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Painting with an Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro running Astropad connected to a MacBook Pro running Affinity Photo -- who's done this?


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That's a mouthful, but to clarify: has anyone tried this potentially awesome amalgamated workflow of connecting an iPad Pro to a MacBook Pro using the iOS app Astropad, all while painting in Affinity Photo using an Apple Pencil specifically?

 

My dilemma is thus: I need to paint and model using OSX, but I want to move onto a painting-tablet. I don't really want to buy a Cintiq (certainly not the Windows-based Companions). If the iPad Pro would just run OSX, all my problems would be solved, but it doesn't so I'm looking for a work around and am curious if Affinity Photo has been tested within this workflow.

 

Thanks forum!

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Yes I am using these products this way, but am running into an issue where the fans run in overdrive when using the selection tools. If you don't use Astropad and use the selections tools there is no issue, but together it's a problem. So for me, needing the selection tools in my workflow, I am unable to use Astropad with Affinity products. 

 

Super excited for when Affinity Designer comes to the iPad with no need for being hooked to a computer. 

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