Working on a pencil drawing section of the roman fresco at Luxor temple Although we could occasionally use a digital pattern on large homogeneous surfaces, the lack of any satisfying digital equipment in the field made most of the studio work repetitive and rather tedious. Once a section was done and the photograph was scanned, this pencil pattern needed to be meticulously reproduced – stroke by stroke – digitally. When the photographs were developed in 1:4 the remaining traces of the roman pigment were traced directly on the photos by using regular pencil and a special crisscrossed pattern. We’ve already documented one of the most complicated walls applying a unique hybrid method that still involved using a large format camera as the crucial initial step. In October 2015, the Epigraphic Survey was in the middle of an ongoing project developed to document the roman frescoes in the King’s Chamber at Luxor temple.
#Astropad standard vs studio pro#
I have been aware of Astropad since it was released, however, I only started experimenting with it when the first iPad Pro with Apple Pencil came to life. Don’t forget, however, that it was 2015, there was no Apple Pencil on the market yet and – although iPad was used for quick sketching by many – second party digital styluses were plagued by imprecise screen mapping and couldn’t replicate pressure. While its immediate competition, Duet Display aimed to enthrall second-screen enthusiasts, Astro HQ had a mightier goal: replace your Wacom tablet entirely. In both situations while I attempted some quick sketching, there didn’t appear to be any noticeable lag.Back in 2015 Astro HQ released an iPad app called Astropad with a unique mission: to map the iPad to your Mac’s screen! At that time Astropad filled a unique space for creative pros. On my home Wi-Fi network, running at 5GHz using an Eero system, that time was 4-5 milliseconds. On a 10.5-inch iPad Pro, connected via USB to my late 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, the app reported a 2 millisecond response time. You can configure Magic Gestures for other actions, too.Īll of those features are welcome, but the top consideration with a setup like this is performance. Or touch two fingers on the screen and tap with the pencil to right-click and bring up the contextual menu.
Annoyed that you can’t flip the Apple Pencil over and erase? (Even years out of school where I rarely touch a real pencil, that’s a behavior that will probably never go away.) Activate a tool’s erase function by holding one finger on the screen and drawing with the Pencil. Set up sidebar shortcuts to common application tasks.įurther customization is possible through Magic Gestures, actions that involve both finger touches and Pencil drawing. Those are the defaults you can set up any menu item in that space. However, you can also control everything from the iPad using an onscreen keyboard, shortcut keys (Command, Option, Shift, Control) that are easily displayed, and quick access to basic commands such as Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, and Paste. If you’re using Astropad Studio and the iPad Pro as a digitizer, you’ll probably have one hand poised over your keyboard and the other using the iPad. The Pencil becomes your mouse pointer, with the ability to pass along Pencil-specific gesture data as needed. It’s important to note that Astropad Studio isn’t limited to specific applications, nor does it require plug-ins or other hooks. Instead of shrinking the application window, you could focus Astropad Studio on areas and move the view as needed. Jeff CarlsonĪstropad Studio on the iPad Pro and a resized Lightroom Classic to fit Astropad’s visible area at 100 percent.
Switching between views and repositioning the active area is simple and quick, however.
#Astropad standard vs studio mac#
You can also view the entire Mac screen on the iPad by holding Astropad’s main button and tapping the Fullscreen button, but that means you’re not working 1:1 with the app you’re controlling, which may not be as accurate when drawing.
When set to 100 percent view, the iOS app reveals only a section, necessitating some window resizing.
How much you see depends on your screen resolution. When connected-via a Lightning-to-USB cable or with both devices on the same Wi-Fi network-the iPad Pro displays a portion of the Mac’s screen, which you can control using your fingers or an Apple Pencil. The Astropad Studio app runs on the iPad Pro and communicates with a sister application on the Mac.
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