SketchBook Pro 2010 - Old Version
by Autodesk PSG
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Software Summary
Manufacturer: Autodesk PSGBrand: Autodesk
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: DVD-ROM
Release Date: 2009-04-13
Platform: Mac OS X, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: BV2148
Product features:
- Autodesk SketchBook Pro software offers best-in-class sketching capabilities for professional designers and artists from all industries
- Fast and intuitive user interface; designed specifically for use with digitized pen tablets and Tablet PCs
- Free up the sketching process with ultra-responsive digital pencils, pens, markers, and airbrushes that look and feel just like the real thing
- Communicate more efficiently by emailing sketches and annotations instantly to colleagues and clients
- Open and save common file formats, including TIF, BMP, JPG, PNG, and PSD files
Software Reviews of SketchBook Pro 2010 - Old Version
Customer Review: Great Program with Narrow Focus
Summary: 4 Stars
Sketchbook Pro is a fantastic program for artists and designers. It is uncluttered and designed entirely for a pen interface. If you don't have a tablet, you might find the interface a bit awkward.
If you do have a pen, you'll soon be wishing that every program was designed this way. The design lineage goes back to Alias, who created Sketchbook from the ground up to be an intuitive and extremely fast way for artists to communicate visually. Eschewing the cluttered interfaces of typical paint and photo programs, they focused on the bare bones of what the artist needs to put "ink" to "paper" and get the job done. To this end, those looking for full-featured painting programs might find Sketchbook lacking. The key word here, is "sketch".
Sketchbook Pro is fast. Pen responsiveness is top notch, giving you the most drawing bang for your buck. Without the enormous overhead of other digital graphics programs, Sketchbook Pro wrangles the most performance from even slightly older machines. You'll find that the software is easily able to keep pace with even your quickest or most subtle pen movements. Tool selection is equally easy, with "flickable" radial menus popping open instantly. While the austere interface can seem disappointing or shocking at first, it provides maximum ease of workflow, letting you make easy use of the entire page with less panning and zooming.
My problem with Sketchbook Pro extends to its Autodesk foster parent. Alias was swallowed up by Autodesk, and Sketchbook became somehting of a forgotten child. It received minimal attention with the Sketchbook Pro 2009 edition, which gave little extra to an already solid program. The Autodesk website, likewise, gives little indication that Autodesk even supports it, making it difficult for the new user to ge tinformation, check for updates, or engage in community forums with other Sketchbook users. This has improved, somewhat, over time. But, going to the Autodesk Technical Support page and looking at the list of products in the drop-down menu still finds Sketchbook Pro missing. This seemingly apparent lack of support isn't a deal breaker though, and there are Autodesk community forums with Sketchbook support, if you dig around. Autodesk does need to step up with their "old school" site design and make these changes more obvious.
For the price, nothing in the world beats Sketchbook Pro at what it does best: sketching and rapid drawing. With the 2010 version, some new tools add extra value, but perhaps not enough to make upgrading a necessity for longtime 2009 users. I use Sketchbook Pro 2009 to do rapid sketching and then port my roughs into Portalgraphics.net's "openCanvas" which I find to be a perfect companion. It supports all the same formats and has nearly as robust an interface, designs for pen use. It would seem that Autodesk took a page from Portalgraphics' openCanvas design, which has already supported canvas rotation for a long time.
Note: If you're looking for a good blend between rapid sketching and paint, with PSD support check both products, you may find both aren't necessary, with openCanvas being nearly as speedy and robust, and also offering a bevy of natural media pen and brush options, to boot.
I rate Sketchbook Pro at 4 Stars because it excels at everything it promises. The lacking 5th star is because Autodesk seems not to care very much. This program is clearly not their bread & butter, and as such, it seems to be constantly on the back burner, and receives minimal attention.
For the very small pricetag, you can't go wrong. Speed, ease of use and stability are the hallmarks of this program, and any artist with a tablet should have it in their arsenal. However, non-tablet artists are encouraged to stay away. The interface and design will, quite simply, make drawing even more cumbersome with a mouse, as it has no vector tools, and minimal "stamping" ability.
Description of SketchBook Pro 2010 - Old Version
Autodesk SketchBook Pro software is your digital sketchpad. Use it in any creative process where pen and paper would traditionally be used. SketchBook Pro features an artist-friendly, gesture-based interface that translates technology and functionality into a natural drawing experience. SketchBook Pro software is easy to use with fast, reactive drawing and productivity-enhancing tools that help you express your ideas freely and boost production. Autodesk SketchBook Pro frees up the sketching process with ultra-responsive digital pencils, pens, markers, and airbrushes that look and feel just like the real thing. It quickly take snapshots of your current application, and load and view images or digital photographs. You can use SketchBook Pro's brushes to mark up and add comments. You can communicate more efficiently by emailing sketches and annotations instantly to colleagues and clients.Autodesk SketchBook Pro software offers best-in-class sketching capabilities for professional designers and artists from all industries. A paint and drawing application designed specifically for use with digitized pen tablets and Tablet PCs, it can be used in any creative process where pen and paper would traditionally be used. With a patented user interface that is fast and intuitive, even new users can be productive within minutes. Autodesk SketchBook Pro represents the next generation of digital design products that focuses on the user, translating technology and functionality into a natural drawing experience.
 Best-in-class sketching capabilities for professional designers and artists from all industries. Click to enlarge. |
 So versatile and easy-to-use, it can be used in any creative process where pen and paper would traditionally be used. Click to enlarge. |
 The look and feel of traditional tools that experts demand. Click to enlarge. |
 With 2010's new features, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro continues its tradition of delivering an affordable, easy-to-use, natural drawing experience with the quality expected by professionals. |
Your Digital Sketchpad
So versatile and easy-to-use, it can be used in any creative process where pen and paper would traditionally be used:
- Concept sketching and ideation
- Illustration
- Character studies
- Set and level designs
- Story boarding
- Annotation and review
High Quality Results
- The look and feel of traditional tools that experts demand
- Custom texture brushes
- Interactive brush symmetry
- Interactive rulers and ellipses
Fits into all Digital Workflows
- Reduce time scanning and touching up paper sketches
- Reduce the use of paper
- Open and save common file formats, including Adobe Photoshop: TIF, BMP, JPG, PNG, PSD
Streamlined User Interface
- SketchBook Pro is designed to maximize flow, offering a natural drawing experience
- Highly discoverable UI
- So easy-to-use, any user can be productive within minutes.
- Patented Marking menus provide access to major tools with just one-flick
- Do-it-yourself custom brush creation
Communicate More Effectively
Share visual ideas quickly with integrated e-mail feature Instantly email sketches and annotations
What's New
With 2010, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro continues its tradition of delivering an affordable, easy-to-use, natural drawing experience with the quality expected by professionals.New: Rotate Canvas
- The navigation puck now has a rotate ring for smooth rotation of the canvas view.
- Automatically snap to 90 degree increments
New: Blur & Sharpen Brush
- Two new brush types in the brush palette.
- Paint blur effects directly in SketchBook Pro
- Use the sharpen brush to tighten imported photos or images.
New: Symmetric Brushing
- Easily draw anything symmetric.
- Horizontal & Vertical interactive mirroring brings drawings to life instantly... and fun too.
- Great for character design, product concepts, graphic design, automotive sketches, and vehicles of all kinds.
New: Custom brush features
- Create your own Custom Textures
- Capture and reuse graphics
- Make specialized brushes
- Export/Import custom brushes
- Save out XML with a TIFF map that you can share with other SBP users.
Customizability
- Set up your preferred tools in the Lagoon, including your custom DIY brushes
- Access marking menus right at the cursor
- Hotkeys for each lagoon item
- Assign these to a pen-button or tablet keys
- Now you can work completely in full screen mode, calling up tools as you need them.
- DIY Palette items can be reordered
New: Numeric color input
- Direct RGB input fields in the Color Editor.
- To support the custom color palette on Windows, you can now accurately define RBG values before saving them.
- The Mac version continues to use the Apple Color editor.
- Preset primary colors & gray scales now available for customizing in the lagoon.
New: Guides
- Create perfect straight lines, circles and ellipses.
- The Ruler and Ellipse guide bring a new level of precision to refine your sketches.
New: Scale enhancement
- The transform puck now allows non-proportional scaling
- Tweak the horizontal or vertical proportions of a selection or entire image directly in SketchBook Pro
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