The #1 app for turning your iPad into a drawing tablet for Mac! Astropad allows you to use your iPad to draw directly into Photoshop and any other Mac creative tools, including: Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Affinity, Corel Painter, Manga Studio, Pixelmator, Mischief and any other Mac app you like!
With Astropad, you get the high-end experience of a Wacom pen display at a fraction of the price. Connect wirelessly or over USB for complete creative freedom. Requires a Mac. The Mac companion app is free and is available on Watch our demo video at: Astropad Standard will remain free after purchase, with continual updates to improve performance. Office Mode: This new feature is designed for users who work in an environment where multiple people are using Luna hardware. With Office Mode enabled, Luna Display will no longer automatically connect to the first computer it sees on the network.
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Instead, a user must either connect via WiFi Manual Connect or via USB. Once the user connects via WiFi Manual Connect, the information is stored on the device and will connect automatically the next time. You can choose between “Home” or “Office” Mode on the Connection Mode screen during Luna setup. Improved Luna Display configuration for macOS - General bug fixes and improvements. 2.4.1 Jul 13, 2018. Second Display Support: Astropad now features second display capabilities via our new hardware companion, Luna Display. Learn more and purchase Luna at lunadisplay.com.
UI Refresh: Now manage your settings and shortcut preferences directly in Astropad’s iPad sidebar. Compatibility Improvements: Smoother experience with Mac programs (FireAlpaca, Gimp, Corel Painter) and third-party extensions (BetterTouchTool, Magnet, and Synergy).
This is a required Mac and iPad update. Please visit astropad.com/downloads to update your Mac app. Important Announcement: Third-party stylus support in Astropad Standard will be discontinued at the end of 2018. By the end of the year, only Apple Pencil will be supported in Astropad. You can read more about phasing out third-party styluses on our blog (blog.astropad.com).
2.3 Dec 20, 2017. Our newest version of Astropad is more responsive than ever, allowing you complete creative freedom in your favorite Mac apps.
Tandemactofviolence, A little expensive but a great app I was really hesitant to buy this app after seeing the mixed reviews, but I went ahead and made the purchase and I’m glad I did. I’ve been using my iPad Pro as a drawing tablet for a little over a month on ProCreate, but I really wanted to use it on the computer similar to a Cintiq. After getting my first MacBook and this app, I finally got the chance. The first thing I tried was the WiFi mode since I don’t like being tethered to my computer if I can help it.
Sadly, the mode is essentially unusable for me. As soon as I open the app it immediately just opens and refreshes the screen over and over and cannot connect. Once I switched to the usb mode, there were no issues whatsoever.
Contrary to some of the reviews, I’ve experienced 0 lag at all upon switching to the connected mode. As soon as I draw it registers it seamlessly. Even when running numerous apps in the background I have experienced no lag. Keep in mind, I am using a pretty strong Mac and iPad so my experiences may not be universal.
I have also not contacted their customer service as I’ve had no issues, so I can’t vouch for how helpful or not they are. Tandemactofviolence, A little expensive but a great app I was really hesitant to buy this app after seeing the mixed reviews, but I went ahead and made the purchase and I’m glad I did. I’ve been using my iPad Pro as a drawing tablet for a little over a month on ProCreate, but I really wanted to use it on the computer similar to a Cintiq.
After getting my first MacBook and this app, I finally got the chance. The first thing I tried was the WiFi mode since I don’t like being tethered to my computer if I can help it.
Sadly, the mode is essentially unusable for me. As soon as I open the app it immediately just opens and refreshes the screen over and over and cannot connect.
Once I switched to the usb mode, there were no issues whatsoever. Contrary to some of the reviews, I’ve experienced 0 lag at all upon switching to the connected mode. As soon as I draw it registers it seamlessly. Even when running numerous apps in the background I have experienced no lag. Keep in mind, I am using a pretty strong Mac and iPad so my experiences may not be universal. I have also not contacted their customer service as I’ve had no issues, so I can’t vouch for how helpful or not they are.
Philmguy, They’ll woo you then lose you This is a very good app but not a very good company. In their early stages they were hot to get customers. The Apple Pencil was new and not that good and was limited as to which iPads could use it. So, they encouraged the use of third-party styluses.
They even had a very useful part of their website where they recommended specific styluses. I took their advice and bought an Adonit that has worked very well. Well, that was then and this is now.
Today, July 11, they announced, in their own words, “Astropad’s Breakup with Third-Party Styluses.” It turns out, they say, that all of those third-party styluses actually sucked. Even my functioning Adonit. How could I have been so stupid?
Oh, wait, they told me it was good. Well, regardless, now they know it’s bad and it’s making their engineering life a living hell.
So, as of the end of this year, unless you have an Apple Pencil and an iPad that it’ll like, you’re SOL. So, buy this app for a very high price and an Apple Pencil, too, and hopefully you’ll live happily ever after. Unless they decide you’re expendable. I’m going back to a Wacom tablet where I should have stayed. Oh, and by the way, the name Astropad comes from the Jetsons’ dog Astro, which won’t mean anything to anyone who didn’t live in the 60s. Nonetheless, bad dog Astro, bad dog. Philmguy, They’ll woo you then lose you This is a very good app but not a very good company.
In their early stages they were hot to get customers. The Apple Pencil was new and not that good and was limited as to which iPads could use it. So, they encouraged the use of third-party styluses. They even had a very useful part of their website where they recommended specific styluses.
I took their advice and bought an Adonit that has worked very well. Well, that was then and this is now. Today, July 11, they announced, in their own words, “Astropad’s Breakup with Third-Party Styluses.” It turns out, they say, that all of those third-party styluses actually sucked. Even my functioning Adonit. How could I have been so stupid?
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Oh, wait, they told me it was good. Well, regardless, now they know it’s bad and it’s making their engineering life a living hell. So, as of the end of this year, unless you have an Apple Pencil and an iPad that it’ll like, you’re SOL. So, buy this app for a very high price and an Apple Pencil, too, and hopefully you’ll live happily ever after. Unless they decide you’re expendable. I’m going back to a Wacom tablet where I should have stayed. Oh, and by the way, the name Astropad comes from the Jetsons’ dog Astro, which won’t mean anything to anyone who didn’t live in the 60s.
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Nonetheless, bad dog Astro, bad dog. A.Kinng, It was good then.
Now is another story. I don't know why but I'm starting to think this company want to push all of us to the subscription based app. This app is all I wanted to be able to continue working on my designs from other areas via Wifi and it helped me a lot with Adobe apps to the point I think it is impossible to work without it.
This is not a $5 app. This app is really expensive and we decided to pay the amount so we can replace our old Wacom tablet or cintiq and keep working as a pro. You sold this app as a pro app and now you are saying this is a 'lite' app?? So we pay you monthly or yearly to use your 'Pro' app?
What happened if I need to finish a job and I can't pay that month for any reason? You mean if I've been paying you almost a $80 a year and forget to pay the next day I can't use your app? So I'm just renting your service? Listen you need to offer your app also with a one time payment for people like me that need to have that tool anytime and know that is there because I bought it. I prefer paying you one time for me to have a tool as good as it is but don't do evil moves like 'if you want to rotate your drawing you need to have a subscription' because you are pushing people to buy a new Wacom Cintiq. Developer Response, We appreciate your feedback, and would like to discuss more on how we can improve.
Please contact us at [email protected]. A.Kinng, It was good then.
Now is another story. I don't know why but I'm starting to think this company want to push all of us to the subscription based app. This app is all I wanted to be able to continue working on my designs from other areas via Wifi and it helped me a lot with Adobe apps to the point I think it is impossible to work without it. This is not a $5 app. This app is really expensive and we decided to pay the amount so we can replace our old Wacom tablet or cintiq and keep working as a pro.
You sold this app as a pro app and now you are saying this is a 'lite' app?? So we pay you monthly or yearly to use your 'Pro' app? What happened if I need to finish a job and I can't pay that month for any reason? You mean if I've been paying you almost a $80 a year and forget to pay the next day I can't use your app?
So I'm just renting your service? Listen you need to offer your app also with a one time payment for people like me that need to have that tool anytime and know that is there because I bought it. I prefer paying you one time for me to have a tool as good as it is but don't do evil moves like 'if you want to rotate your drawing you need to have a subscription' because you are pushing people to buy a new Wacom Cintiq. Developer Response, We appreciate your feedback, and would like to discuss more on how we can improve. Please contact us at [email protected].