Yup. Apple has some work to do if they are going to make the ipad into a device for graphic artists to take seriously IMO.
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Pressure Sensitive Sketching on iPad Demoed
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Yup. Apple has some work to do if they are going to make the ipad into a device for graphic artists to take seriously IMO.
In fact, Apple Stores USE these styluses. That's how you enter your signature into their iPod touch-based checkout devices (the ones with a case that adds a battery, a credit card reader, and a barcode scanner)
That looks pretty sweet for casual graphic type stuff. Obviously anyone serious about it would get an actual Wacom tablet or Cintiq but it's still neat 
It lags and not accurate this would work better on a faster processor which is shockingly should run real time without lag with this software only being a sketch app.
Also, make it more accurate with the retina display allowing it to be more accurate with smaller pixels.
Also, make it more accurate with the retina display allowing it to be more accurate with smaller pixels.
Wrist detection exists already
We use the Pogo stylus with a great app called Penultimate - they quickly added a function after the initial release that allows you to set wrist detection on the screen. Love taking only my iPad to meetings and being able to take notes and keep them all in one place.
We use the Pogo stylus with a great app called Penultimate - they quickly added a function after the initial release that allows you to set wrist detection on the screen. Love taking only my iPad to meetings and being able to take notes and keep them all in one place.
This is a tech-demo. They're demonstrating that you don't need any additional equipment, or active stylus device to enable pressure-sensitivity. It's not an optimized app. The lag is acceptable, and expected at this stage.
Someone has probably already posted this and you've probably seen it, but if you haven't seen this video, you should watch it. Stephen Fry tweeted about it - check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLP4nbAVA4
Nothing to do with the app store, you're not suppose to use the private frameworks everywhere. They are not officially supported and you'll end up wasting more time trying to fix every time they update it.
Those 1500+ new APIs that Apple talked about for iOS4, some of them were just private APIs from previous iOS releases that migrated to official support. If those private frameworks are stable and works fine for Apple, likely they'll get promoted to official status in the next iOS release. We probably could be seeing those APIs in next iOS release which is now less than a year away.
Won't happen
This probably won't happen because Steve Jobs doesn't like styluses. Just because you can buy one doesn't mean that it's well supported by the hardware (i.e. you have to avoid touching your palm to the screen or wear gloves). I just don't see that changing because of SJ's philosophy.
This probably won't happen because Steve Jobs doesn't like styluses. Just because you can buy one doesn't mean that it's well supported by the hardware (i.e. you have to avoid touching your palm to the screen or wear gloves). I just don't see that changing because of SJ's philosophy.
They have always made me sign with my finger.
That looks pretty sweet for casual graphic type stuff. Obviously anyone serious about it would get an actual Wacom tablet or Cintiq but it's still neat
You can't really compare these solutions. Cintiq is for un-compromised quality while tethered to your desk. A main goal of the iPad is portability.
Hell yes! I love this. It's cool someone is making the faux-pressure sensitivity a reality on the iPad.
Also, it's cool someone is thinking about Open-Source on the iPad in a responsible and intelligent way. (Open-sourced libraries save developers the trouble of reinventing the wheel, and good libraries make it easier to improve the overall quality of applications. As one library gets better, all of the apps get better.)
Right I'm pretty sure that was @Converse's point: that they don't compare.
Also, it's cool someone is thinking about Open-Source on the iPad in a responsible and intelligent way. (Open-sourced libraries save developers the trouble of reinventing the wheel, and good libraries make it easier to improve the overall quality of applications. As one library gets better, all of the apps get better.)
Right I'm pretty sure that was @Converse's point: that they don't compare.
I'm a bit confused about the pressure sensitive part. The guy in the video is just changing the angle of the pen, making it either a small or a larger ,dot' to track. The handpalm and finger filtering looks like the sw is ignoring the larger gesture impressions.
All in all nice but less cooler than it is presented.
All in all nice but less cooler than it is presented.
look at around the 50 sec mark. it looks more like he is putting less pressure on the pen
Right. I said Apple because I would like to see these functions as native to Apple. I would like to see them possibly worked into the hardware. They need a tablet that caters to graphic artists.
honestly, the main reason i'd want an ipad is for note taking in meetings. using your finger is hardly natural to write out notes and while the stylus is great, not allowing your palm to rest on the surface is pointless. this would be perfect. guess we'll see what happens.
Yes, I have seen this it's cool. I really want to be able to plug in my scanner though so I could be truly free with my art and have it work hand in hand with AI and PS etc.. I'm asking for a lot, I know.
It's for the best. I think it keeps app developers from writing programs that break with new iOS updates. You know, it helps Apple do their job.
Hey ... there seemed to be alot of lag in the video. Is this common? I plan on getting an ipad but drawing is one of the biggest features I plan on using it for. Is it worth it to me to just wait til revision 2?
Then why does Apples iPod Touch Point of Sale system use the very same Pogo stylus, if not to encourage the market. Plus their patent portfolio shows they have been looking at this from early development of the SafariPad, how to get the best of both worlds. Yes if you want it to be finger activated you rule out traditional stylus but that is a design decision and nothing to do with not liking something.
Steve said at the iPhone launch that a touch screen phone shouldn't rely on a stylus, how would you make a call if you lost the stylus. Nothing about not liking the stylus where appropriate just a lot about where they are inappropriate.
I wouldn't be surprised to see an Apple "investment" in this company.