The app makes your iPad display whatever is on your Mac's screen, and when you draw on it, your marks immediately show up on both your tablet and computer - there usually isn't any lag, which is pretty important while drawing.
On a basic level, Astropad is just a fancy screen-sharing app, but it's the 'fancy' part that really makes a difference. That means you can load up Photoshop, grab a stylus, and start drawing on your iPad while using all of the tools and brushes that you'd normally have access to.Īstropad is fast, accurate, and easy enough to use It's releasing an app called Astropad that allows you to use your iPad as a sketch board that transfers over to apps on your Mac. Today, a small developer is trying to bridge that gap. There are a ton of fun sketching apps for the iPad, but none of them offer the power of some drawing tools that you'll find on the desktop.
