This Procreate iPad Keyboard ISN’T a Scam- But How Well Does it Work? -Aoiktye Review
This mini-keyboard was specifically designed to be used with Procreate on the iPad- but how well does it work? If you're an artist using Procreate, is this an essential addition to your workflow? We're figuring that out as we get our hands on the Aoiktye Keyboard.
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Me who doesn't use procreate and doesn't have a tablet of any sort: *I N T E R E S T I N G*
As a quadriplegic artist who mainly uses Procreate, I personally cannot physically do a lot of the gesture controls because of how my fingers are. I actually think this is pretty neat and might have to look into getting one! Thank you for sharing information about this little device!
I was actually about to pop in and suggest this might be a good accessibility tool!
The keys are big, you will need some help getting it Bluetooth connected once but then it is very good. The actions FAST.
I've seen some professional artists using procreate and grab a USB keyboard to use hotkeys off to the side with one hand, rather than trying to use the gestures. I think they're used to constant hot-keys with Photoshop. But they're VERY fast with it. Seems like it really helps their productivity quite a bit, but they also look like they've been doing it for years. Undo and redo are the most obvious ones.
Aannnd.. I just ordered one of these for myself.
I have severe Cerebral Palsy and have always had great difficulty with gestures that require multiple finger input, so I just purchased one of these after having a look at it.
So as someone who has really struggled with learning the procreate interface and memorizing all the tips/tricks and such that make it easier to use, this looks supremely helpful and I will definitely look into getting it for myself. My hand dexterity can vary from day to day or even hour to hour due to my health, so to have a physical option I can rely on that reduces strain for both my body and my mind is really encouraging
Looks to me like all those "save a few moments" moments adds up to a much increased work speed. When you make art for hours a day it's ALL about work flow efficiency. It's not the kind of time savings you find with Photoshop and keyboard shortcuts, but it looks like it would save a ton of extra gestures, and it's not like your off hand is doing anything else important while drawing.
I agree with this statement 100% As someone struggling to embrace Procreate or Affinity Photo/Designer after using Photoshop and co for ages on Desktops, I get disheartened quite quick the moment I feel too much friction iterating on the same tasks… the way I learn is to try many things many times wrong until I start barely to get it right, selecting/locking/switching layers in procreate felt painful. Clipping layers and masks on Affinity is also painful (compared to photoshop)… if this little keyboard helps doing some of those tasks faster, the cost of the mistake gets diluted big time and motivates to try over and over again. As an example, not the best one but bear with me, imagine if “undo” and “redo” was hidden behind a few menus, taps, gestures and clicks… it would be a no go for me right away or would look for ways to undo faster (i.e. erasing it).
I remember seeing this keyboard advertised a lot, but man it looked so sketchy. They should really fix their website to look less copypaste.
Delicious keyboard for my family
Feeds 8, even late
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I'm so glad i found this video - was looking for a numpad to speed up my workflow, but couldn't find anything that would work well with procreate. this is perfect. For me the tap/touch commands honestly don't work half the time. Switching between brush and pen with the double tap on the pencil doesn't always work. This will save me so much time (from angrily tapping my iPad and Pencil over and over again)
Thanks for giving this a look Brookes!! This is super useful to know as someone dabbling in Procreate 😊
I think the keyboard personally is way more efficient for my workflow with the shortcuts having me not stop and go into a menu. I feel like the stopping is the most frustrating part about procreate and the quick menu doesn’t really help
same here. I also think its better with the color picker be3cause now i cant trigger it with the pencil or finger so for me its a awesome addon.
I didnt even know there was a quick menu lmao.
Procreate is too trendy. If you spend more than an hour drawing then you need a proper input methods.
I only started feeling this recently as well, moving into menus tapping tools is frustrating while you try to get into the flow.
This video was perfect! I’ve been using procreate since 2018 but the thing that drives me absolutely BONKERS is when the iPad just doesn’t register the screen taps for whatever reason. So this is perfect for that so I will be buying it. (With your affection link of course) thanks for the quick crash course video!
I think this can be useful for accessing all those shortcuts while in fullscreen. I never use fullscreen because it's too much of a pain to then access all my menu items, but with this it's still accessible. I probably still wouldn't get it haha but I can see it being useful that way :)
Great review I am Strongly considering it , another option to try out that may have benefits.
pretty good for people who're use to keyboard shortcuts/controls coming from someone who mainly use keyboard myself and having an extra one handed keyboard for productivity this is a great addition. but the gesture controls serve just fine on their own if you tailored it yourself to suit your own needs.
I was about 2 minutes away from pulling the trigger on buying one of these, but you made some great points and I think I'll be saving my money. Thanks!
I think this is for Photoshop keyboard shortcutters. I have the keys 'A' & 'Z' setup as the brush tip resizing too, just like those 2 keys. Might have to check it out. Thank you for covering this item.
Really good review. I'll probably keep trying to learn the tricks of Procreate, but it's nice to know there's something out there in case I cannot manage it.
While I ended up on your video because I’m trying to find solutions to a limitation problem; this seems like it might have a useful purpose;but my limitation is my left hand is non-functional due to being unable to use it; from paralysis from a stroke. Im learning to use my right hand(non-dominant side) with Procreate. Regardless of my situation; good video!
This is so nifty and useful!!!!! Thanks!
My drawing tablet never seems to have enough quick keys, something similar to this sounds like a good solution.
I really can not warm up to any gesture related controls on any device. I do not know exactly why but half of the time I do not accomplish what i was attempting or have to go way out of my comfort zone to even perform a gesture. And it still is this way although I have been using my IPad for over 3 years now. A keyboard like that would almost certainly be way more intuitive to me. I will definetly look into getting one for myself
Same. I’ve tried these gesture controls so many times and I either trigger something without meaning to or ending up with the wrong one and no matter times I try it, I have to turn it off because it brings my workflow to a screeching halt.
I’m a sucker for shortcuts, kids these days start them young.
Could you see if this thing works with other art apps?
Can you reprogram the buttons? I'm interested using it for panning, zooming and rotating but I don't see buttons for those
Can you use this keyboard for other programs like CSP or anything by Adobe?
for me, the main reason I would want this keyboard (besides definitely using it for nomad sculpt) is the color picker and for adjustment "layers". Color picking is super slow in procreate and something I use all the time and having to go through three menus to find adjustments is tedious
I personally set the quick menu on a touch+drag hand gesture, and then set the color picking on the original quick menu button (the square between the two sliders). I just have to hold that button with my left hand and color pick with my pencil in the right hand, and release that button to keep drawing. Easy shortcut !
I have chronic tendonitis. For me doing all those gestures is hard and makes me having to stop drawing sooner. Maybe i’ll look into that keyboard
Hello. Can you replace the shortcut key? I need rotate and zoom
Omg I need this, Im used to using the keyboard with photoshop shortcuts on my pc and getting used to the ipad tbe one thing that annoys me is the fackt that i have to touvjt the screen or to do most shortcuts things
is there anything like this but a digital version for desktop?
Can we use it for 6 gen? Not the mini the 6 gen from 2018
Honestly, i like the idea of this. As an artist that has long nails, gestures tend to be more difficult. So in turn my work flow can be jarred.
I feel that so much, when I first got procreate and was looking up hand gestures, it dawned on me that I couldn’t even place my fingers on the screen due to my nails and would have to place them in an awkward position just to make it work
I have 2 questions: 1. How do you name a character? Like do you have any advice for naming original characters? 2. How do you figure out what your character’s voice sounds like? Or an idea of what their voice is like?
My issue with Procreate’s UI is that you can’t change the orientation of the menus and I have torn muscle and tendon problems, so all that reaching around and tapping kills my arm and wrist if I’m having an off day where art and programs refuse to just cooperate. I wish they had a way to make all the buttons on the side because the way I hold it with my other hand I can tap them more easily like a giant game controller 🤣 but since I’m right handed and the tools are only always on the top right I can’t just use my left hand to do all that crap instead of my drawing hand and quick menu has a habit of showing up at all the wrong times. The one they made for Accessibility is completely useless, you can’t customize it or change the orientation from horizontal to vertical and the original buttons you add to it stay rather than switching into it which makes them in the way if you have a problem hitting them, I’m constantly tapping the size and opacity instead of undo/redo and that middle button, which hardly works because you can’t even make that larger either… they need to make things more customizable. I end up not bothering with access options because of all of these issues. The layer select confuses me too. I have no idea why they don’t just make things more visible at a glance, like layer opacity % and what not. There’s a ton of extra space that’s just taking up room if they don’t make use of it. Meh. I wish the controller had arrows for menu navigation and some sort of brail type markers to make it quicker by feel, but that’s not a big deal considering all the useful shortcuts lol
Thanks for this one. It was very useful for me as I was thinking about actually buying that gadget. I think it would be more useful if the guys from Procreate had designed it.
I have issues with gesture controls and get very frustrated especially with my iPad mini.
is it compatible with clipstudio?
Somewhat related somewhat not: does anyone else have issues with their Apple pencil 2 swapping between eraser/pencil without actually doubletapping? We have 2 in our house and it happens to me on both, but not at all to my s/o. Maybe I just hold my pencil weird 🤷♂️
I just turned off double tap since I didn't use it much anyway
@@Biittle you know, I never thought about there being a setting for that. I'll have to change that. Thank you!
I have that problem constantly
Hi, how can you set up the gesture at 6:02 in Procreate? This is interesting because I normally use separate layers for different colors.
Yeah I wish he explained how he made the custom shortcut for that. I’ve always wanted this feature with procreate but don’t know what it’s called or how to do it.
Go to Actions>Gesture Controls>Layer Select and then choose which gesture you'd like to use, as of v5.2.2.
@@CosmicEngimas Try going to Actions>Gesture Controls>Layer Select and then choose which gesture you'd like to use, as of v5.2.2.
This would be perfect for clip. I know they already have one but I don't think I can use it on the iPad version.
i bought a 8bitdo zero 2 as a shortcut thing for csp
@@qt31415 that's what I use too. It works great but I'd love to have something with marked buttons. It's a shame the CSP tabmate isn't compatible with ipad...
The main reason why I can’t get into Procreate is cos I’m too used to photoshop and clip studio shortcuts. Having to tap to access them is a real chore. I’ll give something like this a try
Therapist: Blue chin Biko isn't real, he can't hurt you Blue chin Biko: For real, really interesting video! A cosy comfy atmosphere as usual, it was very intriguing to hear your insights and observations even as a Photoshop heathen.
How were you able to customize the eyedropper key to make it do the layer selection? I just bought one of these and would love to have that function instead of one of the others but cannot figure out how to customize the keys! Please help!
I believe that was explained in the video- it’s not as much an eyedropper button as it is a modifier button, and the function of it can be changed in Procreate’s settings 🙂
I don't think it would be hard to get used to something like this. I personally use a bluetooth keyboard for my gestures whenever I'm drawing on my iPad.
After so many years of using the touch interface of Procreate and wielding all the intricacies, I personally don't see a need to lug around a keyboard pad.
As someone who use been using procreate casually, I literally yelled out “there’s a quick menu!?” 🤯 wth other features have I been missing
I prefer using keyboards, so much faster and easier for me..the only gesture i ever use in procreate are zoom in/out and rotate. So this keyboard might be useful to me.
Procreate should just make a hotkey menu. Then you can connect to other kinds of controllers instead of this particular keyboard. Then you can map the shortcuts you want and frequently use.
That’s already the case 🙂
I wish this was programmable to use with other drawing apps. Apparently it is hard coded for only Procreate. Which is useless for me, Procreate doesn't need an external keyboard. Some other apps would definitely benefit from a physical keypad, but I can't find a similar small keypad which works for ipad.
Well apparently there is a programmable version, it’s called YESWORD X-20. It’s 50 bucks on Amazon.
Is there a key for the smudge tool or is it possible to set it?
I just started using it as I don’t think there is a way to have a smudge key. If you hit the command key and hold it it tells you what keys are mappable to a regular keyboard and smudge isn’t an option :/ so it may be out of its capabilities specifically because procreate doesn’t have a key bind setting for it 😢
The link to Amazon doesn't work. Can you please update so you can keep getting referral kickback?
Thanks for pointing that out, they must have changed pages! amzn.to/3GtBovt
Does this work with Fresco? I can't find an answer on this 😊
I haven’t used Fresco, but since it’s remappable it would all depend on if Fresco has hotkey support
Have you tried this with any windows machine or Mac desktop/laptops. Because personally I think something like this would be neat for like a surface pro whitch doesn’t have drawing apps with as good a gesture system as procreate
My slow brain out here unable to stop seeing a calculator smh.
And if you are left handed you have a longer way to go to change layers and brushes.
my ipad has a crack on the screen that give me 4 inches of dulled screen space and i have shaky hands. this tool looks absolutely useful. i hate the ipads tiny little buttons and wish you would have thought of the accessibility part of this item beforehand
as someone with large shrek-like hands, this keyboard has appeal.
I really need something like this cuz procreate is awful for me to use as a left handed person😭
These definitely should have scroll wheels
Its best for such keyboards to be programmable via an app. The problem is this keyboard is specific for the procreate shortcuts. If this was programable you could then have a button to switch between profiles and use it for any other software and even change what each button does in procreate itself so you could assign the shortcuts you want for the keys you want instead of having a standard layout that was decided by the designer.
$50 yesword custom numpad on Amazon (has a customisation app to change shortcuts, using there iPad app)
I dont have an ipad! Heres some engagement.
it's kind of ironic that the keyboard for procreate costs more than procreate itself
That’s because of production costs
@@mitthrawnuruodo1730 i was being a bit sarcastic tbh
ive been looking for something like this for my ipad. not a fan of procreate though
Got mine and it wouldn’t charge. Company very sketchy on any help. Finally did a PayPal Resolution. Be careful.
anyone familiar with a programmable 'keypads' for computers (i have about 5 of them) will see this is just a keypad that already has buttons programmed. you could in theory buy a un-programmed keypad and program the buttons to do whatever you want
You could just build a custom Bluetooth keyboard. Then you can setup any shortcuts you want.
Physical keys will always be faster. Saving a few seconds or even milliseconds per action quickly adds up when you're working on pieces for dozens of hours, let alone if it's your job. Procreate needs to let us rebind keys already as the default keyboard bind are terrible.
Omg, as a left handed person it’s giving me anxiety watching you use your left hand for the keyboard and draw with your right hand. I have no idea why and it’s tripping me out right now.😅
Would you like me to refilm the video for this precise purpose?
Honestly just buy a keyboard. Some apps even let you customise your shortcuts so you can use whatever you want
Wait procreate keyboards exist?
thus the video!
19$ Microsoft number pad, you can fully customize all the buttons on your Pc with mouse and keyboard center and thn use it on your Ipad with any app you wan. Best value and versatility. 10/10 . Give me a like if i helped you out :)
Unfortunately I was scammed because I ordered one but I never got one
That’s odd- mine did take awhile, I would look into it!
Why not just use a wireless numpad though and configure those keys, cheaper and more multi-functional
Excuse me? There are Procreate keyboards?
Thus the video!
Oh ok! I was just a bit confused! Thanks for clearing it up!
Well, imagine procreate decides to add keyboard support in a future update... immediately this mini keyboard becomes useless
There’s already keyboard support, that’s what makes use of this device possible 🙂
I wonder if this could also work for Clip Studio? If any mobile drawing app needs an extra keyboard feature it’s that one.
It might, but obviously would need to figure out the mapping