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drawing monitor + Affinity Photo or keep using iPad app instead?


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hi guys I am new to Affinity Photo and Designer but bought both iPad apps for my iPad pro and love them

now I wonder whether I would be better of switching to the desktop apps for my mac and upgrading to a drawing monitor (such as the XP Pen Artist or similar).

but here's the question: most designers use drawing tablets as their favourite software doesn't exist for iPad. what about Affinity, as their iPad apps are supposedly almost identical in features?

does it still make sense, if you only plan to use Affinity apps, to switch to desktop?

thanks

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I use the desktop app, have a tablet/convertible (below) and an iPad.

All work really well and have their advantages,

The biggest drawback with the iPad is the black interface and quite a few missing features.

I use one of these and love it because it works like a tablet or like a PC and runs the full version of Affinity.

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I also have a fast i7 desktop with a 27" monitor because sometimes, size does matter.

 

Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions.

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Sorry, I meant iPad, not tablet

The iPad interface is only available in black, which I find hard to see.

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I prefer grey :x

There are several features on the Desktop version that are not on the iPad versions. Not to mention a 27" screen 

 

Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions.

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23 hours ago, toltec said:

p.s. I am also selling replacement screens ;):D

Do you also have a bridge or two you would be willing to sell to someone looking for a fabulous investment opportunity? Maybe the London Bridge in the UK or the Brooklyn Bridge in the US?

All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7
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1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7

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7 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Maybe the London Bridge in the UK

You’re behind the times! London Bridge was dismantled and shipped to Lake Havasu City in Arizona many years ago. ;)

 

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5 minutes ago, Alfred said:

You’re behind the times! London Bridge was dismantled and shipped to Lake Havasu City in Arizona many years ago. ;)

I think you don't quite understand the nature of the fabulous investment opportunities I suspect @toltec would like to offer to a particular type of person. There should be lots of them because according to a quote attributed to P.T. Barnum, one is born every minute. :P

All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7
Affinity Photo 
1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7

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32 minutes ago, R C-R said:

I think you don't quite understand the nature of the fabulous investment opportunities I suspect @toltec would like to offer to a particular type of person. There should be lots of them because according to a quote attributed to P.T. Barnum, one is born every minute. :P

Oh, I understood all right! @toltec doesn’t fool me (most of the time).

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