Now that Apple has released an even more powerful iPad Pro in March 2020. Unfortunately, that didn’t quite do the trick for most of us photographers that were looking to make the upgrade from old MacBook Pro models, we were all left more than a little nonplussed. If you don't want to pay a subscription, you can use the basic one-time-payment version of both apps, but they will operate at a basic level that will not take full Wacom-like advantage of the iPad Pro + Apple Pencil.When Apple launched the iPad Pro in 2018 they hailed it as the laptop replacement we had all been waiting for. Both of these premium levels are subscriptions.
The alternative is Astropad Studio, which is the premium level of Astropad. To take that combination to the level of a Wacom tablet, you need Duet Pro, which is a premium level. The Duet Display suggestion above is a good one, except that it will not take full advantage of the special capabilities of the iPad Pro + Apple Pencil used together. The combination of iPad Pro + Apple Pencil, mentioned in the first post, has special Wacom-like capabilities and performance that go beyond a regular tablet and Bluetooth stylus. But those fall far short of what the Wacom tablet can do. Many solutions let you use an iPad as an external touch display for a Mac, and these work great with a cheap basic stylus. This is a tricky area, because some solutions only work with specific combinations of tablet, stylus, and desktop OS. In summary, using an iPad/Pencil does give you the brushlike capability of using a Wacom, but it provides non of the other functionality, programmable buttons, rotating wheel etc. Pics I want to finess are tackled on the big calibrated screen of main machine. I find the iPad invaluable for culling a shoot, adding basic ratings, doing initial cropping and adding profiles. I use a desktop as my main machine, but that ties me to being where it sits. Because the iPad interface is based on touch sensitive screen comparing a laptop/Wacom workflow with an iPad/Pencil isn’t really like with like. So from that point of view it could be likened to using a Wacom.
If using the adjustment brush you can ‘paint’ with the pencil and the effects are pressure sensitive, so the harder you press the greater the effect. Obviously the pencil operates as a mouse/cursor so you can access the on-screen touch controls using the pencil. I use an iPad Pro 12.9” with an Apple Pencil and LR to do initial culling and edits.
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