vpkumar Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Could anyone help me in choosing a stand alone graphics display tablet which I could use to work with Affinity photo. I dont mean Apple Ipad, but other standalone graphics display tablets like X=pen Artist 12 pro. Will affinity photo work with it without connecting to my windows laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 6 hours ago, vpkumar said: ... Will affinity photo work with it without connecting to my windows laptop How should that work without any wired or wireless device connection? For a general overview of tablet theme related threads in the forum see ... graphics tablet site:forum.affinity.serif.com Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpkumar Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 Can I not work offline? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 13 minutes ago, vpkumar said: Can I not work offline? I think @v_kyr may not be interpreting "without connecting to my laptop" the way you intended. What did you mean? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 58 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I think @v_kyr may not be interpreting "without connecting to my laptop" the way you intended. What did you mean? As the OP clearly said "I dont mean Apple Ipad, but other standalone graphics display tablets" that's commonly not possible as the Affinity apps (other than for Win PCs and Macs) are so far only available for iPadOS. - So what I've said is meant in the PC/Mac computer context here and there it would only be possible for a Win Tablet computer based device running Win (a notebook device with touch & pencil), which then could run Affinity apps without the need of an otherwise wired/wireless connection to some PC, so on it's own as some of those Tablet computer devices come along with Win OS and own SSD storage hardware. - So to make it clear, common Graphics Tablets (thus only display based graphics tablets) usually can't run Affinity apps on their own without any wireless/wired connection to some host PC, as far as if they don't come along with an own independent Win OS and related internal storage hardware (so what notebook tablet computer devices would offer here instead). walt.farrell 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpkumar Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Ok I understood. Graphics display tablets unless it has ab OS running cannot run affinity photo. So I have to connect it to my laptop. That means I cannot use the tablet as a standalone device and carry it wherever I want. I think then an IPad is the only option available to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 6 hours ago, vpkumar said: That means I cannot use the tablet as a standalone device and carry it wherever I want. I think then an IPad is the only option available to me. Yes either an iPad (iPad Pro) with a pencil, or some Windows Convertible (Notebook with Tablet mode and Pencil) computer like ... a Microsoft Surface Pro a Dell XPS 13 9315 2-in-1-Convertible Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex a HP ENVY x360 Convertible ... etc. And as always, before you buy something, always take first a real look at it and give it an own tryout in some store/computer shop. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpkumar Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Thank you very much for your advise. Just now I am using AF only on a HP laptop without touch screen. I have a android tablet. But AF is not supported. So I think I can go in for a touchscreen laptop as suggested. Ipad is too expensive in India. v_kyr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 36 minutes ago, vpkumar said: So I think I can go in for a touchscreen laptop as suggested. Ipad is too expensive in India. Whatever suites you price wise best. - But check/test the Win Convertible devices first out somewhere, ideally then with an installed Affinity tryout version on the respective device, in order to see if they really behave good, snappy and accurate for/with the device's pencil for drawing in Affinity software! Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpkumar Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Yes I understand I must try it out first before buying. Thank you once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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