For more on the initial development of Inkist, see my blog post on it. Inkist is the result of my work to fix that. I love my drawing tablet, but I've found that despite the fantastic power available in existing apps, they are cluttered and annoying to use. Layers, with blend modes, opacity, and opacity locking settingsįlexible interface allows you to pop out the controls you want into floating windowsĮxport to Jpeg, PNG, and Tiff (proprietary ISImage file format is Native) If you want to try before you buy, check out the lite version. It takes the features artists need: Layers, blend modes, customizable brushes, and more, and packages it in an interface designed to launch quickly, get out of your way, and let you work. More information on both the Mac and iOS version can be found at Posted by tai on 19:36:24.Inkist is your drawing tablet's best friend. Inkist for iPad is nearly ready for release on the App Store. You will receive an email from Apple TestFlight in 24 hours. Inkist Create complex digital paintings using Inkist’s set of versatile and customizable brushes. The pro version unlocks expanded tools, patterns and gradients, unlimited layers and versatile file export options. To get started, install TestFlight app on the iOS device that you’ll use for testing. With a small but effective selection of tools, this simple app lets you focus on the joy of plein air painting or urban sketching. The feel still isn’t quite as good as a Cintiq, but it’s a pretty good approximation. Teams apps built using Microsoft Teams JS v2 and Teams App manifest (version 1.13) will start showing up in Microsoft 365 iOS app under the Apps menu. ![]() At launch time, Inkist will support the Pogo Connect stylus with support for other pressure sensitive styluses being planned. Thankfully, several third party manufacturers have begun releasing styluses using bluetooth which can report pressure information. With standard styluses and finger strokes, brush strokes will have a slight fading in and fading out, using the light and strong brush pressure parameters as guides. For the most part I’ve been successful in transitioning this to iPad. You can attune the canvas texture and the amount of water on the brush. However, it covers a majority of the basics for watery art on your iPad. It has a restricted set of options compared to the other apps in this list. iPhone’s small screen necessitates hiding features behind taps and iPad apps seem to follow suit either without enough consideration as to how much can be displayed, or in attempt to create an uncluttered look without regard to functionality.Īs mentioned in my previous blog post, brush feel is of top priority for Inkist. Auryn Ink is a great iPad app used for watercolour painting. There is some tradeoff with drawing space, but it’s a tradeoff I wish more apps would make. Rather than tapping a button to reach those controls, Inkist keeps them on screen making the process faster. As understandable as this is, switching brushes, colors, and layers while drawing is common and needs to be easily accessible. Drawing apps currently on the App Store try to minimize the screen real estate taken up by the tools in order to dedicate as much space as possible to the drawing itself. ![]() The toolbar is a bit unusual for an iPad app. The buttons are based off a larger 50 point grid rather than a 30 point grid due to the fact that fingers and iPad styluses aren’t as accurate devices as Wacom digitizes, but the overall organization is unchanged. Since the Mac app was meant for use with pen input, it was already well suited to an iPad stylus. Though it’s usually a terrible idea for a Mac and iPad app to share an interface, the iPad (right) tools are little changed from the original. At this time Inkist is purely a bitmap drawing/painting app (no vector tools). ![]() iPads, however, are commonplace, general purpose devices that are ideal for both amateurs and travelling professionals. Inkist takes the features artists need: Layers, blend modes, customizable brushes, tablet pressure support, and more, and packages it in an interface designed to launch quickly, get out of your way, and let you work. Of course, there are many people like me who enjoy drawing, but don’t have the money to buy an expensive specialized piece of equipment like that. In short, Inkist is how I envisioned drawing on a Cintiq (or other drawing tablet) should be. When Inkist was released last May, I wrote this blog post about its creation which may be worth revisiting. Inkist iPad Transitioning from Mac to iOS
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