While lazy Adobe dithers, whines, and falls farther behind, other companies embrace Apple’s revolutionary iPad.
Case in point: Autodesk Sketchbook Pro for iPad (US$7.99).
Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad is a professional-grade paint and drawing application. Using the same paint engine as its desktop counterpart, SketchBook Pro delivers a complete set of sketching and painting tools through a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed exclusively for the iPad experience.
Whether you are an occasional doodler or a professional illustrator, SketchBook Pro transforms your iPad into the ultimate digital SketchBook.
Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad’s features include:
• Full Screen work space with support for any device orientation
• Canvas size: 1024 x 768
Multi-Touch Interface:
• Two finger pan & zoom navigation with 2500% zoom
• Three finger tap for controls
• Three finger swipe gestures for quick access
High Quality Brushes and Tools:
• Professional grade paint engine delivers smooth and precise brush strokes
• 75 preset brushes, including pencils, pens, markers, natural media and photo brushes
• New Nature & Stamp brushes
• Flood fill and smear tool
• Completely customizable brush settings for each brush
• Draw styles for creating straight lines, rectangles, and circles
• Synthetic pressure sensitivity (brush fade-off)
• 10 levels of undo and redo (Quick Access: three finger swipe left and right)
• Dynamic symmetric drawing
• Quick Access: Three finger swipe down on canvas
• Individual brushes can now be reset to factory settings by pressing and holding on their icons until the reset dialogue appears.
Layers:
• 6 Layers allowing ease of editing and control
• Import layers from Photo Library
• Duplicate, Merge and Reorder Layers
• Move, scale, and rotate layers interactively using Multi-Touch
• Toggle visibility and adjust Layer Opacity
• Quick Access: Three finger swipe up on canvas
Blend Modes
• SketchBook 1.1 introduces Blend Modes to the layer editor.
• Supported Blend modes include: Multiply, Add, Screen and Normal
• When saving to PSD blend modes are maintained in the exported file
Preserve Transparency
• When enabled on a layer this feature allows users to paint only on top of existing paint strokes. This is very useful for repainting, shading or other detailed work that requires exact detail within an area that has already been painted.
Template Library
• A new Template Library is now available from the image import button in the Layer Editor. This library includes a variety of grids, perspective reference and ruled paper.
Video Output
• When connected to a compatible display through either the Apple Component AV Cable or the Apple Dock Connector to VGA adaptor your canvas and gallery can be mirrored to an external display or television.
Gallery:
• Store and view work-in-progress
• Export to Photo Library
• E-mail images
• Export as a layered PSD file
• Browse images in full screen mode
• Export to iTunes File Sharing
Colors:
• Color Wheel with HSB and RBG color space
• Customizable Color Swatches
• Eye-dropper color selection
• Erase color chip to convert any brush into custom eraser
Customizable double tap canvas corners
• Customizable double tap canvas shortcuts. You can assign one of the following shortcuts to each corner: Clear Layer, Frame Canvas, Undo, Redo, Last Brush, Last Color.
Stay Connected:
• Built in SketchBook News panel for live info about Sketching events and announcements
• Visual help pages
More info about Autodesk Sketchbook Pro for iPad SketchBook Pro – Autodesk Inc.here.
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Predrag “The reason for my question is my complete conviction that Mac OS X will soon be replaced by iOS, and that mouse as an interface (with a pointer) is going away.”
My experience based feel says professionals will require both mouse, finger, Pogo pointers and whatever they need to do the job both right and fast. Their probably is room for newer products in input devices to be used with touch screen/tablets.
Right now my 3D CAD in SolidWorks on Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro absolutely needs the precision in pointer work. If you are 1 pixel off in complex geometry, you pick the wrong line, vertices, or surfaces.
I welcome the tablets, but won’t abandon what works well for specific tasks.
MDN “While lazy Adobe dithers, whines, and falls farther behind, other companies embrace Apple’s revolutionary iPad.”
It did NOT take a genius to realize the 21st Century in Tech really started with Jobs intro of the iPhone in 07. You could see it, touch it and instantly understand what was coming.
Now with Apple probably heading to a run rate of 50 million iPads/year by a year from now, is Adobe going to still be stuck in the soft mucky clay that could be Adobe?
I don’t wish them ill, but they have had 3 years to get on the bandwagon. The programmers all have or have used iPhones (my brother works nearby). That means Adobe management is basically Neandertal.
Looks better than Photoshop
@Hawk
This video is not flashed based. Ran perfectly on my iPad!
Looks pretty impressive, and at only eight bucks, it’s extremely so.
Lightroom on the iPad could be so beautiful… <sigh>
@ schmenkee
Beautiful stuff!!
Outstanding work on your website. I am VERY impressed!
What the hell has gotten into AutoDesk. They used to live off that spagetti-coded POS called AutoCAD on Windows. Now they are releasing great iPad apps and bringing AutoCAD to the Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
Looks like we are down to only two big, lazy-ass software companies: MS and Adobe.
newsflash, macdailynews.com is hosted on a dell server.
all they want is your clicks.
Notice menus on top. This is how UI should work on iPad. Some people still don’t get it and just port iPhone UI to iPad with items on the bottom.
Stunning demo! And good point MenU.
The Video:
Has there ever been a better demo of the MIRACLE of the iPad?!
And the music! I am now a Chill Purpose fan. It astounds me when commercial product companies use incredible music for their marketing. The AutoDesk Sketchbook Pro music reminds me of the equally gorgeous tune CodeWeavers use to promote CrossOver. Heavanly:
@Predrag
I don’t have an iPad (yet!!!), but I did a few hand drawn figures for a review article I’m writing. I was always uncomfortable using a mouse for free drawing. Using my new Magic Trackpad, I was able to make those line drawing in Intaglio after just a few minutes of getting used to the device. Trackpads and touch screens are the interface of the future. Might as well get used to it. There’s no mouse to move around on a surface, no dust, no skin flakes to assemble anywhere. I loved the Magic Mouse but compared to the MT, it’s so 20th century.
@schmenkee
I took a look at your gallery. Your work is looks great….
Woo, I finally got MDN to post one of my suggestions. 😀
@Predrag
Maybe after CEO Ballmer is replaced, MSFT will license iOS for its Big-Ass Table
Then, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff could advantageously use that BAT in their war planning, as operating it would force them to take their fingers out of their orifices
@ Burrell
“It did NOT take a genius to realize the 21st Century in Tech really started with Jobs intro of the iPhone in 07. You could see it, touch it and instantly understand what was coming.”
Nicely said, That’s what is the KEY point IMO.