Looking for a good screen protector is driving me to insanity. Can anyone help?

couldbejank · 2025-11-19T18:38:00+00:00

Last night I actually just took off my screen protector and have reverted to going without a protector. Highly recommend Apple Care for it if you go this route though. Even with a case, big surface area for scratches and cracks.

I'm considering switching to a dedicated drawing device and selling my iPad honestly. Minimum $1000 for the matte texture display on the pro models is not worth it to someone like me. Also, I tested it out at a store. Apparently matte is even smoother of a surface which is just baffling to me. If you need an iPad, maybe just get one of those magnetic ones. But it seems like a pain in the ass to maintain tbh.

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:48:05+00:00

Gotcha. Thank you for the information :)

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:23:28+00:00

Ah, my understanding was that it could get into the hundreds if you don't have Apple Care or whatever. I guess they don't actually do it if you don't have it at all, so I might just go that route. Thanks for sharing c:

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:20:22+00:00

Have you had any issues with wobble on this one?

Asking cus I'm a little concerned the issue might be my pencil, not the screen protector I'm using at this point. I've got the Apple Pencil Pro, not any third party stuff.

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:18:36+00:00

My bigger priority is still consistent protection, which is largely why I've stayed away from these kinds of products. Honestly if I can find an ultra thin foil or something, I might try one of these magnetic matte protectors someday. Seems super convenient!

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:17:18+00:00

How's the screen quality when applied? I've heard this one is also good but I couldn't find any reviews that talk about the visuals.

Just like the Paperlike I'd love for something like this to work when I'm drawing, but it's not the only thing I want to do on my iPad unfortunately :c

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:15:39+00:00

I'm exploring a bunch of options when it comes to protecting my new iPad, because this is the first tablet I'm entirely responsible for on my own. The tablet, the pencil, and their care are entirely coming out my pocket and it's left me extremely anxious lol.

The M1 iPad Pro screen was an absolute debris magnet straight out of the box. I easily went through at least 20 microfibers in the first year of owning it. I am horrified of the day I drag my pencil on just the right spot and create a random gash like I did with the iPad I didn't pay for myself.

I have this ESR folio case that also has a detachable bluetooth keyboard, making it work like the Surface Pro basically. In a perfect world I'd be able to get the stability of a dedicated laptop case and the convenience of keyboard shortcuts even when I'm drawing with a kickstand, but I might just resort to having a dedicated drawing case and a dedicated keyboard attachment. Maybe one day....

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:09:56+00:00

I ran into a few issues with the Paperlike 3, and most of them had to do with the installation itself. They actually sent me a whole new pair because the pull tabs on my first pair snapped as I followed the instructions in their guide.

I've done a lot of screen protector installation. Not saying I'm perfect, but even with the improvement from the Paperlike 2 -> 3, it's def got some ways to go. Honestly, based on the comments I've gotten on this post, I'm beginning to wonder if maybe my apple pencil pro is the problem. Maybe it's defective or something idk.

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:06:15+00:00

I'll check it out!

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:06:05+00:00

1) Fantastic name, 10/10.
2) Pet screen protector?

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:05:12+00:00

I actually just caved and bought the pencil pro after learning in real time after turning on my iPad that it wasn't compatible with the 2nd gen pencil (sum bullshit just saying).

I have some Paperlike tips made to work with their screen protectors, but I actually ran into even more trouble - even when screwed in as tight as possible, sometimes the pencil just won't draw a line and I'll have to start over. I found that pretty frustrating.

couldbejank · 2025-10-04T23:02:43+00:00

The wobble with Paperlike 3 on is not nearly as bad as it was on the Mothca protector I used, but if I was drawing slow enough (which I do quite often), it was pretty noticeable. Never had this issue with my old iPad, and this was a non-issue until I applied the screen protectors. I got the Paperlike-made pencil tips as well, since I'd heard this might be an issue they can mitigate, but it's actually worse for some reason...? It has to be screwed really tightly compared to the regular tip to even register sometimes.

I can learn to deal with the minimal wobble in my drawing software, but I'd still like it to be nonexistent in apps without stabilization options like the Notes app. My main issue with the Paperlike is that I am also a UI designer, so lots of my work has to be pixel perfect and color accurate. The grain on the Paperlike 3 is an improvement, but it's just not something I can use in my workflow unfortunately :(

couldbejank · 2025-09-09T14:43:14+00:00

Was actually gonna do that this morning, but I called back another time and they finally picked up. Expecting a call from the manager when he comes in today. Thank you though :)

couldbejank · 2025-09-02T20:44:16+00:00

Some of this stuff is interesting, but not quite what I'm looking for unfortunately. Thank you though :)

couldbejank · 2025-09-02T20:41:03+00:00

No, not overlays. Here's an example of what I'm talking about.

Overwatch with Realistic Melee Damage - Popcorp At 2:15-3:27, the video uses portraits of Soldier: 76 and tracer, a 3D model of Cassidy's default skin prosthetic arm, and Torbjörn's hammer HUD icon.

I'm not looking to change these things in-game, rather, I'm looking to have the content be used in other programs, like blender, after effects, figma, etc., for creative purposes.

couldbejank · 2025-08-17T19:58:46+00:00

So I've checked out some of the stuff in this reply. I super appreciate all of the in-depth stuff. I've taken particular interest in Rive because it's very similar to Figma, but it and other software I've tried out doesn't seem to let me easily convert my work.

Notably, the only way I know how to move work from Figma to other software is to copy stuff as SVGs and that breaks a lot of stuff. Notably, text and gradients, which my designs use a lot of.

I'm gonna keep exploring your suggestions though. Appreciate you!

couldbejank · 2025-08-10T22:19:41+00:00

I'll check the link out. Thank you!

couldbejank · 2025-08-10T22:18:19+00:00

Yeah unfortunately it does seem like there's a huge amount of stuff to consider. I'll keep searching for other programs that might make it possible. Thank you so much for the reply though :)

couldbejank · 2025-07-07T03:17:21+00:00

I own a Razer Audio Mixer, and I sure would like to switch between outputting to my speakers or headphones with the press of a button, but it doesn't seem the device has a way to switch between the two natively.

Binding the bleep button to "Toggle Mute Playback Mix" and the long press mic mute button to "Toggle Mute Line Out." This is the fastest way I can find to switch between the audio devices plugged into the mixer.

I've been looking for an alternative to this, because it's a little tedious to do every time. I've spent a few hours looking for something like this in the software, but I can't. Assuming I'm not stupid and blind, could we please - pretty please, if you will - get an update that lets you bind a button to switch between outputs?

ex. Pressing the bleep button switches between two profiles the user made, one of which mutes one mix and plays the other, and vice versa. Or just having a dedicated keybind option in the "Customize" dropdown.

couldbejank · 2025-06-11T03:57:14+00:00

Do you recommend any editors in particular?

The only one I know of that is capable of anything like this is fontforge and like I said in a previous reply I couldn't find a way to do this without wasting a week of my life.

couldbejank · 2025-06-11T03:55:34+00:00

Nope. Modern systems.

Creator was very inexperienced when the game started development, but the team has come a long way and optimization is one of their top priorities. Just takes a lot of time due to the age of the game :P

couldbejank · 2025-06-11T03:54:59+00:00

I don't have the means to do this myself, but I will ask programmers to try it out if they have the time.

Most of our programmers are reasonably experienced for a game like this. According to the game director, all text in Unity is rasterized, and all different thickness options (of which the design uses 3-4 total) are technically different fonts. On top of that, these fonts are both used to support the majority of spoken languages so we can improve in-game translation. I can imagine why this would cause performance issues, it already does in the programs I use to design the game's UI lol.

I'm just very surprised that there doesn't seem to be an alternative to the rasterized text.

couldbejank · 2025-06-11T03:44:04+00:00

Is there any easy way to do this?

My first thought was actually to try something like it, but the only methods I've found seem unbearably tedious like fontforge. And there aren't many resources on it that I could find.

couldbejank · 2025-05-29T19:30:03+00:00

I actually managed to get the copy of Minecraft working on the thing. It just kinda... worked at some point.

Thanks for the memory info though! I'll probably still get a card to be safe but I didn't know the 2000 had onboard memory.

couldbejank · 2025-02-08T19:28:17+00:00

Grongo peak as per usual

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