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One current day iPad killer app IMO is Procreate. It's basically a more intuitive version of Adobe Illustrator completely optimized for iPad + iPen. I bought my
by kaycebasques 4y ago
One current day iPad killer app IMO is Procreate. It's basically a more intuitive version of Adobe Illustrator completely optimized for iPad + iPen. I bought my then girlfriend (now wife :D) an iPad for her bday in 2020 accepting the risk that we're spending a lot of money on an activity she might not stick with (digital illustration). Happy to report that I was totally wrong and we have def gotten our money's worth through the countless hours she has logged creating art. If she didn't have such a stellar app like Procreate she probably would have tried out other illustration methods. Not a guerilla marketing plug, I have no vested interest in Apple or Procreate. Just sharing an app outside my space that seems to not get much attention here on HN. You can check out my wife's art at https://instagram.com/gabjoart https://instagram.com/gabjoart
- dagmx 4y agoProCreate and illustrator aren’t comparable. The former is raster while the latter is a vector app. I think you meant to or should compare it to Photoshop
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- carbocation 4y agoFrom context "Easter" was probably autouncorrected from "raster".
- wlesieutre 4y agoAnd only the digital painting parts of Photoshop, not photo editing. Which isn't to say that it's not a great app! It's just not a full on replacement for Illustrator of Photoshop. If you want an alternative to Illustrator or Photoshop, Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo are more in that vein.
- bpye 4y agoHow does the iPad version of Photoshop compare to the full desktop application?
- wlesieutre 4y agoI've seen occasional blog posts about X feature from desktop being added to mobile, so definitely didn't launch with feature parity, though they made a big deal about how it was based on the real desktop Photoshop codebase. But personally I dropped Photoshop when it went subscription (last version I owned was CS5) and I've never tried the iPad version, so no personal experience to compare it.
- crazygringo 4y agoNot even Photoshop -- Photoshop is mainly about editing, well, photos, while ProCreate is about natural-looking brush painting. Photoshop certainly has brushes, but it's not even attempting any kind of naturalism. People don't generally "paint" in Photoshop. [Edit: from comments below, I stand corrected. Guess it's just the people I know.] I'm not sure what you call that category of app -- painting apps? Natural-media painting apps? (Although you can choose to make them quite unnatural-looking too if you want.) Fractal Design Painter (later Corel Painter) invented the category I believe, way back in 1991.
- bovermyer 4y agoI paint in Photoshop...
- dagmx 4y agoPhotoshop is one of the primary painting apps in the professional industry. From illustrators to matte painters, photoshop is probably the most common painting app you’ll find.
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- lupire 4y agoProcreate is an approximate subset of Photoshop. Photoshop has an old, strong brand, allthe name is a bit anachronistic, but it has grown to be a product for all 2D visual art.
- formerly_proven 4y agoAre the 3D object layers from CS5 still around?
- gcau 4y agoBoth of these statements are untrue. >People don't generally paint in photoshop EVERYONE uses photoshop in the painting/art world. Seriously, almost everyone. It's the best app for it, and the only reason people use others in my experience is because they're either free or a one-time payment. Or, because they're painting on a tablet, where (the full) photoshop isn't available. >while ProCreate is about natural-looking brush painting This is also not true. People use procreate because of the simple UI, nice gestures, tailored to iPads, for a one-off payment - and because its simply just the best option available on iPads. There's no difference in what you can do with brushes, or "naturalness" between them. If anything, photoshop is better at natural-looking brush painting. If you're wanting natural looking brush painting, also check out the lesser-known Rebelle: https://www.escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/about?//products/rebelle/index.php https://www.escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/about?//produ... - which is designed to more simulate real physical paint, not just in terms of brush patterns but also mixing.
- aikinai 4y agoThanks for your comment. I was just about to waste time researching Procreate under the false impression it was vector. By the way, if anyone is interested in a vector drawing app, I highly recommend Concepts.
- dagmx 4y agoAffinity Designer is another really good vector app and exists on desktop too so you can have a single app workflow
- ghostpepper 4y agoAffinity products are like if Adobe never got huge and bloated and instead just kept working on keeping Photoshop/Illustrator/etc modern and usable
- jiveturkey 4y agoexcept 1/10th of the feature set. one man's bloat is another man's essential feature. as a non professional I eventually had to give up as I couldn't keep CS5 running on Mac. I am still on Intel so I guess I could run an older macOS in a VM.
- dagmx 4y agoYeah agreed. I own all the affinity products and i tried really hard to use them. They’re just not comparable on desktop to the Adobe equivalents. There’s so many basic features missing right now and their forums mention they’re not planning to add some of them. Had to go back to Adobe
- llui85 4y agoPersonally, I use Vectornator, although it has a history of being a bit buggy on lower-end devices (seems to be fixed now).
- FrozenSynapse 4y agoThe direct competitor is Fresco I think, Adobe's drawing app for iPads
- Swizec 4y agoI bought an iPad in 2020 fully thinking it’s gonna collect dust like all my other tablets over the years. Nowadays I use it more than my laptop. With the magic keyboard and pen, it really has become the perfect portable computing device. Great for writing, great for sketching diagrams, even good for light coding (like for code samples). And it is fantastic for creating talk slides and even presenting full day workshops. Love it Was waiting for today’s announcement to upgrade. Running into memory issues lately :D
- dzhiurgis 4y agoIs this 11 or 13" one? I found smaller keyboard is too painful to use. Maybe you can get used to as a daily, but will be upgrading to larger one.
- Swizec 4y agoI have the 11". Probably couldn't use that keyboard all day, but for a few hours of writing at a time it's perfect.
- lukasb 4y agoWhat size iPad do you have? Thinking about getting the pen but I have the smaller Pro, not sure how good an experience it will be.
- Swizec 4y agoI have the 11" and like it specifically because it's small. Perfect for working on the couch
- lupire 4y agoIt seems like iPad's main feature is that Apple refuses to put a touchscreen or 180degree hinge on a laptop. Laptop has a bigger screen for drawing and coding.
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- doix 4y agoSimilar story here, my girlfriend uses the iPad/pencil/procreate to draw commissions for people. She absolutely loves it, went did an art degree but then went down a different career path and is now getting back into it. In a world filled with apps that require a subscription, a persistent internet connection or filled to the brim with ads, procreate really is a breath of fresh air. Just buy it and use it like in the good old days.
- parkersweb 4y agoAdobe purchasing Procreate in 3...2.... ;-)
- AIrtemis 4y agoCame here to +1 on the likelihood of transition thoughts and the discovery of procreate. I also happened to gift an iPad Pro to my wife. Her daily workflow for work are apps like gdocs and buffer and the ipad handles that just fine. I think we underestimate how similar is the regular job workflow and overestimate the particular setup we need for programming / engineering. And for digital art, she started from 0 and is now a pro at ClipStudio art and Procreate. She is working on her webtoon and has created plenty of nfts and twitter profile pictures on fiverr. I’ve started bringing an ipad to engineering lectures since it has also helped me a great deal with note taking. I’ll send her your wife’s insta, here is her’s: https://www.instagram.com/yanora_draws/ https://www.instagram.com/yanora_draws/
- mkaic 4y agoAgreed. Procreate is a masterclass in iPad app design. Everything runs so smoothly, the features are deep but the interface is still beginner-friendly, it's a joy to draw in with the Apple Pencil, and it has really good options available for exporting your work. Plus, it automatically records a timelapse of every project that you can render out at the end, which is a small feature that I absolutely adore. All that for a single-time purchase? Heck yeah.
- kylehotchkiss 4y agoI can’t believe it’s just a one-time $10 fee instead of the ridiculous and increasing creative cloud monthly/annual fees. I don’t know how they do it. Maybe it’ll be an annual fee one day but at least the app is worth it.
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- overgard 4y agoProcreate is great, but it really doesn't solve the same problems as Illustrator at all. Apples and oranges.