The feel still isn’t quite as good as a Cintiq, but it’s a pretty good approximation. At launch time, Inkist will support the Pogo Connect stylus with support for other pressure sensitive styluses being planned. Thankfully, several third party manufacturers have begun releasing styluses using bluetooth which can report pressure information. With standard styluses and finger strokes, brush strokes will have a slight fading in and fading out, using the light and strong brush pressure parameters as guides. ![]() For the most part I’ve been successful in transitioning this to iPad. iPhone’s small screen necessitates hiding features behind taps and iPad apps seem to follow suit either without enough consideration as to how much can be displayed, or in attempt to create an uncluttered look without regard to functionality.Īs mentioned in my previous blog post, brush feel is of top priority for Inkist. There is some tradeoff with drawing space, but it’s a tradeoff I wish more apps would make. Rather than tapping a button to reach those controls, Inkist keeps them on screen making the process faster. As understandable as this is, switching brushes, colors, and layers while drawing is common and needs to be easily accessible. Drawing apps currently on the App Store try to minimize the screen real estate taken up by the tools in order to dedicate as much space as possible to the drawing itself. The toolbar is a bit unusual for an iPad app. The buttons are based off a larger 50 point grid rather than a 30 point grid due to the fact that fingers and iPad styluses aren’t as accurate devices as Wacom digitizes, but the overall organization is unchanged. Since the Mac app was meant for use with pen input, it was already well suited to an iPad stylus. Though it’s usually a terrible idea for a Mac and iPad app to share an interface, the iPad (right) tools are little changed from the original. iPads, however, are commonplace, general purpose devices that are ideal for both amateurs and travelling professionals. ![]() Of course, there are many people like me who enjoy drawing, but don’t have the money to buy an expensive specialized piece of equipment like that. In short, Inkist is how I envisioned drawing on a Cintiq (or other drawing tablet) should be. When Inkist was released last May, I wrote this blog post about its creation which may be worth revisiting. ![]() Inkist iPad Transitioning from Mac to iOS
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