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Editorial and site information posted from the ShareCG Team I’m an Early iPad Adaptor & Sketchbook Pro Rocks!April 27th, 2010 by David Heller
Yep, I’m an early Apple adaptor. I got the first iPod, the first iTouch, jumped on the bandwagon when the iPhone arrived, even though I’m very disappointed by AT&T’s coverage, and now — drum roll — the iPad …. tah dah! I’ve had my iPad for a week and have already taken it on a business trip in place of my laptop, used it to show prospective clients presentations on the spot, and also let them see how cool ShareCG.com is. The best iPad feature — it turns on INSTANTLY! No longer do I wait 5 minutes or more for a PC operating system to figure out how to boot up, and the iPad turns off instantly too, what a relief! It’s biggest downfall — it doesn’t connect to the cellular system, just to wireless, so I had to find a work around. I want to be able to connect to the internet from anywhere so I went to Verizon and picked up a MyFi wireless hub. The Verizon network really is one of the best, and with my little MyFi hub I can connect to the Internet, and even when there’s no other wireless within miles I can check my email, the web, and even make worldwide phone calls using Skype. I slapped a strip of Velcro on the back of the MyFi and a mating piece on to the back of the iPad and I was ready to go anywhere.
But, before I could get serious I had to invest another twenty bucks for a Pogo Sketch stylus from Ten One Design, which certainly beat using my index finger to draw with. I then slipped my writing hand into an open finger bike glove so I could rest my palm on the screen while I drew, and was finally ready to learn the tool and take my non-existent artistic skills to the next level – or just have some fun scribbling. A picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is worth at least ten times that. So, I’ll give you a few specs and highlights here, express some of my impressions, and then share a video with you that shows how a real artist, like you, creates meaningful work in Sketchbook Pro on iPad. I learned how to use the majority of Sketchbook’s features in less than thirty-minutes after watching the included slide show tutorial and reading the documentation. Then after poking around with Sketchbook for another thirty minutes I really understood how to use this tool, even though I can’t really create much yet. If I want to take it to the next level, i.e. create real art, I guess I’ll have to take a basic drawing course and then come back to this high-tech canvas. I’ve listed below some Sketchbook Pro for iPad features …
Sketchbook Pro’s Notable Features • Full Screen work space with support for any device orientation • Canvas size: 1024 x 768 Multi-touch Interface: High quality brushes and tools: Layers: Gallery: Colors: The Video I placed a Sketchbook Pro video in my ‘jalex417’ ShareCG gallery and posted it in the animation section so you can see how a real artist uses it. Just click the screen shot, sit back and be amazed. I’m really jazzed by this tool, and if you’ve got an iPad, $7.99 and some artistic talent I’m sure you’ll get more than your money’s worth of creative fun. In fact, I’ve added a new category in CG Art named ‘Sketchbook Pro/iPad” so you can upload examples of your work. Once we’ve got a good sampling I’ll showcase your great works of iPad art on the home page for the world to see 🙂 Enjoy your new toy, and allow me, and all our readers, to live vicariously though your experience. One Response to “I’m an Early iPad Adaptor & Sketchbook Pro Rocks!” |
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