Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011

Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011 Review

Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011 Feature

• Autodesk SketchBook Pro offers professional-grade capabilities for artists, designers, and doodlers
• Fast and intuitive user interface; so easy to learn, you will be productive in minutes
• Ultra-responsive and customizable digital pencils, pens, brushes, markers, and airbrushes
• Capture your ideas in writing, typed comments, and sketches... then email them instantly
• Work on standard images formats, including TIF, BMP, JPG, PNG, and PSD

Relied on by professionals, adored by everyone who loves to draw... SketchBook Pro translates sophisticated technology and professional functionality into a natural drawing experience; use it anywhere you would traditionally use paper and pen!

A Natural Sketching Experience

A dynamic and streamlined UI that is easy to learn and fun to use. View larger.

Customize your brushes to suite your individual style or capture a specific look. View larger.

SketchBook Pro is, essentially, your virtual sketchbook. Designed specifically for pen-based interaction, transform your desktop computer, laptop, or Tablet PC into a digital sketch pad. The intuitive interface makes it easy to access a host of tools and state-of-the-art features, including pencils, markers, brushes, colors, guides, layers, and blending effects.

"It's the fantastic responsiveness and clean interface that keep me coming back to Sketchbook Pro--but the way new enhancements extend the shape and textural capabilities, make it easier than ever to tailor it to your individual drawing and painting needs. I love this software." -- Nick Harris, Illustrator (UK)

Your Creative Process

SketchBook Pro fits in virtually any creative workflow; load and view images and photographs for reference or mark-up and annotations. SketchBook Pro lets you open and save images from a variety of image formats, including moving files directly in and out of Photoshop.

Build-up multiple layers to get the composition and effects you desire. View larger.

Your Tools

Whether you are designing your next masterpiece, story boarding a feature film, expressing your wildest ideas, or just plain doodling, SketchBook Pro is your ultimate digital sketchbook.

A full suite of brushes and tools

Fine tune the look of your images by adjusting colors, brightness, and contrast. View larger.

Highlights

Familiar brush types; realistic and completely customizable pencils, pens, markers, and airbrushes Draw straight lines, rectangles, circles, and ellipses with draw modes or snapping to guides Use Text to easily add annotations and/or descriptions Full featured Layers including preserve transparency and blend modes to help you color and create Edit your images by adjusting color, contract, canvas size, or crop.

Freely express your ideas and unleash your creativity with SketchBook Pro.

What's new
New Tool bar for quick access	New Palette to store customized brushes
Import and export your own custom brush sets	Selection Enhancement Maintain selections when switching layers
Layer Enhancements Blend modes (multiply, add, screen) New quick access transparency slider	Preferences Symmetry stop at centerline Default file format (TIFF or PSD)
Draw Modes to quickly capture basic shapes Circles Lines Rectangles	New brush parameters for customizing brush textures Spacing Noise Rotational Jitter
Image editing Brightness/Contrast Hue/Saturation Color Balance Grayscale Invert Crop tool	Text Layers for annotations and type System Fonts Basic settings Editable

Relied on by professionals, adored by everyone who loves to draw… SketchBook Pro translates sophisticated technology and professional functionality into a natural drawing experience; use it anywhere you would traditionally use paper and pen.