With the release of brand new operating systems for the Mac and the iPad, which is the iPad
OS and the Mac OS Catalina, you can now use your iPad as a secondary display. But what's
more interesting is, you can also use it as a secondary input device. Meaning, now you
can use your Apple Pencil as an input. Does that mean we can also use it as a graphic
tablet? Well, of course you can. But the real question is - how to do it? Also, is it going
to be better than a Wacom tablet? Whoops, I didn't mean to do that. We're going to find
it all. So without any further ado, let's get started.
Step one - Make sure that you've upgraded to the latest Mac OS Catalina on your MacBook
and the iPad OS in your iPad. Step number two - Make sure that you have signed in to
the iCloud in both of these devices using the same Apple ID. Now step number three - Turn
on Bluetooth and WiFi on both of these devices. So on my iPad, Bluetooth and WiFi is turned
on. Even on my MacBook as well, Bluetooth and WiFi. The next thing you need to do is
to click on this button The Airplay icon will change into this iPad icon. You can click
on that, and then click on your iPad name. If you don't see this icon, you can also go
to your System Preferences, right there, click on that Gear icon, System Preferences, and
inside of that, click on Sidecar. You can connect to, you can select device. It's the
exact same thing. And if you open through this method, there are other options as well
- Show Sidebar, Show Touch Bar. You can turn it off and on and play with all of these settings.
So, it's exactly the same thing as clicking this icon and connecting to your iPad. So
I'm going to close it and click on this one and click on Unmesh's iPad. It should be connected.
Now your iPad is being used as a secondary display. You can drag your Photoshop or any
other application to your iPad very eas ily, just like that. And if you want it full screen,
you can do that too. Just click on the Full Screen button right there. And there you have
your Photoshop in your iPad. Now you can take your Apple Pencil and use it as a secondary
input device. So let's go ahead and create a new Adjustment layer. Click on the Adjustment
layer icon right there and let's choose Curves, one of my favorites. Now you can adjust it
right from here. Isn't that amazing? Let's add a little Blue to the shadows. Click on
this drop down and let's go ahead and choose Blue. And just take it up from here, and take
it down from the Highlight. Have a look, isn't that interesting? Also, if you want, you can
drag this image to this screen. Actually, for that you need to use the mouse because
I cannot take my Apple Pencil across this border. So I'm just going to click and drag
it and drop it right there. Now, you're using the Tools in here and the image is right there.
So you can reopen Curves again and adjust it by looking at the original image right
there. So you can have different tools open in your iPad and the image right there. However,
if you just want to paint over the image, you can also do this. So let's go ahead and
drag the image back to the iPad and drag the entire Photoshop to the main screen. Now,
whenever you want to paint over this one, you can come back to the iPad. And whenever
you want to play with the tools or change sliders, you can do in your MacBook screen.
So, I can take the Brush, right, create a brand new layer and let's start painting on
this one. I can easily do that. If you want to change the color, let's change it to White.
Hit OK, and simply paint over it. So this way you can customize your own workspace.
So you can have your images here, maybe your Curves Adjustment layer over to your iPad,
something like that. Let's make the image a little smaller. And then bring the Properties
right here. You can also bring the Brushes at the bottom by going to Window and then
Brush Settings. And there you go. Let's just drag it and drop it over to your iPad. So,
this creates a very nice painting workspace for you. So that's how you can use your iPad
not only as a secondary display, but also as a secondary input device.
Now I know, have a look at it, it still has some glitches. Now the real question is, will
it replace my large Wacom tablet? Well, if you ask me for my professional work, no, not
at all. Here's why. First of all, the software is very, very new. So there is meant to be
a lot of bugs. Even when I was connecting the Apple Pencil, something weird happened.
And also one time when I was trying to record the screen, it just stopped for no reason.
So there are bugs. Of course, it's new, so we can expect that. Number two is, it cannot
move from one screen to another. So let's say you want to move the cursor from one display
to the other. The Apple Pencil can reach only up to the border and it cannot go beyond that.
With a Wacom tablet just like this, which doesn't have any display, you can actually
move between different screens. Even if you have three screens, three displays that you're
working on, you can divide your Wacom tablet to three displays, you can get a bigger Wacom
tablet, you can also do it in a small one, and easily move through them with the help
of your stylus or whatever you call it, Wacom pen. All right. Now, of course there is Pressure
Sensitivity both in Wacom and iPad, but in my opinion, the Pressure Sensitivity on a
Wacom is way superior. Now, I'm not saying it's not a great feature. It's an amazing
feature that Apple has put up and I thank Apple for doing this. However, I personally
am not going to make the switch to this feature. I still am going to use my Wacom tablet as
my daily driver and separate monitors, actual monitors, as my secondary displays. And there
are lots of reasons for doing that.
Now, if I'm not personally making the switch, there is no point in me hyping up this feature
as amazing or great, right? You get the point. I don't want to influence you in the wrong
way. I'm going to tell you what I use. Now ,the only problem with this feature is that,
first of all, it will only work with Apple devices. So I use Windows as my daily driver.
And I understand what Apple is trying to do over here, because they don't want to break
people away from the ecosystem. I totally get it. However, I use Windows as my daily
driver because my mid 2017 MacBook Pro cannot handle 4K videos and Premiere Pro and I edit
a lot of 4K videos. So, you know, I see no use of doing that. Now, here's the most important
thing which we should be thinking about. If you do have an iPad, you should definitely
be taking advantage of this amazing feature. It's totally cool. However, if you do not
have an iPad and you considering to buy it as a graphic tablet, well, then you should
go get a Wacom or something similar, because you can buy something much, much better that
will give you much better results for one fourth the price of an iPad. Even maybe one
fifth, right? If you want a tablet with display, you can get that too. There are lots available
in the market. If you are considering to buy an iPad as a secondary display, get a display.
You can buy a huge 4K display for half the price of an iPad. Other than those two reasons.
If you want to buy an iPad, go ahead, go buy an iPad. That's your money, your decision,
maybe your reasons. However, but for these reasons, I think it's not worth buying an
iPad for a graphic tablet or a secondary display alone. If you're considering it for other
applications, it's a great device.
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