'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 & 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. Features: ✓ Full Screen work space with support for any device orientation ✓ Retina Display on 3rd Gen iPad ✓Canvas size: 1024 x 768 • 6 layers on iPad 1 • 12 layers on iPad 2 • 18 layers on 3rd Gen iPad ✓Canvas size 2048 x 1536 • 4 layers on iPad 2 • 6 layers on 3rd Gen iPad ✓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 • More than 60 preset brushes, including pencils, pens, markers and natural media • 90 additional brushes and stamps brushes • Completely customizable brush settings for each brush • Draw styles for creating straight lines, rectangles, and circles • Synthetic pressure sensitivity (brush fade-off) • Undo/Redo - 10 levels Gen 1 iPad 1 - 20 levels iPad 2 - 30 levels 3rd gen iPad • Dynamic symmetric drawing ✓Layers: • Import images from Photo Library • Import from Camera on iPad 2 • Duplicate, Merge and Reorder Layers • Move, scale, and rotate layers interactively using Multi-Touch • Toggle visibility and adjust Layer Opacity • Layer Blend Modes: Multiply, Add, Screen and Normal • Preserve Transparency mode to paint only where paint already exists • Template Library in the Layer Editor that includes a variety of grids, perspective reference and ruled paper.'
This app costs $1.99
Cris Guenter (Faculty)
Autodesk Sketchbook Pro app for the iPad is a professional-grade drawing and painting application for the iPad. Autodesk actually has software for the computer called Sketchbook Pro which is very solid. This app has been derived from that software to be compatible for the iPad. Just like any paint program, you need to investigate and play with the tools. Autodesk pays attention to the need for updates and follows through.
Technical Remarks:
Compatible with the iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later