- [Karin] Hello, and welcome back to iPad Lettering.
My name is Karin and I'm here to help you
get the most out of your iPad,
whether that is with lettering or art or journaling.
In today's video,
I want to show you how I've set up my iPad to be
super productive, but also relaxing at the same time.
I've made these different pages for different purposes
and it makes me so happy just looking at it.
And then, I've also decided to try out the new focus modes
that were introduced with iPadOS 15.
It's really a game changer.
You can now determine which apps you want to have available
and which notifications you want to receive,
depending on what you're doing with your iPad.
You'll notice that not only the icons change,
but their wallpaper changes as well.
And then you can also change from the dark
to the light interface.
And there's so many options,
and this is what I'm gonna show you in today's video.
This is what my iPad used to look like,
look at this.
(dramatic music)
There is so many pages and so many apps,
and I don't even know all the apps that I have installed
and collected over the years.
And so it's just a huge mess
and creates a massive distraction.
So let me show you how we can transform this
into the beautiful, new relaxing set up.
You will need three apps for this.
The first one is that Shortcuts app,
and then you will also need the Widgetsmith app.
And then the third that we are going to use,
but that's optional is the Procreate app.
And then before you start,
please also make sure that you've updated your iPad
to the latest version of iPadOS.
It needs to say at least iPadOS 15
or a later version will work too, of course.
All right, so now let's get started.
So the first thing we need to do
is actually get rid of all the icons we have.
And I removed all my icons and started from scratch.
But if you don't want to do that,
there's also another way.
So hold your finger on the screen anywhere,
and still the icons start weakling.
Then you want to tap on the bar here at the bottom
to have a look at all the screens
that you currently have on the iPad
so that the easiest way to get rid of them
is just to unselect them.
And then you can see,
as soon as you untick the checkbox,
there's a little minus icon here.
So what you can do if you want
is tap on the minus,
and then that will get rid of the apps as well.
You see that if you remove the page,
that the apps will not get deleted,
but they will just be available in the app library.
And so now we are going to create a new page here.
And the first thing we want to do is add some widgets.
You can decide how many shortcuts
you want to have available.
And I have decided to have four shortcuts
because that's as many different focus modes that I want.
But you can actually also have add, if you like it.
And so now we're going to tap Add Widget.
And the reason why I've started with this
is because I'm going to use this
to guide me in the selection of my color scheme.
So now we're going to start the Shortcuts app,
and I'm gonna show you how you can set up shortcuts.
You tap on the plus here,
and that brings up the new shortcuts page.
So we're gonna give this a name.
And you can choose any name you like,
depending on what you want to name your page.
I recommend that you choose the same name.
And then you can also choose a color for it.
And unfortunately,
there is only a few select colors available here.
So I think the selection of the colors
makes quite a big difference.
I've decided to go for a purple
and orange tangerine type of color scheme.
But again, of course,
this is absolutely up to you,
whatever color scheme you would like to choose.
So you choose that here and then tap Done.
And then we tap Done here as well.
And you'll see
how I've already set up four different shortcuts,
one for Relaxation, one for Music,
one for Creativity, and also one for Work.
And you can also rearrange the shortcuts.
And this is important as well,
because depending on
how you've got them arranged on the screen,
that's how they are going to show up in the widget.
So you can see now
that I've added this new Productivity shortcut,
and that's why all my other shortcuts have been moved.
So now, if you wanted to rearrange them,
you can go back to the Shortcuts app,
and then we can move this into a different place.
And so now, if we go back to the widget,
you can see that it has been rearranged like this.
And it's important that we do this first,
because I wanna use these colors to guide me for my theme.
So now we're going to take a screenshot of this,
and now we are going to create the wallpaper,
and we're going to use that Procreate app for this.
Let's start with a new canvas.
And you want to use the Screen Size canvas
because that's perfect for that wallpaper
that we want to do.
And now we going to bring in the screenshot
that we've just taken
so that we can use the colors.
And so now we're going to create a new color palette,
and we're going to add the colors
that we see here on the screen to our color palette.
And then if you want,
so you can also add some different shades of each color
to fill up that whole palette to create the wallpaper.
So now I'm going to create a new layer.
We turn this layer off
and we are going to start creating the wallpaper.
And I've chosen to make just a very, very simple,
relaxing theme.
So we're going to start with the lightest color,
and then fill the whole screen,
create a new layer.
And then we're just going to create
these gentle, wavy lines like this.
Choose a new color.
And we wants to create a new layer for each color
so that you can fill it really nicely and easily.
And then here at the top,
I thought it would be cute to create a little sun as well.
Just gonna choose this yellow color here.
I circle.
And then you're going to fill with this shape like this.
And so now we're going to group all these layers.
And we're going to take a copy
so that we're not going to lose the original,
but we're going to flatten this layer
so that we can re-color it.
And we're going to start by duplicating this layer,
and then turn this layer off.
And so now we're going to re-color this one.
So now you want to choose the next color
in your color scheme,
which is that dark, purple here.
And then you want to drag that swatch
into the bottom of the page,
and that will re-color the whole picture,
just like that.
And so now we're gonna do the same thing
for all the remaining colors.
We're going to use the original.
We're gonna take a duplicate,
and then we are going to use that swatch
for the next color to re-color the whole page.
Just drag it in like those.
All right.
So now we have all the different wallpaper colors,
and they are matching our color scheme really nicely.
So the next thing is to export them all as JPEGs,
and then just save them to your Photos app.
And now we're going to do settings.
And now we can choose one of the wallpapers we've just made.
And then the next thing we want to do
is create a little label for each page.
We're going to use the Procreate app for this as well.
And we are going to create a new canvas.
The width is going to be 2,400 pixels,
and the height is going to be 1,200 pixels.
And then you wanna turn on your Drawing Guide.
And again,
I recommend that you use the colors
that we've used before to create the backgrounds,
and make one label for each focus that you wanted to set up.
And I'm going to use that modern lettering brush for this,
because it's one of my favorites.
And so now the first one that we are going to do
is Relaxation.
And of course,
if you're not enjoying the writing by hand so much,
there's also a text function
so you could choose your favorite font to do this as well,
but I very much like writing this.
And so that's what we're doing.
Once you're finished with writing all that labels,
you can export them,
and then just save them to your photos.
And so now we need to set up a photo widget
and we're going to use Widgetsmith for that.
And I think that medium widget will work really well.
And we're just gonna use a photo
and then a selected photos.
So now you can go to your photo set,
and then choose that label.
And what you want to do is give this widget a name
so that you can easily add it to the screen later on.
So we're gonna call this Relaxation and save.
And then you can do another one.
And we're gonna do the exact same thing
for all of our labels.
And now we are ready to place that label on the screens.
So you long peck on the iPad to enter wiggle mode,
and then tap on the plus in the top-left hand side corner,
and now we can select the Medium Widget
to place on the screen.
So all you have to do is bring this up
and then tap on a widget.
And so now this is going to add the widget on the screen.
And then depending on which widget you want,
you can tap on it,
and now you can choose any of the widgets
that we have set up
to use as the label for the page.
Now this is our Relaxation theme to start with.
And so now I'm going to select this widget here.
Then I like having all my labels
here in the top-left corner.
And now we can fill up this page
with all the apps that we want to have available
when we are in Relaxation mode.
And now because we don't have any of the apps left here,
you need to select it from the app library here.
And you've always got the app library here.
So you don't have to worry if an app is not visible,
you can grab your apps from the app library,
and then you can add them to the screen here.
And what's cool as well
is that you can add apps on more than one screen.
So if there's apps that you wanna use
in two different focus modes, you can do that as well.
And then it's time to set up the next screen.
So this one is going to be our work screen.
So we're going to select the Medium Widget again
from Widgetsmith and add it to the screen.
And then I also want to add the Shortcuts widget here again.
And then I thought for work,
it would be nice to have the calendar widget as well,
so we can select calendar.
And you can see
there's quite a few different options available.
So now you can go through and add any widget
that you want to have available
for when you are in work mode.
And so now I have got the four screens
for Creativity, Relaxation,
this is my work screen,
and then also I've created a screen
for my music, for my piano practice as well.
And so the next thing we need to do
is actually set up these focus modes
so that then we can use that shortcuts to trigger them.
And we're going to go to the Settings app.
And then we are going to the focus modes.
And so now we're going to set up a new focus mode.
And in order to do that we tap on the plus icon here.
And then you can see
there's a number of different focus modes
set up here already,
but we're gonna choose Custom.
And then we're going to choose
the color that we wanna have available.
And purple is great
because that's my creativity focus mode.
And we give it a name.
And then we can also choose an icon.
And then you can choose the people
that are allowed to send you notifications,
or you can select None.
And then also the allowed apps here.
So now the trick to setting this up perfectly
is to select your home screen
that's going to be available for a certain focus mode.
So now we're gonna tap on Home Screen,
and then tap on Custom Pages.
And this is going to bring up
all the pages that we have already set up.
And so now I only want the Creativity screen
to be available to me in this focus mode.
So now I'm gonna tap Done.
And then that's the focus mode set up.
So now if I choose my Creativity focus mode,
pip on Creativity,
and you can see now,
if I scroll to the side,
I only have this available
and I don't have any of the other screens available.
So now if I wanted to turn this off,
I tap on Creativity,
and then I can turn it off.
And now I have all my other screens available again.
And so now I thought it would be really cool
to be able to press one of these buttons
and then activate that focus mode automatically
so they don't have to sort of scroll down
and then select this.
And in order to do that,
we are going to use the Shortcuts app.
And so that, what we need to do
is set up some actions for all our shortcuts.
So we're going to select the Creativity shortcut first.
And the first thing we want to do is set the focus.
Then you tap on Set Focus.
And so now here you can select the focus mode that you want.
So we're gonna tap Creativity,
and we wanna turn it on until it's turned off.
So that's perfect.
So now we're taping on Creativity,
and now this is turning on our focus mode.
And you can see here
how we've got the Creativity focus mode selected like this.
But then, of course,
you can do other things with this as well.
So now I'm gonna show you some more tricks,
what we can do with this focus mode.
One of the things you might like to do
is actually change your screen appearance.
So you might also like to change the appearance
to the dark interface.
So you can tap on Turn Appearance to Dark.
And so now we can try this out.
So now tap on Creativity,
and then you can see the widgets also changed to dark,
and the whole interface now is in dark mode.
So this is super cool,
but then one of the things
that will be super cool to do as well
is to actually change the background wallpaper.
And so what we need to do
is add our backgrounds to different albums.
You're going to create a new album.
And this one is going to be called Relaxation.
I recommend that you name your albums the same
that you've named your focus mode
just to make it easier to remember, Save.
And now we're going to add
that Relaxation wallpaper to this album.
And so now we have our wallpaper for Relaxation,
we've got one for Work,
we've got one for Music,
and we've got one for Creativity.
And now we are ready to set up that shortcut.
So we're gonna go back to the shortcuts app.
And I'm already in that Creativity shortcut.
So the next thing we need to do
is select that photo from the Photos app.
And so now we're going to type photos,
and then we tap on find photos.
And then you want to add a photo.
And we are going to choose album,
and now we can choose that Creativity album
that we've created before.
And then you wanna sort by creation date
and you wanna show the latest first.
And then you also want to tap on limit
and you only want one.
All right.
And now we are going to set the wallpaper.
So we're gonna search for the Set Wallpaper action.
And now we can see it says,
Set Lock Screen and Home Screen wallpaper to Photos.
And as the input for this,
it will take the photo that we have select that here.
And then what you want to do as well
is tap on the little arrow here.
And this is for preview,
you wanna turn this off.
All right. So now we are all set to go.
And now we can try this out.
So tap Done.
And we're gonna go back to our home screen.
So now if you tap on Creativity,
it will select the Creativity home screen.
And you can see that these four dots are going to disappear.
It'll change the UI to the dark interface,
and it's also changed our wallpaper.
How cool is that?
And now of course,
we can do the same thing
for all the other focus modes as well.
So we're going to go back to Shortcuts.
And now we're going to do the same thing for Music.
We turn on Music until turned off.
We wanna have the light interface.
And then we're gonna select the wallpaper
from our music album,
and then set the home screen to that.
And so now we can try this out.
So I'm gonna tap on music.
Now it changes back to this screen.
It's going to turn the interface back to light
and it sets that focus mode to music.
And you can see here at the bottom,
we don't have any screens.
We can only work with this screen.
And then if you wanna get some work done,
we can tap on Work.
And now the same thing happen,
you can change this to wallpaper
and it restricts the screen to only these icons.
And then when we finished with work,
we can tap on Relaxation.
And now we are in relaxation mode.
And one of the differences with the relaxation focus mode
is that I'm actually allowing all the screens.
So if I turn on Relaxation,
I can do anything I want.
And that's it.
I really hope you've enjoyed this tutorial.
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if you haven't already.
And then I'm goin to put up another couple of videos
with more customization tutorials
also to show you how it can change all the different icons.
So you can keep watching and you can keep learning.
Thank you so much for watching,
and I'll see you in my next video.