Great for tracing around an object to precisely select it.

The version of SketchBook you are using determines the types of selection available. Use Magic Wand to select the background and either an eraser or Clear to delete the background. For example, an image has a white background, but you don’t want any pixels in the background. Need to remove large areas from your image? Use Selection tools to make quick work of that. In SketchBook Pro Desktop, a selection can also be used to select an area, then with the V key open the Transform Puck to move, scale or rotate your selection.

You won’t need to worry about paint going outside the bounds of the selection. You can select an area and constrain the paint to the selection. Use others to help once a selection’s been made.īeyond the typical use of selection tools, did you know they can be used like masks.

Use some of these for choosing a type of selection. Priced at US$4.99, Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad is available exclusively from the iTunes App Store.There are an assortment of Selection tools. “This is our biggest update since we first released SketchBook Pro for iPad, and we’re excited to see the limitless creativity and artistic expression that millions of people will produce with this fun drawing and painting app,” added Hanna.Īdditionally, users can now import photos directly to the layer editor from iPad 2's camera, as well as export and import images through Dropbox within the app to easily transport work between iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Mac.įinally, new brush sets with unique brush types, textures and stamps are now available from the in-app store. “Unparalleled sketching capabilities on iPad just got better,” said Samir Hanna, vice president of Consumer Products at Autodesk. Autodesk is offering up a new version of their popular SketchBook Pro iPad app which, thanks to a few code alterations, now takes full advantage of the new features and processing power of the iPad 2.Ĭombining high-quality digital pencils, pens, markers and airbrushes, the Autodesk SketchBook Pro app allows artists and amateurs alike to create rich, high-quality digital artworkįeaturing the most powerful sketching tools on the iPad, SketchBook Pro version 2.0 allows users to create high-resolution canvases at 2,048-by-1,536–pixel resolution with up to four layers for an image output of 5-by-7 inches at 300 dpi or 8-by-10 inches at 200 dpi.Īrtists can now start creating an image on an iPhone and continue working on it on an iPad, or finish it on their Mac.Ī total of 90 new brushes and brush controls can now be found in SketchBook Pro, alongside new customizable palettes and gestures.

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