iPad Noob Designer
I finally gave in and got myself an iPad Pro 12.9er, I have been tossing the idea around for a while but kept hesitating to make the purchase due to certain factors like..... it's not a computer. Well, I made a big mistake because this thing is my new favorite creative tool. While I do have my battles with this iPad the benefits far outweigh them.
Currently, I'm running Beta iOS11... this little upgrade finally helped ease the pain of not having a traditional Macbook, the update included some great file system upgrades sim to how Mac OS finder operates, this is a massive productivity need. I have been testing pretty much all the apps to figure out which one works best with my workflow and I have yet to find my Photoshop replacement but I'm close. Below are a list of my favorites thus far.
1. AutoDesk Graphic- Think Photoshop meets Illustrator and they get married then compromise on half their features. This app is by far my favorite allowing me to install any fonts, open native .psd, svg, ai, pdf etc.. files, the app also allows for awesome Dropbox integration.
2. Procreate - Rad illustration app.
3. Affinity Photo - A serious pro-rated photo editing app, this thing has more options than PS, I don't use half of them but they are there and the iPad handles Raw files seamlessly.
4. Zen Brush - Pretty much the most addicting app, google it.
5.Causality - It's a game and it has little astronauts in it so ...yeah.
6. Bez - A really robust vector drawing app, some serious bezier tools going on in here.
7. AstroPad - Yup use your iPad just like your Macbook, literally an app that allows you to mirror your desktop machine on your iPad, it's actually much more robust than that, just try it out, it's worth every penny.
Overall I'm pretty happy with this iPad, it's fast, super light goes everywhere, takes a killer photo ;) just don't take a photo with it for obvious reasons. I'm really excited to see how pro range markets like Adobe will adapt, it's going to be a race and currently there are plenty of competitors crushing them.
