Comments on: What the iPad 'could' bring to designers

By: What the Ipad ‘could’ Bring To Designers Sixcrayons

What the Ipad ‘could’ Bring To Designers Sixcrayons — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:45:55 +0000

[...] However what he may have created with the iPad is the opportunity for Adobe to create a program/app so good for designers I think every designer would want it. If Adobe did get their finger out of their arse and created a PhotoShop app …Continue Reading… [...]

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:04:57 +0000

@John It still would be a huge problem the lack of multitasking, you would feel so slowed down when you wanted to flick between your browser and the app.

@Shiggy Pressure-sensitivity does not exist on the iPad as it does with the Wacom screens. The iPad relies on the electro magnetism of your finger (touch) for it to work.

Unless they built a pen with a nib that relayed the pressure then pressure-sensitivity will never really exist on the iPad.

By: Shiggy

Shiggy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:45:23 +0000

If this hypothetical iPad Photoshop app ever does come into existence, the question that really needs answering here is:

Would a Wacom-style pen peripheral for the iPad contain anywhere near as much pressure-sensitivity for it to be even comparable to a “real” Wacom tablet?

If not, and it’s basically just a substitute for a finger-tip, then I’m not interested. I’d rather wait for Wacom to develop a more portable Cintiq.

By: John Mattucci

John Mattucci — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:35:30 +0000

Wow great idea, and thanks for opening up another view about Adobe being lazy. Perhaps the state of affairs between Adobe and Apple are both their unwillingness to bend for one another?

I’m not going to lie, if the iPad had an app that used a pen like a wacom tablet, I would seriously consider purchasing the iPad & App. But I couldn’t deal with any less functionality than what I enjoy when using Photoshop & Illustrator…touch OSX please? ;p