Using external screens

While editing a document on your iPad, Affinity Designer can display a second view of it on an external screen.

The external screen can be connected physically using a cable or adaptor, or wirelessly to an Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible television. The document view on it is controllable independent of the document view on your iPad's built-in screen.

About the second document view

The Navigator Studio is used to adjust the zoom level, the displayed region and the rotation of the document on the external screen.

Toolbars and studios are shown only on the iPad's internal display. However, user interface elements that provide helpful feedback about your interactions—e.g. the selection bounding box and tool attributes such as brush size—can be shown on the external screen as well.

The Navigator studio

With an external screen connected, use the pop-up at the top of the Navigator Studio to select which screen is being controlled.

The external document view is not constrained to the same aspect ratio as your iPad's built-in screen, enabling you to take advantage of large widescreens. Depending on the connection method, the document view may be letterboxed or pillarboxed.

Settings

The following settings become available on the Navigator Studio when an external screen is connected:

To connect an external screen using AirPlay:
  1. Connect your iPad to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible TV.
  2. Swipe down from the top-right corner of your iPad's screen to open Control Center.
  3. Tap Screen Mirroring.
  4. Select an external screen from the list.
  5. (Optional) If the external screen displays an AirPlay passcode, enter it on your iPad.
To control the external screen's document view:
  1. Connect your iPad to your external screen using a cable, adaptor or AirPlay. Affinity Designer will automatically detect and output to the external screen.
  2. In Affinity Designer, open the Navigator Studio.
  3. Select External screen from the pop-up at the top of the Studio.
  4. Use the Studio's other controls to control the rotation, zoom level and other attributes of the view on the external screen.
To finish using AirPlay:
  1. Swipe down from the top-right corner of your iPad's screen to open Control Center.
  2. Tap Screen Mirroring.
  3. Tap Stop Mirroring.

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