You can find a full breakdown of compatible hardware here.įinally, while Apple did nail the basics with Sidecar, as you might expect, they locked it down pretty tightly after that. You also need an iPad Pro, a third-generation iPad Air, a fifth-generation iPad Mini, or a regular iPad that’s six-generation or later.
You need a MacBook Pro released in 2016 or newer, a MacBook Air released in 2018 or newer, or an iMac released in late 2015 or newer. Secondly, you need a relatively new iPad and a relatively new Mac in order to make it work… something I found out the hard way when I wanted to try Sidecar on my mid-2015 Retina MacBook Pro.
In Preferences, go to Tablet > Tablet Driver API > Stylus.Firstly, if you’re a Windows user, Sidecar is out by default - the feature is only available on Mac. Zbrush is defaulted to use the WinTab tablet driver API, so you will need to change this in Preferences. In TV Paint's menu bar, go to Edit > Preferences > General and Change Tablet to "Ink". Under the Pen Tablet menu, change Pen Tablet Control API to "Use Windows API" and click OK. In SAI's menu bar, go to Other > Options. Astropad Studio uses the Windows Ink API. Pen pressure is not available in PaintTool SAI Ver.1.2.5 or older. Pen pressure is only available in the Developer version (SAI Ver.2). Settings > Toolbars Shown > select "File".Įnable the pen tip icon to Use Pen Pressure, shown here to the right of the undo and redo buttons. Move it to Current Actions and click Ok or Apply.įile toolbar is shown. Click the right arrow on the arrow-pad in the middle to Select the option for pen pressure ("Use Pen Pressure" or "Pressure Usage"). In the left side menu under Available actions, find and Settings > Configure Toolbars and select "
"Windows 8+ Pointer Input (Windows Ink)" and click OK. Settings > Configure Krita > Tablet settings. Select Krita is defaulted to use the WinTab tablet driver API, so you will need to change this in Settings. Check "Enable pressure sensitivity" and "Use Windows Ink". Go to Edit > Preferences > User Interface. With Windows Ink enabled, in Clip Studio Paint's toolbar, go to File > Preferences > Tablet and select the "use TabletPC" option.
In Blender's menu bar, go to Edit > Preferences > Input > Tablet and change Tablet API to "Windows Ink". Some programs like Photoshop CS6 do not have support for the Windows Ink API, so pressure sensitivity will unfortunately not work for these programs while using Astropad Studio for Windows. If your program is not on this list, let us know or check to see if there is a similar setting that needs to be changed to enable pen pressure. Here are the steps to enable pen pressure in some common programs. You can also adjust the pressure curve settings in the Studio sidebar by tapping the red ring button > Pencil & Stroke > Pressure Curve.
Enable Pen Pressure in Astropad Studio for Windows Pen Pressure SensitivityĪstropad Studio supports pen pressure sensitivity in a variety of programs and currently uses the Windows Ink tablet driver API.