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It might take a while to get used to it if you’re used to a different software like Photoshop, but after a week you should have it down pretty well.

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I painted using a Windows PC with Photoshop for over a decade, so the idea of finally having to switch to a different art software was really unappealing and I wasn't looking forward to it, but for the most part it’s been easy! Clip Studio Paint on the iPad Pro works very much like Photoshop on PC, at least for digital painting.

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Unfortunately but not unexpectedly, despite the iPad being super portable the screen doesn’t do that well in direct sunlight and other bright environments, so you can’t really use it outside. The screen’s color accuracy is fantastic out of the box - I didn't need to calibrate my 12.9 at all. Because the iPad is easy to rotate though, you get quite a lot of flexibility over how you arrange your painting interface. The 12.9” iPad Pro has a very crisp resolution of 2732x2048, and an aspect ratio of 4:3 - compared to a typical 16:9 monitor I’ve found the 4:3 ratio to be a bit better for portrait-oriented work but slightly worse for landscape. It seems I’m the odd-one-out, and most people dislike how the glassy-smooth screen feels to paint on - luckily there are screen covers you can purchase that add some tooth and friction to the screen, to make it feel closer to drawing with a pencil on paper. I actually enjoy the smooth feeling of the screen now, which is unexpected after a decade of using the toothier screens of Wacom and Huion devices.

When I first used it, I found the glassy feeling of the screen a little off-putting and strange, but after a few months I’m completely used to it. It's really, really smooth, and combined with the smoothness of the plastic nib of the Apple Pencil you’ll find your stylus gliding over the screen with almost no friction at all. The screen of the iPad Pro is made from precision-milled glass. The Pencil is more than good enough to work professionally with, of that I’m certain. Apple have somehow managed to remove the need for cursor calibration, and there isn’t any noticeable parallax either, so the Pencil is technically very accurate - however, there is no cursor when drawing and the Pencil’s nib is fatter than a Wacom or Huion stylus', so it's hard to say which is more accurate. I don’t think I’ve once run out of battery with my Pencil - I just clip it to the iPad overnight and whenever I take a break, and that's enough to keep it topped up just fine.

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However, even though it's a bit annoying that it needs charging now and then, it lasts hours and charges to full battery in 10 minutes.

I don’t think the pressure levels of the Apple Pencil are public knowledge, but from my experience they are indistinguishable from the 4000 or 8000 on a Wacom or Huion stylus.īeing battery-powered, it has to be charged regularly. It just has a single hidden button: double-tap the side of the pencil and it’ll act as a button, usually switching to an eraser in most apps. ‍The Pencil is relatively short on features - no buttons, no eraser on the end, no rubberized grip. It’s shape encourages me to hold it a little further back and looser, much like I would hold a real pencil, making it a little more comfortable to hold for long periods than the typically wider and tapered Wacom and Huion stylus’. It’s thin and resembles a slightly heavy pencil, with a rounded nib. As far as I’m aware the Pencil is the only fully-functional stylus for the iPad Pro.