The Apple Pencil gives artists almost everything they need to sketch, draw, and colorize artwork on their touchscreen device. #alt# Image of an iPad with a drawing of snails wearing sunglasses in a car, with a hand holding an Apple Pencil over it. While Apple hasn’t revealed any pressure sensitivity levels for the Apple Pencil, the stylus is diverse enough that professional artists are able to create incredible works of digital art without resorting to specialized equipment like Wacom tablets or expensive desktops. Notetakers using GoodNotes 5 or Notability ( comparison here) can emphasize key points in their notes by pressing down harder while using the fountain pen tool.With creative apps like Procreate or Adobe Fresco ( comparison here), artists can adjust the size, texture, and consistency of the brushes and erasers they use to paint and draw.What’s more: Many app developers have also discovered how to take advantage of these unique features. That’s a major difference between what you’ll see in third party styluses for Android and iPad devices, which may only provide limited pressure sensitivity - if they even offer it at all.īecause the tip of the Apple Pencil understands how hard or soft you press against the screen, it’s possible for iPad users to create everything from handwritten text to incredible digital artwork, like lettering and calligraphy, without any other specialized tool. Instead, the Apple Pencil uses emitters to determine angle, tilt sensitivity, and applied pressure. Teardowns of Apple Pencil units have shown that the device isn’t capacitive - meaning that it doesn’t conduct a charge through the screen like your finger does when you touch the iPad. Pressure & tilt sensitivityĪnother major advantage of the Apple Pencil comes down to sensitivity when touching the stylus to your screen. #alt#Victoria Pritchard’s hand holds an Apple Pencil as she draws a face on her iPad.
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