The Apple Pencil is an essential tool to interact with our iPad in a way that the fingers of the hand do not allow us. Draw, annotate, highlight, markup and many more uses they take it to the next level by being able to do them with the same ease and comfort with which we would do them on paper with a pencil.
The precision and pressure sensitivity of the Apple Pencil make it an ideal choice for artists, designers and creatives in general. And yes, with all that, this little device is already quite impressive, but the truth is that it offers much more. Let’s look at several little-known tricks to get the most out of it.
Help to make the Apple Pencil give even more of itself
Hay various resources that we can use to push the experience of using the Apple Pencil a little further. From using a virtual ruler to configuring the gestures that we can do with the pencil to our liking, among many others.
- Drawing perfect shapes: In the Notes application we can, with the Apple Pencil, draw circles, squares, triangles and other geometric shapes. Drawing by hand has its charm, but if we want a perfect and straight shape, we just have to wait a second after drawing the shape and before moving the stylus away from the iPad.
- Using the virtual ruler: Apple’s Notes app offers a virtual ruler tool to help us draw straight and precise lines. We simply open the application, select a note, tap with the pencil to activate the tools and tap on the ruler icon in the lower left corner. Now we can draw straight lines with ease.
- Quick tool change: If we need to quickly switch between different drawing tools like pencils, brushes, and erasers, just double-tap Apple Pencil with your finger. We will see that the tool change is immediate.
- Pressure Sensitivity Adjustment: Apple Pencil is pressure sensitive, which means that we can draw thicker or thinner lines depending on the pressure we apply. In many drawing apps, like Affinity Photo or Procreate, if you want to adjust the sensitivity, you can go to the app settings and search for something like “pressure sensitivity”.
- Gesture customization: if we have a second generation Apple Pencil, you can customize the gestures. By default, fast tool change is used, but in Settings > apple pencil, we can decide to use the double tap to switch between the last used tools, to see the color palette or to display the ink attributes. We can also disable the gesture.
The Apple Pencil is a great tool for drawing, annotating, and generally use our iPad as if it were a sheet of paper. With these little-known tricks, we can take full advantage of the features of the Apple Pencil and take it to the next level. Whether we are experienced artists, new to the world of digital drawing, or just want to take notes, these tips will always help us.
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