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Title: First look: Astropad turns your iPad into a graphics tablet for your Mac
Post by: HCK on February 19, 2015, 09:00:18 am
First look: Astropad turns your iPad into a graphics tablet for your Mac

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Heaven for a hardcore graphic artist or photo editor is a Wacom Cintiq (http://www.macworld.com/article/2044501/review-cintiq-13hd-is-a-lovely-small-screen-addition-to-your-workspace.html), one of those fancy input devices that builds in a display and includes a pen stylus for drawing, painting, or retouching photos. They’re amazing, but they’re pricey (https://store.wacom.com/us/) and not the most mobile.</p><p>
What if graphic artists on a shoestring could simply use their iPads, at a fraction of the cost and with glorious portability? Astro-HQ wants to make that possible with software that transforms an iPad into a Mac graphics tablet. Founders Giovanni Donelli and Matt Ronge are even former Apple engineers.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2885834/first-look-astropad-turns-your-ipad-into-a-graphics-tablet-for-your-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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