![]() ![]() When you open Tumult Hype for the first time, you’re greeted by a blank canvas with a timeline below. If you’re not familiar, Tumult Hype is a powerful tool for building advanced interactive and animated content that works on any device. For a quick walkthrough of how to use this plugin, watch this video. Seems foolish… …I’d probably end up like that guy at the end of the commercial.In this post, I’d like to introduce a new WordPress plugin for embedding interactive and animated content in WordPress: Tumult Hype Animations for WordPress. Do I see myself writing a Hype 4 book on the iPad? Even if I was trapped on an island (which I suppose is kinda true) and my only way to escape was to write the Hype 4 book on an iPad, I don’t think I could do it. That’s near Quark XPress / InDesign levels of desktop publishing. Have you seen the update to the iWork apps?! That’s amazing. But again, would I use my thumbs to write JavaScript code on the iPad? I don’t even like using the iPad for writing simple stuff, like chatting on Slack, updating my website or posting to this forum. It doesn’t seem likely that I’d be comfortably writing JavaScript code with only my thumb. Would an iOS version of Hype work on the iPhone? There’s barely enough space on my desktop monitor. So, an iOS version of Hype would face similar problems to Affinity Photo on iPad. But when I grab my iPad, I naturally drift into time-wasting activities, like browsing r/the_donald, playing War Pinball or looking at properties on Zillow. Yet, I get more work done with a traditional mouse, keyboard, external monitor and an eight year old computer. My iPad Air 2 is competitive with my 2009 Mac Mini. Sure, The processing power of the iPad is strong. I imagine myself working on the iPad, but it just doesn’t feel natural that way. I’ve been waiting for a new Mac Mini, so it would be nice if a $275 iPad Air 2 could replace more expensive hardware – but it doesn’t! If the iPad was a true replacement for a desktop / laptop computer, I’d save a lot of money. ![]() I bought it because I like Pixelmator on my desktop. Is it necessary? I haven’t really used Pixelmator on my phone.The first line in the descriptio says iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 and iPad 2017. Pixelmator, a universal binary photo editing app, doesn’t have that limitation. It’s iPad only, that dramatically limits sales.That’s a surprise for an app that was featured in the WWDC keynote. While it had a great start, and it hit the #1 spot for the photo / video category, The overall ranking dropped quickly. If making Hype cross platform is the goal, it’s looking like a Windows / Linux version of Hype would be a better focus for Tumult’s development. fwiw, I did order a 10.5" iPad Pro (for testing and Hype Reflect updates, of course!) so we’ll see how I like using it. I think it will be interesting to see how Affinity Photo fares in the market. For the rest, an ultraportable laptop running windows or macOS is probably a better fit. Not that I wouldn’t want to see iPad Pro become a pro device, but for now it seems to me that only graphics folk (who otherwise would have to buy an even pricier and cumbersome wacom cintiq) could consider specifically the iPad Pro as a tool of the trade. Plus, that the touch interface lends itself very well to the kind of a workflow where you rarely need to type anything… It starts in the room (multiple rooms probably since you have to create the assets, and test it in various browsers too), so making it portable would only be a minor convenience. In other words it’s a workflow that starts on the field why not also end it there? Why ever nail it down to your workstation if you don’t have to? Coding/animating/design is very different. I would add that photo manipulation is a more natural fit to a portable and touch device than anything else is: Many photographers (amature and pro alike - with cameras in our phones, everybody qualifies as a photography software consumer) would want to properly retouch/manipulate the images that they just shot while on the go. Couldn’t agree with you more I’d also like to see, how AD for iPad pro fares in the market. ![]()
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