Slow strokes on iPad

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Tristratos
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as much as I love FlipaClip, there is one event that I find VRY annoying.


The strokes o latest ios on an iPad 12.9 gets slow before they hit the final Apple Pencil tip.

There is a certain amount of lag that prevents the user feel comfortable with the sketching experience into the app.


Please note that this is already fixed in other apps like procreate in which NO lagging is apparent.


Can’t we have eventually a real-time representation of Apple Pencil strokes without any kind of delay/lag ?


Pleeaaassseeeeee


The app is perfect it is this feature -along with undo/redo gestures- that I am missing still


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https://drive.google.com/file/d/15wV58sW4YrJNz3TTHXQE709llL42EBH-/view?usp=drivesdk

this is an apple pencil 1 and an ipad air 3

i have tried disabling canvas rotation 

the canvas size is not 1080p

it doesn’t do this all the time, only occasionally when my palm is on screen


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Jona Co-Founder & Lead Developer
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@JONA,

According to the latest ipadOs,Pencil kit api, offers significant Apple Pencil speed improvement.

In fact according to this article:

https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/06/pencilkit-apple-wwdc/

The new APIs require just three lines of code for developers to get the same low latency, UI, and tool palette that Apple uses for Pencil. That includes the drop from 20 milliseconds to 9 milliseconds latency that Apple announced during its unveiling of iPadOS.


You may view from apple’s Site link below how to do that:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/pencilkit/drawing_with_pencilkit


Is there ANY. Nance to make flipaclip lighting fast after all?

PLEASE KEEP US POSTED


Hey! Sorry, not responding to your other post. So we are working on a much-improved draw engine. The main focus is to improved response time and to use all Apple Pencil features! ETA... well can't give any but once any news is available I'll make sure to let you know here.

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Tristratos

@Jona,

Thank you for letting us know.

Still, it would be highly appreciated if you could let us know by when do expect this to happen. Soon (within the next couple of months) or later (after a year or so)

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Jona Co-Founder & Lead Developer
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Quote from Tristratos

@JONA,

According to the latest ipadOs,Pencil kit api, offers significant Apple Pencil speed improvement.

In fact according to this article:

https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/06/pencilkit-apple-wwdc/

The new APIs require just three lines of code for developers to get the same low latency, UI, and tool palette that Apple uses for Pencil. That includes the drop from 20 milliseconds to 9 milliseconds latency that Apple announced during its unveiling of iPadOS.


You may view from apple’s Site link below how to do that:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/pencilkit/drawing_with_pencilkit


Is there ANY. Nance to make flipaclip lighting fast after all?

PLEASE KEEP US POSTED


Hey! Sorry, not responding to your other post. So we are working on a much-improved draw engine. The main focus is to improved response time and to use all Apple Pencil features! ETA... well can't give any but once any news is available I'll make sure to let you know here.

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Tristratos

@JONA,

According to the latest ipadOs,Pencil kit api, offers significant Apple Pencil speed improvement.

In fact according to this article:

https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/06/pencilkit-apple-wwdc/

The new APIs require just three lines of code for developers to get the same low latency, UI, and tool palette that Apple uses for Pencil. That includes the drop from 20 milliseconds to 9 milliseconds latency that Apple announced during its unveiling of iPadOS.


You may view from apple’s Site link below how to do that:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/pencilkit/drawing_with_pencilkit


Is there ANY. Nance to make flipaclip lighting fast after all?

PLEASE KEEP US POSTED


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Tristratos

@Jona,

Still with latest version 1.3.9(99), strokes remain slow and unproductive.

Can you PLEASE let us know if, what and when should we expect a fix to this fundamental bug ?

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Tristratos

@Jona,

Same here. In latest build there seems to be an improvement BUT NOT exactly perfect yet.

The lag still occurs randomly here and there and of course when the palm is set on screen -which is the most convenient way to draw.

PLEASE let us know if and when this is FULLY fixed

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Chaaaaka

Jona! 

I downloaded version 1.3.6 (93). I've been drawing with it for about 20 minutes and it has much less lag. Although not 100% perfect. I would say i experience lag 5-10% of the time as compared to about 50% in previous versions.

Great progress! It's much more usable to draw long term now.

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Chaaaaka

Thanks for the quick update. I tried 1.3.5 (92) as well. Same lag problem. 

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Tristratos

@Jona,

Just tried also with latest 1.3.5 (92)"

Unfortunately still lag is present once Palm is on screen.

Waiting for next build to retest.

Keep us posted

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Jona Co-Founder & Lead Developer
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Dear Jona,


I just tried even on latest beta 3.5 (91) on an iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen.

unfortunately the stroke lag issue still exists!

    Confirmed once more that the lag takes place only when Palm is on screen as mentioned above.

    PLEASE let us know if and when should we expect a fix for this

    Thank you for letting me know. I was about to write that a new build is available but you have already updated.

    I thought that maybe the fix "Pan/Zoom/Rotate now disabled once Apple Pencil is detected." would resolve this.

    I'll be further looking into this and I'll update you guys once I get something. Thanks for beta testing!!!

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    Dear Jona,


    I just tried even on latest beta 3.5 (91) on an iPad Pro 12.9 1st gen.

    unfortunately the stroke lag issue still exists!

      Confirmed once more that the lag takes place only when Palm is on screen as mentioned above.

      PLEASE let us know if and when should we expect a fix for this

      
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