Karl Works Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 first, anything I ever said that was negative about the Affinity products ... I absolutely rescind - as of June 2019, this is the best software available. period. Problem is: having the iPad Air 2, wanting Designer for iPad, and a pen that will work with it. Designer for iPad works fluidly. I got a Wackum (i know, it's on purpose) Bamboo Sketch Pen, the pen does work with the tablet, However: it is not designed to pair with the tablet, but with the software. yes, the software is required to support the Wackum pen functionality. This means that only a few programs will function fully with the pen. On their site is a rather short list of programs that are compatible with the full functionality of the Bamboo Sketch Pen. Please, is it possible to add this compatibility to Affinity Photo & Designer for iPad / iPad Air? ( iPad Pro is out of my $$ zone, & Apple pencil has restrictions beyond price) ... Thanks to the Affinity team for developing the current products Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 You can also use any of the capacitive style pens with your air2. There are some reasonable models available that are inexpensive. I,d suggest Adonit, however if price is a concern, Alfred (another regular here) uses a 'knockoff' that is apparently very good. Hopefully he will be along with the name of his stylus. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Works Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 I actually have the Bamboo because of wackums advert, "these programs and other popular..." I presumed, hoped that Affinity was among the supported programs. the thing about the Bamboo is that it requires the software to have built in a "select a pen" feature, this allows the Bluetooth to function through the software and the Pressure Sensitivity and the two buttons then can be used. it does work in Sketch / this means that Serif would need to program "Pens" into the Preferences on the iPad versions of the programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Works Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 I returned the Bambo Pen, just too much trouble, even with other programs like Procreate. I see that the Apple Pen requires iPad Air 3 or Pro, so I am back to looking for a pen that will allow pressure and used for sketching / drawing. I wonder if Alfred would chime in with what he has found ? thanks for any help, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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