I just bought a new iPad this week to use primarily as a digital sketchbook which is less cumbersome than my MacBook and Wacom. I love how easy it is to carry this thing around with me and that I can draw anywhere (it’s also very handy for some of my classes). I had no idea this was a feature, though, and while I know it won’t replace my Wacom as my primary device, it is good to know that I can have a display tablet to use with my Mac if I need to
Exactly the analysis I was looking for. Everyone else does this huge 30 min videos and end up not explaining the actual facts of usefulness; just their ambiguous opinion. Thank you!
It's just amazing that Ipad can be used as tablet, computer, second tablet in one. It also saves space, so this is actually the reason that people buy ipad rather than buying separately.
Thank you for producing and sharing this Excellent Demo and review! Very Clear presentation of the basic features, both advantages and deficiencies. I am viewing this video in the future, so I will check to see if compatibilities have been optimized since your publication! But even in 2023 Wacom continues to manufacture excellent products, and their tablets served me reliably for decades. Must confess I've been spoiled by working with 27" screens for my home iMac and Windows systems at my employment until recently. Seriously, you seem to be addressing issues for graphic professionals - so your comments are very much appreciated.
I tried IpadPro it apple indepth. Amazing. Versatile/ no lag at all. I did'nt stress it out but to me, as a ex-drawer and animator...possibilities are infinite. You can even think to sketch wherever you are! And I love the creative app.
You can have the same image on both displays. One big on the Mac and one to draw on on the iPad. Use the menu Window > Arrange > New Window For filename.psd
@@heavyspinal2 Window > Arrange > New Window For filename.psd This way you get two windows with the same image. Anything you do on one reflects on the other as well. Super useful when working with clients.
Agree, the iPad Pro is not something you get to be a Wacom Cintiq replacement, but if you have or get one regardless, because it’s an awesome tablet with a lot of great apps (Procreate, Affiniity Photo, whatever), the. It’s a good feature to have. Currently don’t have Catalina on my Mac, though I’m regularly using Astropad to turn my iPad into a mini-Cintiq when editing photos and want to paint masks. Feels a lot nicer than painting with a mouse. I have an old Wacom still, but just a regular one without a screen.
If you live in the u.s. you can buy the iPad Pro for $50 a month no interest from Verizon. I got mine 6 months ago so in love with it! Waiting on photoshop for iPad impatiently.
I totally agree with your opinion because you explain a proper reason to it and yeah if someone is even rich they'll love windows and secondary monitors and of course your Most lovable Walcomm tablet 💕😊
Same. Only reason I bout an iPad Pro because I thought it was coming this year. I’m excited to try sidecar but it’s a far cry from the native photoshop promised last year.
We dont buy ipads to use primarily as an drawing table. That device is a professional tool which has so much to offer than a wacom tablet. It can be used as a web surfing device, media consumption, note book, sketchbook, for emails, to sign documents, content creation, digital portfolio holder for taking it around with you to present your work to clients, etc....drawing tablet use on the ipad is another great addition which comes in handy at most times. I have created logos on ipad pro on the go and finished them off in Illustrator on a mac. Super useful.
Banananana Toomoe not from my experience. It was really laggy and I couldn’t get it to work full screen neither on my MacBook or iMac. Paying for the subscription didn’t help. Sidecar is the best so far, but it’s still miles behind my Cintiq.
The title got me hyped! I can’t actually draw but I love the feel of a graphics tablet (I use an old Intuos pro) especially for blending, selections, masking, everything that feels natural. Basic click select sliders and and and work just fine with my trackpad. Got a mouse yesterday to make everything easier and so far I like it for the standard things, but as soon as I gotta do anything where precision is required I grab my stylus. Having a Cintiq like tablet to work with would make precise work so much easier. Also I could use the iPad in my camera bag as screen for live view, could replace my laptop. I really hope I won’t be too disappointed after watching! See you in seven minutes
Okay here I am again (starting to type while halfway through) And I’m absolutely thrilled by now, it does what I expect! Of course the Wacom works on multiple screens but it doesn’t make up for seeing exactly where you’re working. With Wacoms without screens you gotta watch the screen while move your hand, it works great DONT get me wrong, you can always see where your pen/stylus is (video ended now btw) but drawing/editing directly on the photo feels just so much better. If you/he compared it with high tier wacom (cintiq?) then the iPad wouldn’t stand a chance, but those set you back over a thousand bucks, if you’re an artist, working digitally, you’d probably prefer those over everything else, responsive, precise, you can see what you’re doing, where you’re doing, when you’re doing it. A straight stroke upwards one a display will always be straight upwards, if a screen less tablet is slightly crooked you easily end up somewhere you do not want to be. I think it’s an extremely powerful feature, for people who starting to draw digitally or people who want a tiny bit more control and precise for their work without spending a fortune on a cintiq. Plus the iPads ability to act as off camera screen makes it even more useful. I’m seriously considering investing into an iPad. Bigger screen for photography, the ability to use it as graphics tablet plus the general pros of an iPad. Just gotta do some research and test it myself. Anyways: thank you very very much for this video!
Can only do with latest macbooks, those from the touchbar generation onwards. For the older versions Sidecar is not available (there is a workaround but it's not usable because of very bad banding caused by incompatible processor/gpu).
@@DeLaRic I dont think thats the case here. Since ipad is use as a second screen you wont be able to control the thickness of stroke by pressing harder.
@@ezrahong7343 it does support pressure sensitivity, when it doesnt work for you ipad, problem is probably in options in Photoshop (you got pressure turned off ,.. ) at least i think so ( sry for my english :D i hope u get it )
I am a huge iPad advocat so it hurts to say that with sidecar its still faaaar away from competing with Wacom. It relies heavily on the software you use (guess it eats up a lot of your memory). And I have a iPad Pro 3rd Gen and a 2018 Macbook Pro with all the good stuff in it XD. PSD is quite ok with sidecar but I tried working in Storyboard Pro 7 cause the job demanded it and it was a nightmare! Sidecar tend to connect via Apple TV instead of a wired USB-C connection what makes things go way slower. Especially when pencil feedback is what you really care about. I then tried Dual Display what actually uses a wired connection but still gave me the same slow result. Of all the "iPad Display"-Apps AstroPad has actually been the most stable (uses even WiFi what surprised me the most being the fastest). But it was still too slow :P I love the iPad Pro so much and I did many many jobs with it. It also allows me to be super mobile: I used it on my travels, in Zoos, Cafes, on hikes, whatever (hurry up when you stand in the sun otherwise the glass gets really hot, overheats and goes into cooldown :D). So I highly recommend this device to every Digital Artist out there. BUT to get the full performance working on my Mac I had no other choice than buying the Wacom Cintiq Pro 32 in the end XD
Bought a Wacom tablet a couple years ago and hate it. Have rarely used it because the experience has always felt subpar to me. Have been anxiously awaiting this technology as a replacement. With Draw, ProCreate and sidecar, Wacom will be a thing of the past very soon.
I’ve been using Astropad to mirror my MacBook Pro to my iPad for years. But I don’t split by apps across two screens - I just mirror my MacBook to the iPad.
As a Owner of a Wacom Cintiq and a first gen iPad Pro and Apple Pencil I’d say given the pressure sensitivity and (if you will) tilt which in terms of latency is comparable to the Wacom pen and Intuos or Cintiq tablets, and without the driver issues which exist for Windows and MacOS, I’d say Apple matched Wacom (which no other company has done) with their hardware, software stack
Good honest review. Have you tested recently? If you have, is it more stable and has the pressure sensitivity improved? Great videos, keep up the good work!
Great tutorial as always. I would caution people to wait on upgrading to Catalina especially if you are a heavy Photoshop user. There are compatibility issues that still need to be sorted out (as mentioned in the video). As of now you can not "save as" to another file format without manually putting in the extension. There are other issues with plugins. I am sure all of this will be addressed in updates but I would hold off. I had to go back to Mojave which was a time consuming process. Also, Catalina does not support any 32 bit applications only 64, so if you rely on any 32 bit applications in your daily work flow, look for alternates BEFORE you upgrade.
do remember that it only works on the latest MacBook pro, i think 2017 on wards.. I have MacBook pro 2015 and sidecar does not work. I use Duet display instead, and works fine!
I'm about to buy an ipad to draw with, cause i personally think it's better for me, i'm often out from home, and when i'm at home i like to switch room while drawing, so it's better for me! I will use it with procreate daily, but if i can use it as a second display too, why not? I bought it😂 Thank you for all the explanation!
@@IsraelHoltzhausen But when the battery does give out, is there a way to get a replacement, or has Apple rigged it to not work? I had an ipod touch I used all the time, but now, even plugged in, it can't even boot up, it perpetually tries, but never gets there. Surely your iPad will come to that point, and that's what I'm trying to figure out, what can you do then? It's expensive to keep buying new ones.
I respectfully disagree with your conclusions. I have an iPad Pro and a Wacom Intuos Pro, and with the proper screen protector, the iPad Pro + Apple Pencil is obviously superior to any Wacom tablet in terms of immediate visual feedback. With the app "Duet Display", you can use your iPad as a PC/Windows 10 tablet with Apple Pencil. It works flawlessly and is much more accurate than alternatives made for PC, like the MS Surface Pro which I have as well. I can also connect my iPad Pro + Apple Pencil to my Surface Pro with Duet Display and 'replace' the less perfect Surface Pro pen. Thanks for your video anyway!
Let's say I only have an ipad version 2 (super old from 2009-ish, 16 gb), and a wacom Intuos 5 Touch, and mostly work on PC. I've been thinking of getting one of the cheaper type of drawing tablet screens - not the Cintiq but something around $200 to $300... What are your thoughts about going with Duet Display (is that a software app on the PC?) and what version of iPad would I need that would work with it, and the Apple Pencil... compared to a decent-enough drawing-monitor? I know I could do this research on my own, but I wanted to see your input, would I spend more trying to get the right version of iPad and Apple Pencil, and how does the pressure levels and reaction time compare, vs. just getting one of those drawing monitors? Thanks for your time if you reply.
@@MaxChromaColor - You will need an iPad Pro to be able to use an Apple Pencil. You may find a refurbished 1st or 2nd generation iPad Pro for less than $500, but I'm not sure about the exact prices. Duet Display is an app for the iPad developed by former Apple software engineers. You only need to install a Duet Display driver on your desktop PC and then connect your iPad with the Duet Display app installed on it to your PC, and you're done. I believe the app is currently priced at $25-$30, but you need to check that yourself. The Apple Pencil is the most accurate & sensitive pen in the world with zero lag. Having said that, I must say that Wacom pencils feel much more like a real pencil on paper, but that can be fixed with the proper screen protector for your iPad. Some screen protectors really give you that paper-like feedback, but you will have to read through forum threads with testimonies of digital artists who found the right screen-protector through trial and error. By the way, an Apple Pencil costs about $100, but I'm sure refurbished ones are much cheaper. Depending on the size of your iPad, a screen protectors for your iPad will cost somewhere between $15 and $30. Make sure the seller/store applies the iPad screen protector for you if your iPad is one of the bigger ones. You can't do that yourself, trust me. One of the smaller Wacom tablets with a color screen without a built-in PC (avoid the noisy Cintiqs!) that simply connects to your PC, might be the easiest and cheapest solution for you, since you have an outdated iPad that doesn't work with the Apple Pencil. I would not recommend buying Wacom-like tablets that don't have excellent user feedback scores, just because they are cheap. Wacom has many budget tablet options to explore, so maybe you'd like to start there. Anyway, good luck with your decision! I hope this info will help you get started.
@Riyad Assaf - If your laptop is as powerful as most gaming laptops are, then I would probably consider buying a Wacom tablet with a medium size screen built in to connect to your laptop (not a PC-tablet like Cintiq, just a drawing tablet with a screen) so you don't have to look at the laptop screen all the time when you draw. Just make sure the Wacom tablet has that rough structured protective layer that makes your Wacom pen feel like a real pen on real paper. I think this would be a cheaper option for you than buying an iPad Pro, which also needs the right software/apps, a carefully selected screen protector that gives you the pen-on-paper feeling, and requires the purchase of an Apple Pencil. If you are used to building hardware yourself, you can make your own hybrid Wacom Cintiq-clone, by stripping an old LCD or LED screen (most screens can be used as long as they don't have their controller glued on the back of the screen, since you need to remove the alluminum back of the screen), then place it on top of the Wacom tablet, then put a thin glass layer on top, then build a case around it so you can safely connect a power adapter to the screen's power converter/transformer. I built a really big one more than six years ago and it worked great until I separated the Wacom tablet and the LCD screen when I switched to iPad Pro. When I was using it, the Wacom tablet registered the Wacom pen perfectly, even with the screen and glas on top of it. I learned about the DIY Cintiq-clone through forums at the time. These Cintiq clones were often given names ending with "tiq" by their builders. If you want to use an old laptop screen without the laptop attached to it, you will need to import a custom controller from China (or somewhere else) for around $25/$35, so you can use the screen as a standalone display for your Cintiq clone. Maybe those forums still exist. I had a lot of fun building my Cintiq clone, but I'm very happy with my iPad Pro + Apple Pen right now. I hope this helps. Good luck!
There is an app on iPad called Affinity Photo, it’s a very powerful app and does a lot of things that Photoshop can do. It supports import/export of PSD files, which means you can work on the same image (literally, if it’s on the cloud) in both programs. Obviously not at the same time, but once you hit Save, just continue on another device. Another amazing app for painting on iPad is Procreate, which doesn’t have alternatives on any other platform. So I don’t think there’s any advantage for me personally to use *heavily* PC programs on iPad screen. But... there’re some scenarios where I want to take advantage of this functionality! I want to be able to “draw” masks. Say you have a photo with a person, and you want to highlight just the eyes, so I want a way to do this quickly and precisely. Doing this with a mouse.. is just not ideal. Or separate a person from the background with a mask with a mouse just doesn’t feel precise and you have to correct it all the time. Doing small repairs and cloning is just fine with a mouse though. So I still want to do the bulk of the editing (in Capture One) on the big screen, and then be able to quickly jump into ipad, draw the mask and jump back into the PC. I think each device has strong points and weaknesses. Painting is a creative process, and having an iPad with native painting apps is a truly amazing experience that Wacom can’t replace. The levels of sensitivity are sufficient in my opinion, in fact, how many levels does a physical pencil have? Or a physical brush? People always talk about pressure sensitivity, but really it comes down to feeling natural. I think Apple Pencil (I got 1st gen) feels as good as a physical pencil. 2nd gen is supposed to have even more. If you actually need something that Photoshop alone can do, then of course you should use it. But if you haven’t tried painting on the iPad with “alternative” apps, then you should definitely try it. You might discover that going back to PC is not an option.
I have the 2nd gen iPad Pro still w/ lightning connection. Tried side car on Photoshop on Mac. Too much lag in drawing. Dialogue placements sometimes wrong, staying on desktop area
your honesty helped me out a lot. I wanted to get an iPad but now im just gonna get a drawing tablet that has a display
I just bought a new iPad this week to use primarily as a digital sketchbook which is less cumbersome than my MacBook and Wacom. I love how easy it is to carry this thing around with me and that I can draw anywhere (it’s also very handy for some of my classes). I had no idea this was a feature, though, and while I know it won’t replace my Wacom as my primary device, it is good to know that I can have a display tablet to use with my Mac if I need to
Exactly the analysis I was looking for. Everyone else does this huge 30 min videos and end up not explaining the actual facts of usefulness; just their ambiguous opinion. Thank you!
Your straight talking and honesty is so refreshing. Thank you.
It's just amazing that Ipad can be used as tablet, computer, second tablet in one. It also saves space, so this is actually the reason that people buy ipad rather than buying separately.
Thank you for producing and sharing this Excellent Demo and review! Very Clear presentation of the basic features, both advantages and deficiencies. I am viewing this video in the future, so I will check to see if compatibilities have been optimized since your publication! But even in 2023 Wacom continues to manufacture excellent products, and their tablets served me reliably for decades. Must confess I've been spoiled by working with 27" screens for my home iMac and Windows systems at my employment until recently.
Seriously, you seem to be addressing issues for graphic professionals - so your comments are very much appreciated.
can you do a video about this feature now?
S P E C T A C U L A R! I've been searching for this and luckily, found it in one of my favourite channels! Thanks mate.
You are smarter than most. False expectations are frustrating.
I tried IpadPro it apple indepth. Amazing. Versatile/ no lag at all. I did'nt stress it out but to me, as a ex-drawer and animator...possibilities are infinite. You can even think to sketch wherever you are! And I love the creative app.
Awesome video. It solved my challenge which I was facing from the last 3 days.
WOW. Every time I learn something from you. Amazing feature 🙌
You can have the same image on both displays. One big on the Mac and one to draw on on the iPad.
Use the menu Window > Arrange > New Window For filename.psd
Johan Sugarev how do you do this? Thanks
@@heavyspinal2 Window > Arrange > New Window For filename.psd
This way you get two windows with the same image. Anything you do on one reflects on the other as well. Super useful when working with clients.
Thanks man-this is the feature I’ve been looking for
Agree, the iPad Pro is not something you get to be a Wacom Cintiq replacement, but if you have or get one regardless, because it’s an awesome tablet with a lot of great apps (Procreate, Affiniity Photo, whatever), the. It’s a good feature to have. Currently don’t have Catalina on my Mac, though I’m regularly using Astropad to turn my iPad into a mini-Cintiq when editing photos and want to paint masks. Feels a lot nicer than painting with a mouse. I have an old Wacom still, but just a regular one without a screen.
very good video. no bs talking and selling attitude. thanks man!
I like this man, he was totally honest about his opinion.
If you live in the u.s. you can buy the iPad Pro for $50 a month no interest from Verizon. I got mine 6 months ago so in love with it! Waiting on photoshop for iPad impatiently.
I totally agree with your opinion because you explain a proper reason to it and yeah if someone is even rich they'll love windows and secondary monitors and of course your Most lovable Walcomm tablet 💕😊
still waiting a year after adobe announced photoshop for ipad pro.....
Same. Only reason I bout an iPad Pro because I thought it was coming this year. I’m excited to try sidecar but it’s a far cry from the native photoshop promised last year.
didn't they say it was going to be q2 2020?
People are speculating it’ll drop at the Adobe MAX conference this November. I have my fingers crossed
knowing Adobe they’re probably gonna ask $15/month for that.
@@quagsoul during the announcement, they said first half of 2019....
Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
U are da man I took my I pad back and got Wacom
We dont buy ipads to use primarily as an drawing table. That device is a professional tool which has so much to offer than a wacom tablet. It can be used as a web surfing device, media consumption, note book, sketchbook, for emails, to sign documents, content creation, digital portfolio holder for taking it around with you to present your work to clients, etc....drawing tablet use on the ipad is another great addition which comes in handy at most times. I have created logos on ipad pro on the go and finished them off in Illustrator on a mac. Super useful.
Duet display is really cool as an option too!
Banananana Toomoe not from my experience. It was really laggy and I couldn’t get it to work full screen neither on my MacBook or iMac. Paying for the subscription didn’t help. Sidecar is the best so far, but it’s still miles behind my Cintiq.
so detailed so true thanks
I use Astropad Studio and it works WAY better than Side Car. Plus it has shortcut tools for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Try it out Unmesh!
So nice bro very good you are doing a excellent work for us god bless you....
Thank you. This is a very straightforward and helpful video.
Please make a retouching (Dodge and burn) video for the ipad pro using affinity photo!
Yupp! Already using for my Editing works!
The title got me hyped! I can’t actually draw but I love the feel of a graphics tablet (I use an old Intuos pro) especially for blending, selections, masking, everything that feels natural. Basic click select sliders and and and work just fine with my trackpad.
Got a mouse yesterday to make everything easier and so far I like it for the standard things, but as soon as I gotta do anything where precision is required I grab my stylus.
Having a Cintiq like tablet to work with would make precise work so much easier. Also I could use the iPad in my camera bag as screen for live view, could replace my laptop.
I really hope I won’t be too disappointed after watching! See you in seven minutes
Okay here I am again (starting to type while halfway through)
And I’m absolutely thrilled by now, it does what I expect!
Of course the Wacom works on multiple screens but it doesn’t make up for seeing exactly where you’re working.
With Wacoms without screens you gotta watch the screen while move your hand, it works great DONT get me wrong, you can always see where your pen/stylus is (video ended now btw) but drawing/editing directly on the photo feels just so much better.
If you/he compared it with high tier wacom (cintiq?) then the iPad wouldn’t stand a chance, but those set you back over a thousand bucks, if you’re an artist, working digitally, you’d probably prefer those over everything else, responsive, precise, you can see what you’re doing, where you’re doing, when you’re doing it. A straight stroke upwards one a display will always be straight upwards, if a screen less tablet is slightly crooked you easily end up somewhere you do not want to be.
I think it’s an extremely powerful feature, for people who starting to draw digitally or people who want a tiny bit more control and precise for their work without spending a fortune on a cintiq.
Plus the iPads ability to act as off camera screen makes it even more useful.
I’m seriously considering investing into an iPad. Bigger screen for photography, the ability to use it as graphics tablet plus the general pros of an iPad.
Just gotta do some research and test it myself.
Anyways: thank you very very much for this video!
i need this , i full version REALLY A FULLLLLLL VERSION of Photoshop for Ipad !
You made the content excellent
Can only do with latest macbooks, those from the touchbar generation onwards. For the older versions Sidecar is not available (there is a workaround but it's not usable because of very bad banding caused by incompatible processor/gpu).
Very nice, it gives confidence for non apple users. Is apple better than windows for editing ??? Do guide
For windows users, you can install an app called duet both of your devices ( Pc & ipad) to do the same thing.
thank you for your no nonsense tutorial, i assume this will work with an IMAC Pro
very lucid & fair summation of the advantages & disadvantages... thank you
You have to have macOS Catalina for this guys! Brilliant information and feature!
If you're using a higher-tiered Windows PC, you would want to look into Duet Display Pro. It works fantastic even on my 7th gen iPad.
when use it on illustrator, the accuracy is amazing, however, as for photoshop, I only try painting brush and its lagging and slow as hell.
Hi Ezra, does it work on the iPad the brush sensitive like a wacom? Can you make light and bold strokes with one brush in the same time?
@@DeLaRic I dont think thats the case here. Since ipad is use as a second screen you wont be able to control the thickness of stroke by pressing harder.
EZRA HONG Unmesh literally told in this video that sidecar with the iPad DOES support pressure sensitivity.
@@konrad7592 maybe i dont know how to use it then
@@ezrahong7343 it does support pressure sensitivity, when it doesnt work for you ipad, problem is probably in options in Photoshop (you got pressure turned off ,.. ) at least i think so ( sry for my english :D i hope u get it )
Very useful information!! Thanks so much!! 😊
hahahah I love the 'whoops I didn't mean to do that' xD
I am a huge iPad advocat so it hurts to say that with sidecar its still faaaar away from competing with Wacom. It relies heavily on the software you use (guess it eats up a lot of your memory). And I have a iPad Pro 3rd Gen and a 2018 Macbook Pro with all the good stuff in it XD.
PSD is quite ok with sidecar but I tried working in Storyboard Pro 7 cause the job demanded it and it was a nightmare!
Sidecar tend to connect via Apple TV instead of a wired USB-C connection what makes things go way slower. Especially when pencil feedback is what you really care about. I then tried Dual Display what actually uses a wired connection but still gave me the same slow result. Of all the "iPad Display"-Apps AstroPad has actually been the most stable (uses even WiFi what surprised me the most being the fastest). But it was still too slow :P
I love the iPad Pro so much and I did many many jobs with it. It also allows me to be super mobile: I used it on my travels, in Zoos, Cafes, on hikes, whatever (hurry up when you stand in the sun otherwise the glass gets really hot, overheats and goes into cooldown :D). So I highly recommend this device to every Digital Artist out there.
BUT to get the full performance working on my Mac I had no other choice than buying the Wacom Cintiq Pro 32 in the end XD
Life changing !!!!!! Thank you !!!
this video is 3 years old... i just discovered this lol sweet!
any future video for full version photoshop for ipad?
I just saw how I can put my ipad in good use! Thank you
Thank you!
Unmesh your brows are massive
Wow my artwork would will increasingly get better
This is such good, qualified and honest review of what this iPad really is for REAL photoshop users.
Bought a Wacom tablet a couple years ago and hate it. Have rarely used it because the experience has always felt subpar to me. Have been anxiously awaiting this technology as a replacement. With Draw, ProCreate and sidecar, Wacom will be a thing of the past very soon.
Dask Hux What do you hate about Wacom? I started using the Intuos Small last year and it’s been my best investment for my retouching.
I’ve been using Astropad to mirror my MacBook Pro to my iPad for years. But I don’t split by apps across two screens - I just mirror my MacBook to the iPad.
is it good?
Excellent guide! Thank you!
Just came to u from the futr! Cool channel- like your honesty n candor n no bs!
As a Owner of a Wacom Cintiq and a first gen iPad Pro and Apple Pencil I’d say given the pressure sensitivity and (if you will) tilt which in terms of latency is comparable to the Wacom pen and Intuos or Cintiq tablets, and without the driver issues which exist for Windows and MacOS, I’d say Apple matched Wacom (which no other company has done) with their hardware, software stack
Thanks you saved my life
Thanks for this video and I totally agree with you on all points of this video
Great video like always. Thanks from Sicily
You can duplicate the Photo window inside photoshop, so you can see it on both screens, instead of moving it from screen to screen
SOOO awesome!!!!!! SOOO excited!!!!
Your honesty is so necessary in this world. Thank you!
plz make a video on digital artwork in Photoshop 🙏
i like how you speak so clear!
too bad i have an old maxed out macpro 2011 and cannot upgrade to catalina. using my ipad pro 2018 as my main computer.
Good honest review. Have you tested recently? If you have, is it more stable and has the pressure sensitivity improved? Great videos, keep up the good work!
This is so helpful
Great tutorial as always. I would caution people to wait on upgrading to Catalina especially if you are a heavy Photoshop user. There are compatibility issues that still need to be sorted out (as mentioned in the video). As of now you can not "save as" to another file format without manually putting in the extension. There are other issues with plugins. I am sure all of this will be addressed in updates but I would hold off. I had to go back to Mojave which was a time consuming process. Also, Catalina does not support any 32 bit applications only 64, so if you rely on any 32 bit applications in your daily work flow, look for alternates BEFORE you upgrade.
Super tutorial! As usual.
do remember that it only works on the latest MacBook pro, i think 2017 on wards.. I have MacBook pro 2015 and sidecar does not work. I use Duet display instead, and works fine!
Literally bought and iPad because of this video
Apple, pay this man for promo
I'm about to buy an ipad to draw with, cause i personally think it's better for me, i'm often out from home, and when i'm at home i like to switch room while drawing, so it's better for me!
I will use it with procreate daily, but if i can use it as a second display too, why not? I bought it😂
Thank you for all the explanation!
perfect analysis
Excellent tutorial.
Your content is sooooo gooood!!!!!
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Can I use my iPad Pro with my windows laptop using this technique, or must I use only the Mac OS?
yes..
use duet app
THANK YOU
Good advice I’ll try it but won’t be expecting too much. 👍🏼
very cool stuff. awesome video
Tysm good and genuine review 👌🏻🙌🏻
Excellent video! Thanks for letting me know about this feature! 😃👍
Excellent!
Thanks for doing this
Awesome! But I'm not updating to Catalina on my Mac until my important apps are compatible with the 64b it system.
L H please don’t, biggest mistake I’ve made this year, can’t even use my Wacom tablet again
@@v1nigra3 I'm not planning to anytime soon, may be a long while until 64 bit app compatibility issue is resolved.
Can you do a review of the other tablet options out there? There are many that are way cheaper than Wacom. Would be nice to see if they are any good.
Good setting.
Question for iPad users: when the battery wears out, what are your options? Surely you don't throw them in the trash. Can an exterior battery be used?
My iPad has been going for years, you can plug it in to charge during use as well - really no difference if you’re using any Wacom product.
@@IsraelHoltzhausen But when the battery does give out, is there a way to get a replacement, or has Apple rigged it to not work? I had an ipod touch I used all the time, but now, even plugged in, it can't even boot up, it perpetually tries, but never gets there. Surely your iPad will come to that point, and that's what I'm trying to figure out, what can you do then? It's expensive to keep buying new ones.
This is really cool
I respectfully disagree with your conclusions. I have an iPad Pro and a Wacom Intuos Pro, and with the proper screen protector, the iPad Pro + Apple Pencil is obviously superior to any Wacom tablet in terms of immediate visual feedback.
With the app "Duet Display", you can use your iPad as a PC/Windows 10 tablet with Apple Pencil. It works flawlessly and is much more accurate than alternatives made for PC, like the MS Surface Pro which I have as well. I can also connect my iPad Pro + Apple Pencil to my Surface Pro with Duet Display and 'replace' the less perfect Surface Pro pen.
Thanks for your video anyway!
Let's say I only have an ipad version 2 (super old from 2009-ish, 16 gb), and a wacom Intuos 5 Touch, and mostly work on PC. I've been thinking of getting one of the cheaper type of drawing tablet screens - not the Cintiq but something around $200 to $300... What are your thoughts about going with Duet Display (is that a software app on the PC?) and what version of iPad would I need that would work with it, and the Apple Pencil... compared to a decent-enough drawing-monitor? I know I could do this research on my own, but I wanted to see your input, would I spend more trying to get the right version of iPad and Apple Pencil, and how does the pressure levels and reaction time compare, vs. just getting one of those drawing monitors? Thanks for your time if you reply.
@@MaxChromaColor - You will need an iPad Pro to be able to use an Apple Pencil. You may find a refurbished 1st or 2nd generation iPad Pro for less than $500, but I'm not sure about the exact prices.
Duet Display is an app for the iPad developed by former Apple software engineers. You only need to install a Duet Display driver on your desktop PC and then connect your iPad with the Duet Display app installed on it to your PC, and you're done. I believe the app is currently priced at $25-$30, but you need to check that yourself.
The Apple Pencil is the most accurate & sensitive pen in the world with zero lag. Having said that, I must say that Wacom pencils feel much more like a real pencil on paper, but that can be fixed with the proper screen protector for your iPad. Some screen protectors really give you that paper-like feedback, but you will have to read through forum threads with testimonies of digital artists who found the right screen-protector through trial and error.
By the way, an Apple Pencil costs about $100, but I'm sure refurbished ones are much cheaper.
Depending on the size of your iPad, a screen protectors for your iPad will cost somewhere between $15 and $30. Make sure the seller/store applies the iPad screen protector for you if your iPad is one of the bigger ones. You can't do that yourself, trust me.
One of the smaller Wacom tablets with a color screen without a built-in PC (avoid the noisy Cintiqs!) that simply connects to your PC, might be the easiest and cheapest solution for you, since you have an outdated iPad that doesn't work with the Apple Pencil.
I would not recommend buying Wacom-like tablets that don't have excellent user feedback scores, just because they are cheap. Wacom has many budget tablet options to explore, so maybe you'd like to start there.
Anyway, good luck with your decision!
I hope this info will help you get started.
@Riyad Assaf - If your laptop is as powerful as most gaming laptops are, then I would probably consider buying a Wacom tablet with a medium size screen built in to connect to your laptop (not a PC-tablet like Cintiq, just a drawing tablet with a screen) so you don't have to look at the laptop screen all the time when you draw.
Just make sure the Wacom tablet has that rough structured protective layer that makes your Wacom pen feel like a real pen on real paper. I think this would be a cheaper option for you than buying an iPad Pro, which also needs the right software/apps, a carefully selected screen protector that gives you the pen-on-paper feeling, and requires the purchase of an Apple Pencil.
If you are used to building hardware yourself, you can make your own hybrid Wacom Cintiq-clone, by stripping an old LCD or LED screen (most screens can be used as long as they don't have their controller glued on the back of the screen, since you need to remove the alluminum back of the screen), then place it on top of the Wacom tablet, then put a thin glass layer on top, then build a case around it so you can safely connect a power adapter to the screen's power converter/transformer. I built a really big one more than six years ago and it worked great until I separated the Wacom tablet and the LCD screen when I switched to iPad Pro. When I was using it, the Wacom tablet registered the Wacom pen perfectly, even with the screen and glas on top of it.
I learned about the DIY Cintiq-clone through forums at the time. These Cintiq clones were often given names ending with "tiq" by their builders. If you want to use an old laptop screen without the laptop attached to it, you will need to import a custom controller from China (or somewhere else) for around $25/$35, so you can use the screen as a standalone display for your Cintiq clone. Maybe those forums still exist. I had a lot of fun building my Cintiq clone, but I'm very happy with my iPad Pro + Apple Pen right now.
I hope this helps.
Good luck!
Great video as always, you always explain things very clearly and make it simple to understand. Thanks for the advice :-)
👌 great job
There is an app on iPad called Affinity Photo, it’s a very powerful app and does a lot of things that Photoshop can do. It supports import/export of PSD files, which means you can work on the same image (literally, if it’s on the cloud) in both programs. Obviously not at the same time, but once you hit Save, just continue on another device. Another amazing app for painting on iPad is Procreate, which doesn’t have alternatives on any other platform. So I don’t think there’s any advantage for me personally to use *heavily* PC programs on iPad screen. But... there’re some scenarios where I want to take advantage of this functionality! I want to be able to “draw” masks. Say you have a photo with a person, and you want to highlight just the eyes, so I want a way to do this quickly and precisely. Doing this with a mouse.. is just not ideal. Or separate a person from the background with a mask with a mouse just doesn’t feel precise and you have to correct it all the time. Doing small repairs and cloning is just fine with a mouse though. So I still want to do the bulk of the editing (in Capture One) on the big screen, and then be able to quickly jump into ipad, draw the mask and jump back into the PC.
I think each device has strong points and weaknesses. Painting is a creative process, and having an iPad with native painting apps is a truly amazing experience that Wacom can’t replace. The levels of sensitivity are sufficient in my opinion, in fact, how many levels does a physical pencil have? Or a physical brush? People always talk about pressure sensitivity, but really it comes down to feeling natural. I think Apple Pencil (I got 1st gen) feels as good as a physical pencil. 2nd gen is supposed to have even more. If you actually need something that Photoshop alone can do, then of course you should use it. But if you haven’t tried painting on the iPad with “alternative” apps, then you should definitely try it. You might discover that going back to PC is not an option.
Top Man! Congratulations!
Thank you for your tip. But it's better use Affinity Photo for Ipad. Simply faster.
Why am i watching this? I don't even have an iPad.
Easycanvas review plz.
I have the 2nd gen iPad Pro still w/ lightning connection. Tried side car on Photoshop on Mac. Too much lag in drawing. Dialogue placements sometimes wrong, staying on desktop area
Yea, it's not conventional. I'm staying with the desktop too
Finally! Thank you for the information :)
what do you think about display tablets ? im undecided if i get a wacom tablet or a tablet with display