Using Your
Apple Pencil
The Paper App
With the Apple Pencil connected, you can use it just like
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interface items. You can combine Apple Pencil taps with
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but to get the most from it, you need to use an app with
Apple Pencil support. The best one to start with is Apple’s
own Notes app. Create a New Note and tap the Draw icon
(just above the ‘delete’ key). At the bottom of the Notes
app is a selection of pen-and-pencil styles and a range of
colours from which to choose. Tap these and draw on the
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Apple Pencil, the broader and more pronounced the stroke.
Side to Shade
An interesting trick the Apple Pencil has up its sleeve is the
shade function. Try drawing on the screen with the side of
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as if you were shading in with a regular pencil. Don’t worry
about resting your palm against the screen when sketching
either as the iPad features a palm-rejection technology that
detects which part of your hand is resting on the screen and
ignores it where necessary.
Unlike other digital pencils, the Apple Pencil doesn’t have
a built-in eraser, but most drawing apps have an eraser as
an option. Tap the Eraser tool in Notes, for example, and
now when you draw on the screen with the Apple Pencil you
will remove elements you’ve previously drawn.
Apple’s Notes app is a great place to start, but when you’re
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and paper available on any tablet device. It has a much
wider range of brushes and colours than Apple’s Notes.
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you draw shapes (lines, arrows and circles) and they are
automatically straightened up. It’s quite instinctive after a
few goes.
A great trick in Paper (and other apps) is to import
images from the Photo Library and then draw over them.
Tap the Photos icon and choose a picture from your library
then sketch over it; you can save images from Safari to your
Camera Roll.
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