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by ChrisMarshallNY 1710 days ago
ProCreate works very well with the Apple Pencil.

The Apple Pencil, and the iPad Pro (esp. the latest of each), is awesome. They did a really good job on that.

I don't use ProCreate, but that's mostly because I'm not really that kind of graphic designer.

I remember looking at "paintbox" tools for video effects, in the 1970s. We've come a long, long way, and real artists have some really nice tools at their disposal.
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ksec 1710 days ago
So it is Apple Pencil that is making the difference, Not Pro Create?

Because parent mention Apps were the problem? Or is it more like Apps designed for Apple Pencil will be the future? Not mouse and keyboard?

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prox 1710 days ago
It’s the intuitive way you can draw without endlessly dialing knobs, tweak panels and so on. It’s fluent, which I feel, a lot of apps lack. I love to see more UI / UX creativity.
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theaussiestew 1710 days ago
I’m very curious about what you mean specifically around UI/UX creativity. I do agree with you though, which is why I’ve been trying to build an app that has more “creative” and non traditional UX elements.

I also feel that an ‘Ink-Board’ should replace the trackpad as we know it. Basically an E-Ink tablet that serves as a stylus, pointer and control input. So that we’re not limited to discrete inputs (as opposed to analogue inputs).

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prox 1709 days ago
Sorry for a late feedback as I do interest myself in this topic. If you look at Photoshop or Affinity, they all work the same way. The present an icon to manipulate the image, they have the same panels.

And you can ofcourse create beautiful works of art with it. But in terms of usage, it’s all the same.

Now if you are lucky you got yourself a Cintiq or maybe Surface Studio edition, giving you a hands on experience.

When it comes interfacing though, I feel we haven’t really explored much. Someone here mentioned KAI power tools, which was quite intuitive and fun to use.

I just wish for more types of computing/interfacing and use of screen and see some creativity in this field.

An Ink-board does sounds interesting though!

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theaussiestew 1704 days ago
Yeah I see what you mean. All the panels are largely the same, to do with configurable numeric inputs. I think this is a interesting space to explore, there are so many possible alternatives.
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