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astropad for windows turns your iPad into a drawing tablet

Perfect for those who already have an iPad and Apple Pencil, using your iPad as a drawing tablet can be a cost efficient way to bypass a pricey Wacom Cintiq. There are two leading options when it comes to making your iPad into a professional graphics tablet for your Mac or PC — Duet Display and Astropad. Ex-Apple engineers turn your iPad into a professional drawing tablet. Duet is built by ex-Apple engineers, delivering a retina display at 60 frames per second with zero lag. Using an additional display can double your productivity by reducing time to switch contexts.

A question we commonly get asked is Does Astropad work with Windows? We’re excited to announce that Astropad is in active development for Windows support!

  1. Luna Displayx Astropad. Luna fully integrates with Astropad — our award-winning drawing software that turns the iPad into a professional graphics tablet for Mac. Astropad offers absolute workflow customization, featuring a packed suite full of creatives tools like unlimited workflow shortcuts, Magic Gestures, and custom pressure curves.
  2. 'Air Stylus' Turns Your iPad Into a Drawing Tablet for Your Mac. Friday June 20, 2014 1:16 AM PDT by Richard Padilla. Add the additional lag from iPad to Mac and, boom, instant drawing hell.
  3. I find myself choosing the iPad version of Adobe Illustrator as a drawing tool, because of the comfort and ease of use. The apple pencil mimics a real pencil as if you were creating a hand drawn illustration. For MAC users How to use iPad as a Drawing Tablet for MAC. Best Drawing Tablets That Don’t Need A Computer.
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Project Blue is our free public beta that turns your iPad into a drawing tablet — with customizable features that adapt to any artist.

mirror your windows desktop

Astropad works with any Windows program software — Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender, ZBrush, and more!

apple pencil & touch support

Astropad for Windows is optimized for drawing with the Apple Pencil. Use touch gestures to quickly access your favorite tools and shortcuts.

connect over wifi or usb

Untether your workspace! Connect wirelessly via any private WiFi network, or use USB when WiFi isn’t available.

a workspace designed for creative pros

Project Blue goes beyond a basic drawing tablet. Featuring a robust sidebar and on-screen UI, you can quickly access your favorite shortcuts and customize your drawing preferences.

— Because when it comes to your creative workflow, we know that no two artists work alike.

astropad for windows system requirements

  1. PC laptop or desktop: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit, Build 1809 or later
  2. iPad (and Apple Pencil): iOS 9.1 or later

astropad for windows features

current features

Drawing tablet functionality
  • Mirroring
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Touch support (pan and zoom)
Limited Astropad Studio shortcuts and customization
  • Basic sidebar shortcuts
  • ‘Magic Gestures’
  • Hard & soft pressure curves
  • On-screen modifier keys
  • On-screen keyboard
  • External keyboard support
  • ‘Move and Zoom’
Robust connectivity and performance
  • Connect over WiFi or USB
  • Low latency at 60fps
  • GPU support

coming soon

Our beta is still a work in progress. Here’s what we’ll be adding to Project Blue over the coming months:

Expanded shortcuts
  • Unlimited, customizable shortcuts
  • Per-app shortcuts
Use Ipad As Drawing Tablet For Mac Free
Complete customization
  • Custom pressure curves
  • Custom pressure smoothing
Further performance enhancements

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Use Ipad As Drawing Tablet For Mac Free
  • Luna Display integration
  • Further latency reductions

a special message from astropad’s ceo

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Astropad Studio is our award-wining drawing software that turns your iPad into a fully customizable drawing tablet. We first launched Astropad for Mac in 2015; now, we’re bringing Astropad to the Windows creative community. Our beta is still a work in progress, but we’re excited to hear what you think of it!

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*Note: After the Project Blue beta, Windows support will be rolled into the existing Astropad Standard and Studio apps as a free feature.

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