Disney Artists Go Hands-On With Upcoming iPad Pro and Apple Pencil

[ParisNK]

Sound so cool, i have dreamed about to learn how to draw and i'm so close to buy a Wacom tablet to dreaw on, when i see iPad Pro i will wait until i know about iPad Pro its cooler and better then Wacom or its Wacom there is a winner, its look like Apple have created a product to creative people.

Keep up for the good working Apple!

 

[appledefenceforce]

Must admit the iPad Pro looks like a toy compared to the Surface Pro 4. I think a lot of people are going to buy both the Surface Book and Pro 4.

lol not sure if serious.

 

[dtich]

I can't find a video anywhere that showcases the iPad Pro's low latency. How is it that not one reviewer cares about this?

Latency alone will make or break the iPad Pro. It's clear that none of the reviewers have drawing experience.

NO. everyone... EVERYONE.. has said it has near zero latency. calm down.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the case.

I read that the iPad Pro's screen or pencil nib may have a little bit of roughness to give drawing feedback. If that's true, that's a big detail to miss.

I bet the MS Pen is less accurate considering MS didn't mention anything about the LCD talking to the Pen.

this is why--this is WHY--they gave the iPads to disney and had them draw and periscope it. exactly. why make a comment about this when the very article and linked video is the answer to your whining??

 

[Karma*Police]

Can't wait. This is the iPad I've been waiting for to use for work. Trying to use a stylus with the current iPad is frustrating because of the lag.

I watched the keynote, when the presenter scribbled on OneNote there was observable latency for the "outflow" of ink. Also he failed to demonstrate activation of Cortana by the Pen. Hopefully iPad Pro will do it better - so far every review said it has near zero latency.

We have a few Surface pros at the office and there's noticeable latency... nowhere near as bad my iPad with 3rd party stylus, but enough to not feel natural.

The iPad pro looks completely natural and I can't wait to get my hands on one.

 

[asiga]

Apple, maybe they don't need OSX for drawing and animating at Disney, but, come on, you should have brought some Watches there: they would prefer those over the iPad. And the gold ones. A good deal you could got there with a little wisdom.

 

[username:]

That picture obviously doesn't show it, but there are alot more Female animators than there were just 5 years ago. It is funny as most of the animators I personally KNOW and have worked with are actually women. I was the odd man out so it were.


Kal.

No wonder their fairy tales are so sexist and backward!

 

[gaximus]

To get a 1:1 drawing experience the latency has to be at least 1ms. This would require a refresh rate of 1000 Mhz!

Some day we'll get there.

No. The refresh rate has nothing to do with lag. The video you posted is only at 30hz and it looks pretty close to perfect. Even at 5 frames a second, it would just look like the box under his finger is flashing, but always perfectly under his finger.

 

[Kal-037]

No wonder their fairy tales are so sexist and backward!

+1....
To be fair though, Disney has actually had some pretty good movies and TV shows with female leads being written well, (Incredibles, Brave, Kim Possible, Recess, Gravity Falls, numerous others.) Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon have had a few good female-lead/co-lead shows. (Korra, Avatar, The Wild Thornberry's, Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans, Clone Wars, Young Justice, Justice League, Juniper Lee.) Obviously much more room for improvement, but I am liking the more equality happening in film, animation, and tv in the past decade.

Back to subject...
I am really hoping the Apple Pencil's tip last pretty long, didn't Apple say a year or so before needing to replace the tip? I'll mention it again because I'm annoying, but I am really hoping the Apple Pencil will work with a Zagg Glass Cover. I want to use this iPad for drawing but am somewhat fearful of the pencil wearing the screen down unless it has a protector of some form.


Kal.

 

[doelcm82]

The Disney team BE using a beta version.

Disney team, beesa using a beta version.

 

[CFreymarc]

but no animation?

There are cell animation apps on the iPad. Just search the store.

 

[Serban]

https://www.periscope.tv/JeffRanjo/1BdxYaDgOazxX
look at this

 

[TheLondonFella]

These real life photos make the iPad Pro look really small. Why? It doesn't look much bigger than the iPad Air 2.

Which is a good thing (for me).

I'm getting one, and was a bit concerned it may be slightly too big (personal use, not professional).

I'm buzzing even more, now ...

 

[Manderby]

I can't find a video anywhere that showcases the iPad Pro's low latency. How is it that not one reviewer cares about this?

Look at the last five seconds of the video in the article when he draws the tail of the pig. There you have your answer.

Be afraid.

 

[Serban]

look at what link i posted, there are 3 videos with them taking live

 

[Substance90]

[completely unrelated rant about the times we live in]

I am totally unable to view the demo on my iPhone 5 in the year 2015. The Periscope link from the article goes to Twitter which tries to open it in-app, alas I don't have an account. Another button brings me to the actual web page of the twitter post where the real Periscope link is, which leads to a dead alley - a landing page with a link to download the Periscope app... Thanks but no thanks. Life doesn't need to be that complex in 2015.

[/rant]

 

[prasand]

Apple could add a passive eraser to the end, and have the screen detect it. All it would take is the addition of a capacitive capable rubber (same material as the Apple pencil tip), or perhaps plastic coated with rubber (to protect the lightning connector). It could be a small separate add-on that I'm sure many artists would appreciate, and not mind purchasing separately.

There's a lot of tech in that screen ... it's already capable.

Considering the screen already has fine-tuned surface point detection, no matter how an artist erases, the shape and size of an eraser makes it a different contact space (whether the artist uses the end, side, or a corner of the eraser). They can differentiate between a pencil tip and an eraser purely in a software update. A passive eraser would suffice, if the artist wants fine levels of pressure to for erasing, they can use the pencil tip as designed.

 

[attila]

Why is it that no footage features the artist resting his hand on the tablet while drawing?

 

[jimtonic01]

I would like to see someday the iPad Pro to act like the Wacom Cintiq. The problem will be Adobe support such a thing. Just imagine open and Photoshop image and paint, retouch, etc using the iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil and then finish the job on the Mac. That would be awesome.

or do it all on a surface (book) in the first place

 

[doelcm82]

Why is it that no footage features the artist resting his hand on the tablet while drawing?

In the footage that the article links to, the artist not only rests his hand on the tablet while drawing, but comments on how cool he thinks that is.

It's hard to answer the why when the what is not even true.

 

[OllyW]

Moderator Note

The grammar posts that had seriously derailed the thread have been deleted. Please keep the discussion on topic.

 

[prasand]

To get a 1:1 drawing experience the latency has to be at least 1ms. This would require a refresh rate of 1000 Mhz!

Some day we'll get there.

Though screen refresh rate plays a role, I think that the surface point detection eliminates the gap. As the screen can detect where the pencil precisely is and skip to that point. I imagine the iPad pro has the processing power to do that.

 

[darkknight14]

This looks really cool!

 

[bronksy]

These real life photos make the iPad Pro look really small. Why? It doesn't look much bigger than the iPad Air 2.

They all have MASSIVE hands.

Once these are launched I want to take a bet on the first thing people will draw is a representation of the male genitalia.

 

[blackcrayon]

Can't wait. This is the iPad I've been waiting for to use for work. Trying to use a stylus with the current iPad is frustrating because of the lag.

iOS 9 should provide less drawing lag with apps updated to support it. Adonit claims it cuts lag in half, so with something like a Jot Touch Pixel you'll get a big improvement in latency. I think the Air 2 was already one of the best tablets around for touch latency and of course the Pro has doubled its performance.

 

[Taustin Powers]

These real life photos make the iPad Pro look really small. Why? It doesn't look much bigger than the iPad Air 2.

Trickery! They only put absurdly large people with giant hands in the photos!