iPad Meh, who creates content on an iPad?

[ivada]

It has and will always been a content consumption device. Don't need the fastest processor in the world for that, irrespective of the story Apple is trying to tell. Nobody will create content on an iPad.

I have a lot of colleagues in the UX and graphic design fields. They tried iPads for their portability and always went back to their MBPs. Ton more options with accessories and software.

 

[chrono1081]

Lots of people do, it's why there's a pro version and a regular version. Most people are fine with the current but many want to make on the go, especially artists and musicians. They're also used a lot by photographers.

 

[alex00100]

I go to art school. And I agree with you. I know no one who uses it to do professional art.

 

[mcdj]

I composed all but one of these images, and dozens more, in Photoshop on an iPad Pro 11”. But thanks for playing.

 

[Bruninho]

I have an iPad Pro 2017 and I still create lots of content on it: new website designs, new stickers, photos treatment for web. I can do my entire job on it.

I have friends that design comic arts on it and sell professionally.

 

[GSWForever8]

I guess iPads are good for sidecar? M1 seems a bit overkill. iPad Air should be enough for most.

 

[KittyKatta]

Not really. I have a lot of colleagues in the UX and graphic design fields. They tried iPads for their portability and always went back to their MBPs. Ton more options with accessories and software.

But sometimes people use two things to create content.

Anyway,
Pencil for drawing... Keyboard for writing... Ports for multitracking... Photoshop, photo editing, etc. Even my kids have made YouTube videos, songs, stop motion movies and school art projects on iPads. Its a solid tool for a creative toolbox so I’m not sure what anyone would get from trying to isolate its purpose to one thing.

 

[RevTEG]

??‍♂️ Me... I do.

 

[AutomaticApple]

Ton more options with accessories and software.

Ah, yes... like the Apple Pencil?

 

[ivada]

But sometimes people use two things to create content.

Anyway,
Pencil for drawing... Keyboard for writing... Ports for multitracking... Photoshop, photo editing, etc. Even my kids have made YouTube videos, songs, stop motion movies and school art projects on iPads. Its a solid tool for a creative toolbox so I’m not sure what anyone would get from trying to isolate its purpose to one thing.

I would love to meet someone who will pay $1800 for a high end iPad Pro and not spend a couple hundred more for a top end 13" MBP. And by the way in case I did not make it clear, I'm not talking kids, I'm genuinely interested in folks who have switched to an iPad for professional, corporate/enterprise-level graphics work.

 

[ivada]

??‍♂️ Me... I do.

Congrats! Will/can you give up your MBP if you had one?

 

[ivada]

I composed all but one of these images, and dozens more, in Photoshop on an iPad Pro 11”. But thanks for playing. View attachment 1760971 View attachment 1760972

These are awesome, well done!

 

[TiggrToo]

Just because you personally can't imagine how others use an iPad to create doesn't mean they don't.

 

[TiggrToo]

I go to art school. And I agree with you. I know no one who uses it to do professional art.

I don't know anyone I work with who have Android phones. I hear tell they're somewhat popular these days...

 

[ivada]

Just because you personally can't imagine how others use an iPad to create doesn't mean they don't.

Do you create content on an iPad? I'm specifically interested in understanding if given a choice between a high end iPad and a high end MBP, what would content creators choose? If they had to choose only one device.

 

[MBAir2010]

content like web content, or content like graphics?
well
this and a series of comics were created only with a lame ipad an an index finger.

 

[TiggrToo]

Do you create content on an iPad? I'm specifically interested in understanding if given a choice between a high end iPad and a high end MBP, what would content creators choose? If they had to choose only one device.

I use mine for note taking for each and every meeting and then create PDF notes for DevonThink.

I do code reviews on it where I check pull requests and approve them.

I update the team Kanban board on Clubhouse and assign work using it.

I create documents on it.

I do employee reviews on it.

I've been doing all this - and more on my original 9.3. I'm going for a new one come Apr 30th.

That enough for you?

 

[TheRealAlex]

#1. Short stories
#2. Writting a book
#3. Edit pics and vids
#4. Work content and reports
#5. Create art doodle it’s relaxing

Yep I officially create content.

 

[sparksd]

Process RAW images and push results to the Web while on the road, using Lightroom on a 2018 12.9 Pro - effective and a lot cheaper than a high-end MBP.

 

[lightmyway]

Do you create content on an iPad? I'm specifically interested in understanding if given a choice between a high end iPad and a high end MBP, what would content creators choose? If they had to choose only one device.

I create content - videos in Lumafusion, music in GarageBand, working with documents. For my uses, an iPad Pro is better than a MBP as my only device. The PDF work I do is greatly aided by Pencil, and a MBP is not a good consumption device. I also prefer a touch interface.

if someone needs ONE device for creation and consumption, iPad Pro is likely the best choice. For only creation, a MBP (with M1) might be better. But your “only one device” qualifier is my situation, which is why I love iPad Pro.

 

[Johnny365]

I tend to agree with OP, but we are in a different age where some find it feasible and economical to do work on an iPad. I'm in the increasingly more niche crowd of just watching videos and web browsing on my iPad and little else.

 

[alex00100]

I composed all but one of these images, and dozens more, in Photoshop on an iPad Pro 11”. But thanks for playing. View attachment 1760971 View attachment 1760972

Its wonderful that the workflow works for you. Meanwhile they haven’t even incorporated layer comps so no artist designer or storyboard artist can actually use it.

 

[Bruninho]

Its wonderful that the workflow works for you. Meanwhile they haven’t even incorporated layer comps so no artist designer or storyboard artist can actually use it.

Try Vectornator. I use that to start prototyping and design my websites. Then all artboards are exported to an account my actual work has on RedPen.io, where I show them to the customers. All that on an iPad Pro 2017.

Vectornator can even be exported to Photoshop or XD where I can make a more complete prototype or give it a finishing touch. Actually, I use XD on my Mac. But I always start on my iPad with my Pencil.

 

[mcdj]

Its wonderful that the workflow works for you. Meanwhile they haven’t even incorporated layer comps so no artist designer or storyboard artist can actually use it.

I’ve worked in multiple print ad agencies and some of the top retouching studios in NYC and few if any of my fellow artists used layer comps. Hell, they barely used smart objects. Not everyone on the planet works the way you do.

 

[alex00100]

I’ve worked in multiple print ad agencies and some of the top retouching studios in NYC and few if any of my fellow artists used layer comps. Hell, they barely used smart objects. Not everyone on the planet works the way you do.

I don’t know about ad agencies, but say if you’re designing a costume for the latest blockbuster, and need to show the director 20 options. You’re not gonna lay them out on one page. Or storyboarding. You need 200 or more later comps for each panel, no other way to do it.

Besides it’s not the people that have to be adapting to technology. It’s technology that has to adapt to our use case.