How to copy frames in pencil. How to enjoy drawing with Apple Pencil on iPad Pro. Where to use Apple Pencil
Announced Apple Pencil for iPad Pro aroused some skeptical critics only bewilderment: how can a stylus be presented to the public in 2015? However, the developers from Apple had their own views on the use of this device, which were then shared by everyone else. This small overview of all the Apple Pencil tricks will show that new development from the guys from Silicon Valley - far from a stylus or even a pencil.
Create stunning designs with Apple Pencil and iPad Pro
The stylus is a stick that you can "poke" in touch screen to control the interface. Steve Jobs warned against this a long time ago, stating that graphical interface should be adapted for finger-poking. Apple Pencil, on the other hand, takes a different path - it is an extremely convenient interactive tool that has a wide range of capabilities and is not intended at all to simply press virtual buttons on your iPad.
Response speed
The main feature that the creators put in priority. Yes, various tools have already been created that allow you to be creative in the virtual space. But Apple's "pencil" is able to leave a mark much faster on paper, that is, on the screen.
Points that it registers iPad display when working with Apple Pencil, twice as much as when you tap it with your finger. At the same time, the contact is scanned with a huge frequency: 240 times per second. For any professional, the absence of delays will be very important.
Pressure regulation
Another proof that you cannot equate a stylus, a finger and a device for the iPad Pro. You can only lightly draw a "pencil" over the display: then the drawn line will be barely noticeable. You can do it with effort: then you will see a thick stroke on the screen.
Sensors that determine the pressure, unlike the iPhone 6S / 7, are located not in the iPad, but in the "pencil" itself. This makes it possible to apply a much wider variety of effects,. The pen will draw exactly what you want it to be.
Slope matters
Sensors in the interactive pen and multi-touch display allow accurate tilt detection. Thus, the footprint on the screen changes if you tilt the Apple Pencil slightly. Do shading: try to walk the "Apple Pencil" at different angles and get a different effect each time and, accordingly, a different pattern.
Push up as you like
There is no need to be afraid to "scratch" the screen with your palm and ruin the drawing. After all, iPad Pro will distinguish between hand and interactive pen touches. Professionals wear gloves to work with graphics tablets. Here, as you can see, this is not necessary.
Access to any creativity
Apple Pencil, for all its uniqueness, is a versatile tool. Even if you are an ardent conservative, the device will surprise you. Whatever technique you use for drawing, the "pencil" can easily reproduce them.
Many professional artists have tried this gadget and were very pleased with it. The resulting drawings were practically indistinguishable from those that were made using the traditional method on paper. And allows you to try more large quantity features and effects of Apple Pencil for iPad Pro.
Working hours
More prosaic characteristics of the device are also at their best. Charges Apple Pencil using the Lightning connector located at the tip of the device. To charge, you need to connect it to the iPad. The working time is up to 12 hours. Also, the developers assure that 15 seconds of charging will be enough for 30 minutes of work. Yes, in practice a less impressive result is possible, but 12 hours is more than enough for labor.
How to connect Apple Pencil to iPad Pro? It connects to the "iPad" when Bluetooth assistance 4.0. On the device itself, the charge level is not displayed in any way, but when connected, a corresponding widget will appear on the tablet screen, which will show how many percent is left until the battery runs out.
A few more characteristics for which you can fall in love with this device
- Ease. Apple Pencil is made of white plastic. It is also very convenient to hold it in your hand because it is quite lightweight. At the same time, the low weight did not affect the hardness in any way, as evidenced by various crash tests.
- Minimalism. Everything here is in the style of Apple: a small oblong box, inside which the device itself, several instructions, an additional tip and an adapter for a standard Lightning wire.
- Dimensions. Apple Pencil is the same length as a regular pencil or pen. Therefore, you will have to get used to a new gadget much less.
Where to use Apple Pencil
Here are some apps that will help you to realize your creative potential in one way or another:
- Notes. The standard one perfectly supports this device. There are several modes available in Notes that you can use to draw with a pen, marker, or pencil. Of course, this application is not suitable for professional use, but as entertainment and for hone skills, it will do quite well.
- Procreate. This application has been specially adapted for new iPad Pro. There is also a mode for the "pencil". Procreate 3 will allow you to create already much more valuable works of art than Notes.
- Astropad Graphics Tablet. The program makes from "iPad" Graphics tablet... With its help, in connection with a Mac, you can work with Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom and other popular editors.
- Paper. Paper from Fifty Three is already a full-fledged notebook, which is also fully adapted to the new device. With this application it will be very easy to make simple ones, create graphs, diagrams, drawings, presentations and much more.
- Adobe Comp. Several Adobe apps have been optimized specifically for the iPad Pro. In Adobe Comp you can work with a variety of sketches, professional vector and raster graphics, easily create layouts and templates, and then import them into "large" Adobe programs: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.
Who is Apple Pencil for?
Here it is worth facing the truth. At its price, and today it is seven and a half thousand rubles (and if we add to this iPad cost Pro 12.9 ”), you don't want to buy Apple Pencil as a toy. The interactive pen will be used by professionals for whom this price in exchange for such high level the quality will not seem high. For entertainment, few people will allow themselves such a device.
Apple has re-established a common standard that is gradually coming into use. Apple Pencil is not a stylus, but a highly precise and convenient tool. It will be a matter of time until all the leaders in creative activity switch to it, and other companies start releasing something similar. And at the moment, a fairly large number of analogs have already appeared.
So let's make an agreement right away. I will call "Pensil v0.3.3b" "retired" to make it more convenient.
There are a lot of different things in Pencil. Do you think you can’t figure it out? You are very wrong! The program is very light. If you don’t figure it out, then read the instructions, and you will figure it out 100%.
So,
Look: exactly like in the paint. Let's explain the meaning of all the buttons.
1. the icon "pencil". With this thing, you can really draw like a pencil. Difficult to sharpen. Only slightly thin lines sometimes. You can choose the size. Well, you yourself would understand that.
2. Brush icon. This thing draws with slightly glowing lines. The pencil is not drawing like that. When you have drawn one circle, it will be red, and around it will be like a red shadow. Interesting, try it.
3. Pen. Probably, it is most convenient for them to draw. Do you know why? He paints without shadow, without thin stripes that sometimes show through. The size, too, can be changed. Quite convenient.
4. "a lot of line". To be honest, I don't really understand how to use it. So far, from experience, I say, it is not very convenient. I drew something, and the other line erases .. Difficult and inconvenient thing, but sometimes necessary.
5.Steratelny gum. You probably know how to use it. Erases white only.
6.Cleaning. Well, he clears the whole field. Do not press when drawing what you like.
7.Painting. Well, you understand. It does not paint over everything at once, but with stripes. Not very convenient, but that is. Sometimes it's convenient. Quite simple.
8.Pipette. Click on the color (any. For example, the girl's dress is red) and in the eyedropper this color will be, which you can paint over in all buttons.
9. "choose". To be honest, I still haven't figured it out, but I think it won't be needed, it's not particularly important.
11.Hand. Transfer signs, pictures. A useful little thing.
12. Finger. I haven't figured it out yet ... But not really necessary.
Now, how to use it!
1step. open penniless. Choose a pencil, pen, or brush. Draw something on a white sheet. For example, we are drawing a cat. Paint over the drawing. Click next to the word "keys" +. Will appear new leaf... Only, there, there will be something like a shadow of the past. We do not notice. We draw further.
2. So we draw until we are drawn. At least 100 frames, at least 10. Now, let's look at our works. Press the "play" button.
In the picture - Pencil v 2.0.5 (2008 - 2014, March). The interface is in English. language. Weight 44 MB. Free software.
Works in Windows systems, Linux, Mac, Android.
The purpose of the program is to create layouts.
The created layouts can be given limited interactivity.
Pencil is available in two different packaging styles: a standalone app and an extension for Firefox browser(since Pencil is based on Mozilla technology).
Note: older versions were used as an extension for Firefox Pencil that are no longer in active development.
From the author's characteristics:
Facilitate GUI Prototyping
Pencil has a collection of graphic shapes that you can use to create layouts from desktops to mobile platforms. The collection includes general-purpose forms, flowchart elements, and more.
Starting from version 2.0.2 the program works in Android and iOS, the UI has graphic elements corresponding to these systems.
There are some possibilities for drawing in the program itself.
There are also many other community-created collections that can be downloaded from the Internet.
Some of the collections of stencils you can try are collected in the download archive.
Pencil supports connecting lines that can be used to create diagrams and flowcharts.
Export of the created layouts - in various graphic formats, in the format of a web page.
Pencil also supports document export in OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Inkscape SVG, and Adobe PDF formats.
With Pencil, you can use clips you download from the Internet, such as
encil - a handy open-source free prototyping tool to create mockup"s. Suitable for creating any user interfaces, but we will be looking at creating web interfaces.Can be installed as a plugin before firefox, or as standalone application (in this case, firefox was installed by dependencies anyway).
Convenient for quickly drawing up a site page layout, so as not to draw on paper. Also allows you to add interactivity by linking pages. Simple and quick to learn tool.
Let's figure out the installation and show an example of use.
Installation:
Windows- download and install in a couple of clicks,
Wget https://github.com/prikhi/pencil/releases/download/v2.0.14/pencil-2.0.14-ubuntu-all.deb
install:
Sudo dpkg -i pencil-2.0.14-ubuntu-all.deb
ArchLinux:
Yaourt -S pencil
We can now run Pencil
There are just a huge number of interface elements. (The only thing that is not worth dwelling on web tab, she's pretty sparse. But you can use elements from other tabs (for example, for buttons))
For example, let's create mockup this blog. We will need elements from the "Basic Web Element" and "Desktop - Sketchy GUI" tabs.
Element Html texts Convenient in that it can generate Lorem Ipsum (Right mouse button -> Actions) When adding elements, a ruler for alignment appears immediately (also convenient):
Create new pages by clicking right click mouse on the tab bar, or on the "New page" button. Pages can be connected to create some semblance of behavior. (If you have more than one page, you can right-click on the link and select "Link to"). This feature will become visible if you export the file, for example, in pdf or html format.