Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2010

Posted by on November 7th, 2009

Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2010 Overviews

Platform: Windows Vista / XP, Mac OS X

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.

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