidden under a cover on the rear of the stylus. By
the way, use the optional cable: for charging can be connected directly to a
pen on the iPad Pro bottom end connector. Frankly, reliable and user-friendly
all this does not look.
Pencil the tablet is connected via Bluetooth. No fasteners
or stylus on the iPad Pro package or on the covers not provided.
Nedorabotochka: so expensive pen easier to accidentally lose.
Stylus 2048 press supports degrees and tilting it is
possible to do shading. But it depends on the ability to control the line width
of the program in which you draw. Some developers sell this as an additional
feature. And some programs when drawing "recognize" pressing edge of
his hand on the screen - it is a minus.
Programs are many, but there is no universal
About the program and that it is more convenient to draw on
the iPad Pro, says Bogdan Serebriyan:
"Drawing program with the help of iPad Pro in the
AppStore much. But every artist chooses what suits his style and the tasks that
it solves. I tried a few.
AutoDesk SketchBook - a complex program, which is suitable
only for drawing sketches. Or, to put it simply, preliminary sketches, based on
which will then create a large-scale work.
Bamboo Paper - a program made specifically to work with the
Wacom stylus, but you can draw it, and using the Pencil. Good recognizes the
degree of depression, but it 'fulfills' and pressing edge of his hand while
drawing.
Paper 53 - before it was a popular program for sketchinga,
and now it has evolved into a program for presentations. Draw it can, but such
tiny patterns that work with them is no longer possible. A similar limitation
in Photoshop Sketch.
ArtRage - here everything is complicated with clear lines,
but the software is great for drawing something abstract. Plus, the program is
able to record video on how you draw.
Most of all I liked the Pro Create program. It is possible
to save the file in PSD format to then send it to your computer and modify it a
tool that is not in on the iPad applications. More, it is ideal for
calligraphy. As I draw tattoos and learn their stuff, it is important for me.
With tattoos in general a lot of nuances. It is important to
sketch the future drawing on the body was very, very crisp. We often give up
computer programs and draw a marker on paper - so in advance, you can
understand exactly how the image will appear on the skin. But on the iPad Pro
screen future tattoos look great: the result is very close to the paper
version, all the details worked out perfectly.
In short, with individual images on the iPad Pro to work
comfortably. But if it is a batch job, for example, with dozens of
illustrations, it is necessary to tinker with each individually. At the same
time I can open them on Wacom Cintiq Companion, run macros, and generally work
with layers in the full Photoshop faster and better. "
4 hours for charging, 6 - in the drawing
An hour drawing at maximum brightness iPad Pro 9.7 the
battery sits on 16%, while Apple Pencil almost discharged. For comparison,
Wacom Cintiq Companion without a network connection runs only 4 hours. Much
more compact tablet is better in terms of autonomy.
But if suddenly iPad Pro 9.7 is fully discharged, it will
have to make a big break. In the charging device will go up to 100% 3 hours and
50 minutes. But Apple Pencil charged quickly, within 40-50 minutes from the
iPad connector and even faster from the wall outlet by cable. Full stylus
charge, according to Apple withered, will last for 12 hours.
«IPad Pro - a serious competitor graphics tablets, for the
future of this thing. But the program for drawing in its capabilities until
they catch up with technology. The main disadvantage - the restriction on the
size of the picture.
Somehow, in all programs, it turns out very small: it is
necessary to pull the image from the iPad, loaded into Photoshop and try to
increase at least up to A3 size, this is the maximum. It is not clear why we
can not just draw a bitmap poster in A1 - hardware stuffing tablet is fully
capable.
But if you draw a vector image, then there is no problem:
take the ready file, and then increase it to at least the size of a five-story
house without any loss of quality.
There is another problem: a lot of programs, but are lacking
in tools. In the Wacom tablet, you can just run Photoshop and get everything
you need to work in a single interface. And there a lot of different software
and everywhere something is missing. "
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