Hello iPad letterers, it's so nice to see you.
My name is Karin, I'm from iPad Lettering,
and I'm here to help you get the most out of your iPad,
whether that is with lettering, or art,
or journaling and planning.
Although today's radio is a little bit different,
because today I wanna show you
what I actually have on my iPad.
I wanna show you some of the accessories that I'm using it,
and then also all my favorite apps.
Today's video is sponsored by Paperlike,
I will be talking about spring protectors
a little bit later in this video,
but I just wanted to mention it for full transparency.
Now let's start with that most important thing,
and that is, of course, the iPad.
My favorite iPad is the 12.9-inch iPad Pro,
this is the fourth generation iPad that I have right now
and I love this iPad, so this is my favorite.
But then I also have an iPad Air,
I got the fourth generation iPad Air here,
and I still think this is really, really nice iPad,
especially if you don't want a 12.9-inch,
if the screen size is a little bit too big for you,
then the fourth generation iPad Air
is a really, really nice iPad as well.
And then some of the accessories that I like to use.
So the first that you've already seen is a cover.
I really like the covers that Apple makes for the iPads,
the one for the iPad is bright orange, and I love the color.
I usually tend to go for the black color,
and because pink is not available for the iPad Pro,
I have gone for the black cover for my iPad Pro,
and it's super easy to pop on really,
all you have to do is just pop the iPad on it,
and then it sticks to it, so this is super nice.
So just pop it on like this, and then close it,
and then it protects your iPad very nicely.
So I very much like these covers,
you can also fold them back
so you can put your iPad at different angles,
you can put it like this,
or then you can turn it around
and have it like this as well, so this is super handy.
And then of course I have an Apple Pencil,
this is the second generation Apple Pencil,
and it works with both the iPad Air and also the iPad Pros,
this is super handy.
And then you'll see here, I've got this little Silicon case,
it's just like a little sleeve that I like very much,
it makes the Apple Pencil ever so slightly thicker.
What's nice about it
is that it sticks on the iPad like this,
and it still charges on the iPad,
so you don't have to take it off,
and so I like this very much.
And then I also have this Brush Stylus here
that I like to use, it's super cute,
it's got a brush tip on one end,
and then it's got the sort of a normal
Stylus Pen on the other end.
I really like painting watercolors with this brush,
it's so nice to use
just to see how the colors float on the screen.
And then you can also blend the colors like this,
and you can smudge,
and it just creates a really nice effect,
you could do the exact same thing
with your fingers or with the Apple Pencil,
but I just really like using this little brush,
and so I thought I show you.
The brush is made by Atmospheria, and of course,
I'm gonna leave a link in the description of this video,
I'm also gonna leave links to all the other accessories
that I'm showing you in the description box of this video,
so make sure to check them out there.
And then I also want to know from you,
which are your favorite iPad accessories,
maybe I don't have them yet, maybe I should try them out,
so definitely leave comments below this video
so I can check out your favorite accessories as well.
And then another accessory that I actually really like
is this little bean bag here, this is called an iBeani,
and I use this when I'm sitting on the couch,
lettering on the iPad.
And it's super nice, because you can just put the iPad on it
at any angle that you like, and then it stays there,
and it gives you a really nice surface to work with.
So I like using this iBeani a lot.
And my husband has one as well,
and he even takes it on holiday because he likes it so much.
And then the next accessory
that I wanna show you is the keyboard,
and it's a super nice keyboard.
So this is super handy,
especially if you don't have a laptop,
and if you only use your iPad as a laptop replacement,
then this keyboard is really, really nice.
It is super expensive, so if you do have a laptop already,
then I probably don't recommend it because it's expensive
and the iPad is not really a laptop replacement.
But make sure you watch my keyboard review video
to hear my exact thoughts about the keyboard.
And then that next accessory that I have on my iPad,
and this is something I get asked about so much,
and that is a screen protector on use,
I do use a screen protector
and I use the Paperlike screen protector.
I've been using screen protectors on my iPads
for about three or four years now,
and it's really made a huge difference to my lettering,
it makes your screen a lot less slippery,
and it gives you a really nice feel
when you write or paint on it,
and I even think it sounds nicer as well.
It's very easy to install
and it also comes in a pack of two,
so you can replace it when needed,
although I usually leave my screen protector on
for a year or so before I replace it.
What you can do as well to make it last a little bit longer
is wipe it down with some soap
and then it becomes a little bit more grippy again.
And then, one of the questions I get so much,
and that is whether or not
it wears down the nib of your Apple Pencil.
I was very surprised to hear those question
when it first came up, because I've never experienced this.
I've had this Apple Pencil for over three years,
and I've only had to replace the nib once,
and that was because I accidentally dropped the Apple Pencil
and then the nip was a little bit bent.
It certainly doesn't wear off
from using it with the Paperlike screen protector,
just make sure you get the original Paperlike
and not any of that fake ones.
I'm gonna leave a link in the description of the video,
so you can make sure that you grab
the right Paperlike screen protector for your iPad.
So these are all the accessories
that I'm using with the iPad.
And now let's see what's on the iPad as well,
let's have a look at some of my favorite apps.
I've had an iPad Pro for over five years,
and during the time,
I have actually collected quite a few apps.
Downloading and trying out apps
is probably one of my favorite things to do
other than making Procreate Brushes.
And so I have a huge collection of apps here,
most of which I don't use that much.
So I just wanna show the apps that I do use,
probably on a weekly basis, some of them I use everyday,
but this is not an in-depth review of any of the apps,
but if you would like me to do a review
of any of the apps that I'm showing you,
let me know which apps
you would like to find out more about,
and then I can make another video.
So take it start at, it's probably easiest
to have a look here at the bottom row in the dock,
I always put the apps
that I'm using the most in the dock here,
and an app I'm using everyday is the Gmail app, of course,
so that's where I have all my emails,
and I really like using the Gmail app
because I'm only using Gmail email addresses.
And then second app is Procreate.
Of course, this is my all time favorite iPad app.
So it has a special place here, right in the dock.
Then, hey, I've got Instagram here,
and yes, you can actually use the Instagram app
on the iPad as well.
The Instagram app is actually a phone app,
but you can still have it on the iPad,
it just looks a little bit different,
but I like having it on the iPad,
and I don't mind that it's not an iPad app.
And then I also have the Files app.
I'm actually using iCloud quite a lot to store my files.
I also have Dropbox, I have Google Drive,
I have all the different storage options.
And I've started using iCloud more and more
just because I have a Mac,
and I have an iPhone, and I have an iPad,
and I really like the Apple ecosystem to share files,
so this works really well.
But I still use Dropbox as well,
and you can actually access Dropbox
from that File app at the same time,
so this is super handy to have.
And then next that we have Zienia,
and Zienia is a journaling app
that I've been using for almost a year now,
and I very much love this app.
I'm using this for my planners, for my journals,
to capture my thoughts as a gratitude tool.
There's so many applications of this app,
and I really feel it has made a huge difference
to my life in the last year.
And then next up we have the Good Notes app.
I've used this app at the start of last year,
before I found the Zienia.
I was gonna use it for my journals,
but then once I've started using Zienia,
Good Notes took a step in the back unfortunately,
I just prefer using the Zienia app for my journals,
and that's why Good Notes doesn't get used so much anymore.
And then next step we have that Notion app,
and this is the app that I'm using
to organize all my content, especially YouTube videos.
And I've got the little database system here
that I've created to figure out when I'm gonna make videos,
what types of videos that I'm going to make,
and how to organize them.
And so this app has been super useful,
it works on the iPad,
it works on the Mac and it works on the phone,
and I'm using this app every week
to plan my social media content.
So now these are the most important apps
that I probably use every day,
but I wanna show you some other apps that I'm using as well,
especially the design apps
that you're probably most curious about.
So I very much like using Affinity Designer,
which is right here.
Affinity Designer is a vector-based app
as opposed to procreate which is pixel-based.
So if you want to avoid pixelation in your artwork,
if you need SVG files, or if you need huge files,
then Affinity Designer is an amazing app
and I very much recommend that.
There's also the Vectornator app, which is free.
This is a vector-based program as well,
but because I've been using Affinity Designer so much,
and I'm very much used to it,
I'm not using Vectornator so much these days.
And then a new play on block
when it comes to vector-based apps
is actually Adobe Illustrator.
This has been released late last year,
it's a brand new app on the iPad,
and if you have a subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud,
I very much recommend trying out Adobe Illustrator.
I'm actually gonna do a little bit of a review video
at some stage about Illustrator that as well,
but it's still in very early stages,
so it doesn't have that much functionality yet,
but I think it's a very promising app,
especially if you do have a subscription
then I very much recommend that you try it out.
If you don't have a subscription then it's very expensive,
and you're probably better off
using Affinity Designer instead.
I also have Affinity Photo on the iPad, I have Fresco,
and I also have Adobe Photoshop,
and these are apps that I use every now and then,
but I don't use them that much.
I really rely on that Procreate app the most
for any graphic design work that I do on the iPad.
But now let's have a look in this folder here,
where it says 'Design'.
So this is my folder of apps that I'm just trying out,
sometimes I play with them and sometimes I don't.
There is some fun apps in here,
so I just wanna show you a few of my favorites
so that you can see what they are
in case you wanna try them out yourself.
The first app I'm gonna show you is called Oilist,
and that is it super fun app,
which kind of automatically generates
a oil painting from a photo.
And because it's so fun,
I just wanna quickly show you how this works.
So you can select a photo from your Photos app,
and then you can have that photo transform into a painting,
which is pretty cool.
So you can choose different styles here,
let's try it up from off nights and see what happens.
So now what happens is that photo gets analyzed
and then it creates this surreal artwork from the photo,
and you can see kind of how it works,
and how it renders that painting in real life circles,
looks like it's getting painted now for you,
and so this was fun, I like using those for entertainment.
I don't really use it to create anything worth it,
I just think this is a really entertaining app,
and this is a lot of fun.
And then another fun app that I wanna show you
is called Flame Painter,
it creates this really cool flame painting effect.
Again, this is not an app that I'm using a lot,
but it's fun to play with
and you can create some really cool effects with it.
And then next up we have iOrnament,
and this is a fun app as well to create repeating patterns.
And so you can be a little bit creative,
you can choose different patterns here.
I also like using Adobe Capture
to create vector art from pixel art.
But actually I have another video
where I'm going in-depth with the Adobe Capture app,
so make sure you watch that video as well
to see how the app works.
And then we have Imaengine here,
and this is a cool app that you can use
to create vector art from a photo.
So this is an image that I've made in Procreate.
So now let's see how we can convert this into vector art,
there's different styles to choose from.
So this is definitely another app
that's well worth trying out.
I also like using that iFont app,
and this is an app that they use
to install fonts on my iPad.
This is super handy, and definitely watch my video
where I'm showing you how to use this app as well
if you're interested
in installing custom fonts on your iPad.
Now, let me know, which is your favorite iPad app,
I'm super keen to hear about your favorite apps,
maybe I haven't mentioned it,
maybe there's an app that I should try out as well,
and so I'm, of course, super curious
to hear what those apps are.
I really hope this was helpful,
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And then what's it going to blooper another couple of videos
with apps that I've mentioned in this video
so you can find out more about those apps.
Thank you so much for watching
and I'll see you in the next video.