AstroPad is one of the most popular applications that allows use the Apple Pencil of our iPad to draw and / or retouch photos on the Mac. However, with the release of the latest beta, it has started to offer support for Windows, allowing us to use the Apple Pencil compatible iPad on any Windows PC.
For now, this first beta It offers support to be able to draw from the iPad with the Apple Pencil, the touch function and the possibility of mirroring the content on the device as well as a large number of shortcuts and custom functions.
Performance enhancements such as the integration with Luna Display to be able to use the iPad as a second screen of a computer managed by Windows.
This beta includes support for Wi-Fi or USB connectivity at 60 fps and low latency, a latency that will be further reduced in future updates. To be able to enjoy this application, the Windows computer must be managed by the Windows 1809 10-bit version 64 or later.
AstroPad can be used with any photo editing application such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Pixelmator and is optimized for drawing with the Apple Pencil.
In the case of the iPad, it must be managed by iOS 9.1 or later and an Apple Pencil if you want to take full advantage of this software that It is used in Nintendo, DC, Pixar, Disney and Star Wars, to name a few examples.
If you want to be one of the first to try the free beta Astropad for Windows, you can do it through the following link, where we have to enter our email to later be redirected to the download page.
The functionality that AstroPad offers us is similar to what we can find with Sidecar, a feature included as of macOS Catalina. However, for Windows it is the first application that allows us to use the Apple iPad to draw or edit photos in Windows.
