I didn't want an IPad until I saw the FABULOUS new Autodesk Sketchbook Pro App for it.
Only 8 dollars for the app and it becomes a fully functional tablet art program. It's AMAZING. I found myself literally drooling as I watched this video.
I don't get gadget lust easily and had scoffed at the IPad when it was introduced. Who wanted an over sized IPod that couldn't handle parallel applications? The instant I saw this video, every shred of hesitation vanished as I realized what was coming. The IPad is going to develop in the next few years into the ultimate on the go tool for graphic artists, architects and designers. Rather than buy a tablet PC for almost 2000 dollars and sink another several hundred into design software, I can get the highest memory version of the Ipad for under 900 and pay next to nothing for design apps as they are released.
I am now officially bowled over by Apple and can't wait to see what is coming next.
I didn't want an IPad until I saw the FABULOUS new Autodesk Sketchbook Pro App for it.
TJLubrano I know! I hear lots of cool stories about the IPad and how it's beneficial for illustrators and other fields!
4/11/10
Stillthinking Tablet PC's were really the only choice we had other than scanning. The Ipad is so responsive, light and slim. The Apps are so affordable. I am just blown away.
4/11/10
TJLubrano Yes! I want one!! It's truly something else ^_^.
4/11/10
tonyberkman WOW
4/11/10
Stillthinking Wow, is right and this is only the first gen! I am dying to see what comes next. I bet that it won't be long before we see animation apps, a photo manipulation app, eventually maybe even a 3d rendering app.
4/11/10
Stillthinking Can you imagine a photo manipulation app that works on touchscreen? *squeals!!!*
4/11/10
crpitt will it have a pen/pencil thingy too?
4/11/10
numby Fingerpaintings?
4/11/10
Stillthinking You can use order a stylus for it from any retailer for under 10. Then you can change the brushes (thickness, style, weight, color, whatever) inside the program itself.
4/11/10
numby I like to paint, so naturally I'm skeptical. Surface texture? Paint thickness? Sounds like a good way to doodle, though.
4/11/10
Stillthinking This is more a sketch program for graphic artists and designers who need the ability to quickly produce work that is easily changeable. I'm sure it has fine arts applications as well, but less for painters and more for multi-media artists.
4/11/10
numby I was hoping it could do 3D, like Rhino, Maya...
4/11/10
numby Rendering from a good 3D modeler can be mind-blowing, when you use lighting, perspective, reflections, etc
4/11/10
Stillthinking It's also very memory consuming and time consuming. Sketch-Up is a quick modeler and much more suited to a portable device. Also, Rhino, Maya and 3d Max are INSANELY expensive.
4/11/10
numby The result is what counts...memory is cheap. I'll try to find the link where I got Maya free and post it.
4/11/10
numby go to http://download.com and search for maya ple...it's free but it's for windows. I actually had to crack my rhino version, but there's no way to trace where an image was generated, especially if it's been re-rendered with gimp or whatever
4/11/10
Stillthinking Oh, I know all about how beautiful it is. It is very beautiful. It's also an extremely expensive service to charge to your client. Good renderings can be upwards of 50 man hours each to generate and cost the client thousands of dollars. So, unless your client has a specific purpose to wanting a really high end rendering, they usually don't want to pay for it. That is where Google Sketch-Up comes in. It's quick and offers people a fast, inexpensive way to create a visualization. AND the purpose of this program is convenience for the graphic artist and designer.
4/11/10
Stillthinking 3D is a great skill to have, but you're asking for too much for a first gen portable device to be able to handle a program that size. And that is what we are discussing here: a graphics program for a portable device. Not a high end rendering program for a desktop.
4/11/10
Stillthinking Also, Most architectural firms have caught on to the fact that rendering in house is a losing game financially. So, they hire interns or new grads to focus on it for next to no pay or outsource it to China.
4/11/10
numby You realize you can access your PC from a mobile device...Anyway, I'd prefer to give mobile more time to advance before I use it to design for clients
4/11/10
Stillthinking I know that, but you don't need a touch screen for 3d rendering in Maya or Rhino. Touch screen is highly useful for drawing programs though, hence my enthusiasm.
4/11/10
MikeandTiffany That does look like good fun, and I'm not even remotely artistic.
-Tiffany
4/11/10
timethief I'm impressed withe the autodesk sketchbook app. I'd love one of each (ipad & app).
4/12/10
legbamel I'm waiting to see how the screen holds up before I get too interested (it'll take a lot to end my iCrap boycott). We had tablets with touch screens for work and broke most of them simply by carrying them around in and out of air conditioning and/or blizzards.
4/12/10
Stillthinking Oh, I am not going to buy a gen 1. I am going to wait for gen 2 or 3. Yeah, I had issues with my Gen1 IPod dying on me (not the battery: something went boom inside it) but my newest IPod Nano is wonderful. I tend to have little faith in MOST electronic and computer equipment. I tend to feel a little bitter at the problems Windows based machines have too.
4/12/10
numby Scratch-proof screen might be a good idea
4/12/10
Stillthinking It is a good idea.
4/15/10