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Contents
Reset preferences
Saving
In addition to saving locally, you can save directly to iCloud, if you have an
iCloud account. SketchBook Pro remembers the last location you saved to.
At any time, switch between saving to your Mac or iCloud.
Important information regarding workflows with SketchBook on iPhone
& iPad
Optimize your files to work across devices
If you intend to work between your Mac and SketchBook
Mobile or SketchBook Pro for iPad, under File Format, select
SketchBook iOS, then tap Options and select a device to create a
canvas size to ensure best results.
Manage your files
Import to Photoshop
When importing a PSD SketchBook Pro file to Photoshop,
a white background layer is no longer added.
Additional improvements
We have made general performance improvements
and added fixes for some known issues.
Wacom tablet support
We now support default hotkeys and Intuos-4 touch ring behavior.
Note - D
ue to a Wacom driver issue, some users may not find the default hotkeys mapped.
Through your Wacom Tablet Properties, manually set the hotkeys to correct this.
Introduction
Tool selection
Pick a tool using one of the following methods:
Flick toward an icon to select it.
Touch the stylus to an icon and hold, then flick through a tool.
Tap a tool the toolbar to select it.
Tool summary
3 1. Brush Palette (shows current tool)
4
2. Color (shows current color)
5
3. Interface controls
6 4. View controls, canvas transform tools, rulers, layers, &
symmetry
1 7 5. Brushes & palette
2 6. Colors
9 8
7. Selection, editing, & layer transform tools
8. Open, save, new, next & previous image
9. Undo/redo
Choose a brush
In the Brush Palette or from the lagoon, tap a brush and start sketching.
Select an eraser for modifications.
Blurring an area
Blur - Paint over an area to soften it, making the area appear out of focus.
Note - T
o change its size or strength, either double-click the brush or tap
to access Brush Properties.
Sharpening an area
Sharpen - Paint over an area to makes it look crisper; sharpening the areas.
Note - To change its size or strength, either double-click the brush or tap
to access Brush Properties.
Change brush properties
In the Brush Palette, tap to access the Brush Properties window and change brush settings, such as wetness and slant.
Resize a brush
In the Brush Palette, tap or hold down the B key to access a puck.
Then, drag to the right to increase a brushs size or left to decrease it.
Note - You can change the number of undos in the General tab of the Preferences.
Clear brushstrokes
Flick toward or press the Delete or Backspace key.
Note - I f you flick , your brush will erase existing color pixels on that
layer.
1
1. Tabs (various methods for picking colors):
Choose a hue or tints and the value (light).
S pecify a color using color gradients, such as gray
6 2
scale, RGB, CMYK, or HSB values.
hoose from a lists of colors (Apple, Developer,
C
Crayons, Web Safe), or create your own list of colors.
Choose a color from a spectrum of hues and values. 3
Choose a color 3
In the toolbar, tap or select Window > Copic Library to access the Copic
Color Library.
Use your mouse wheel, Wacom touch strip, tap-drag the color set slider, or for
Mac users, 2-finger drag to scroll between the pages of colors.
Note - I f using your Wacom touch strip, in the Wacom Tablet Properties, Touch
Strip Function must be set to either Zoom or Auto Scroll/Zoom.
Lines
To draw a line, either tap or for a horizontal or vertical line, hold down the
Shift key. Then, tap-drag. See Free for diagonal lines.
Rectangles
To draw a rectangle, tap and tap-drag to draw the shape.
Polylines
To draw a polyline, tap and tap to place each point. Dbl-tap the last point to change the line to a solid line.
Ovals
To draw an oval or circle, tap and tap-drag to draw the shape.
Free
To return to freestyle stroke mode, tap . To draw a diagonal (45-degree angle) line,
hold down the D key. Then, tap-drag.
The minimum tolerance, 0 (zero), selects and fills only pixels of that color value. The maximum tolerance, 255,
selects and fills all pixels regardless of the region.
Rulers
Tap or r or press R for the straight ruler and E for the elliptical ruler.
Sketch using a circular motion close to or on the elliptical ruler. The stroke
doesnt have to be perfect, since it snaps to the ellipse.
Position a ruler
Tap-drag to pivot the ruler using the opposite handle as the pivot
point.
Tap-drag to move the rulers.
Dbl-tap any outer handle to reposition the ruler horizontally or
vertically.
Dbl-tap to rotate the ellipse around its center.
Dbl-tap to equally scale the ellipse in all directions.
Tap-drag to scale the ellipse in one direction.
Dbl-tap any scale handle to change the ellipse to a circle.
Show/hide a ruler
To hide the ruler, tap the close handle .
Symmetry
Tap or press Y for horizontal symmetry. Draw on one side of the axis.
It is mirrored to the other side.
vertical symmetry
Note - The axis of symmetry always appears at the center of the window.
Select All
Deselect an area
To de-select the area:
1. Tap outside the area.
2. Flick toward one of the other selection tools.
3. Press Cmd+D.
4. Select Edit > Deselect.
To copy:
everything on a layer, select Edit > Select All or press the A key.
a rectangular area, use or press the M key, then click-drag to surrounds the area you want to
copy.
an irregular area, use or press the L key, then click-drag to surrounds the area you want to copy.
the contents from the current layer only, flick toward or press Cmd+C.
Note - To move, rotate, or scale a selected area for all layers, merge the layers first.
Crop
Use these tools to select an area to crop it by tap-dragging to surround the area.
Anything outside the selection is deleted. Tap to remove unselected parts of the sketch.
Rotate canvas
To rotate the canvas, hold down the Spacebar, mouse over the rotate
ring of the puck, then click-drag to freely pivot the canvas.
Grayscale Change a color image to one that uses black, white, and
various shapes of gray by removing all color from the image.
Open a PXD
Open an image from Pixlr in SketchBook. If the image uses a blend mode not supported by SketchBook,
the Normal blend mode is used to replace it. To bring an image from Pixlr into SketchBook,
select File > Open, then select a PXD file.
To save a sketch that can be opened in Pixlr, select File > Save as type >
PXD Files (*.pxd).
Save locally
Save a project to the computer you are using. In the Save or Save
As dialog, tap Save to Local Browser, browse to a location on
your machine and tap Save. Files can be saved as any format.
Save to iCloud
Save a project to iCloud to access it from anywhere and any device
or platform. iCloud file management is only supported through
the SketchBook iCloud Gallery. In the Save or Save As dialog,
tap Go to iCloud Gallery.
If you suspect your iCloud Gallery could be full, we recommend
saving your file locally and moving it to the cloud when space is
available.
If a file is open on 2 or more devices, there is no notification. The
last device to save will overwrite the file.
Managing files
Delete a layer
Rename a layer
Select a layer
In the Layer Editor, tap a layer to select and highlight it. All
actions are applied to this layer, until another layer is selected.
Note - Only one layer can be selected and active at a time.
Persistent selection
After selecting a region on the canvas, you can add, delete, or
switch layers, while the marching ants created by the Select/
Lasso/Crop tools stay active. Your selection is maintained.
Edit a layer
With a layer selected in the Layer Editor, move, rotate, or scale the layer, mirror or flip
its content, use the color correction tools, or add text.
Note - M
oving, rotating, and scaling a layer only affects the current layer. To move,
rotate, or scale the entire canvas, merge all the layers first.
To move, rotate, or scale a layer, flick toward or press-hold the V key and use the Transform puck. To do
this to another layer, select a new layer and repeat.
Note - I f using the V hotkey, press and hold it down, as you tap the top of the middle circle, and drag up, down,
right, or left.
To mirror or flip a layer, see Rotate or flip your sketch.
Show/hide a layer
1. Flick toward to open the Layer Editor.
2. Tap-hold the middle of a layer to access layer tools, then flick toward
Layer blending
In the Layer Editor, with a layer selected, tap , then use the color correction options:
Screen - Produces an overall lightening effect, by providing a softer lightening effect than Add. Each
pixel on the layer is brightened by a value equal to or lesser than the value of pixels on other
layers occupying the same location in the layer stack. This effect is opposite to Multiply.
Tip - I f the top layer uses tints (colors mixed with white), most of the colors from the
layer below will be obscured. If it uses shades (colors mixed with black), more
colors from the layer below to show through.
Multiply - Produces an overall darkening effect to the layer appearance. Each pixel on the layer is
darkened by a value equal to or greater than the value of pixels on other layers occupying the
same location in the layer stack. It produces a similar effect to combining one or more
photographic transparencies together and looking through them.
Tip - I f the top selected layer uses tints (colors mixed with white), more of the colors
from the layer will show through. If is uses shades (colors mixed with black), most
of the colors from the layer below are obscured.
Add - Lightens the overall composition, similar to Screen, but more dramatically. Each pixel is
brightened by a value equal to or lesser than the value of pixels on other layers occupying the same
location in the layer stack. This is applied as a linear calculation.
Tip - I f the top selected layer uses tints (colors mixed with white), most of the colors
from the layer below will be obscured. If it uses shades (colors mixed with black),
more of the colors from the layer below to show through.
In the Layer Editor, with a layer selected, drag the slider to the opacity.
Note - If a layer is not visible, check to see if the opacity is at 0%.
To lock the transparency of a layer, use the secondary marking menu and flick upwards toward .
To unlock transparency, flick upward toward .
Create Custom Brushes
There are three sets of custom brushes. Create more by copying a brush and changing its setting or creating a
Do-It-Yourself brush.
Brush sets
There are an assortment of default brush set, including a set of Copic brushes. Create custom sets to group and manage
brushes. Export sets for others to use or save them to an external drive. Import and use brush sets created by others. Label
your brush sets to help identify them. In the Brush Palette, tap to access the following options:
Rename Brush Set Change the name of the selected brush set.
Export brush set Share brushes with people working on different platforms.
Import Brush Set Load an exported zipped brush set file into the Brush Palette.
Delete Brush Set Remove the selected brush set from the Brush Palette.
New Brush Create a new brush and add it to the selected brush set.
Copy Brush Create a duplicate of a selected brush and add it to the selected brush set.
Do-It-Yourself brushes
Once you create a Do-It-Yourself brush, you can do the
following:
djust the pressure sensitivity Set
A
brush width or transparency according
to the amount of pressure applied to the
stylus. Double-tap a Do-It-Yourself brush
and make changes to its Size to vary its
brush thickness as the stylus pressure
changes.
Note - The brush size values are a rough
approximation of pixel size,
but can vary. For example, if
lines are too thin to be drawn
on the screen, they default to
being wider. To resize a marker,
try adjusting its opacity and
stamp spacing. To make a bigger
marker, set the opacity lower and
the brush stamp spacing lower.
hange the opacity Set Opacity to
C
vary brush opacity as the stylus pressure
changes.
Create a Texture Brush
Once a Do-It-Yourself brush is created, a texture can be added to it,
creating a texture brush. You can set the shape and/or color and make
a texture from a rotated stroke or capture something on your canvas
to use as a texture. When capturing a texture, one of the following
Custom Texture settings can be selected:
Shape + Colors
Uses the current paint color, as well as the selected shape, to
create your texture. Whenever the texture brush is used, it
uses the color set during creation.
Shape
Creates a texture brush with no assigned color. Each time the
texture brush is used, a different color can be set.
Image compliments of Starr Shaw
Rotate to Stroke
Dynamically rotates the texture in the direction of the stroke.
1. With a Do-It-Yourself brush selected, tap Show Brush Properties to open Brush Properties.
2. Tap Capture.
3. From Custom Texture, select either Shape + Colors or Shape and/or check Rotate to Stroke.
4. Within
the canvas, tap the area to be captured as the texture. The display in Brush Properties updates to show
the texture and color.
Note - W
hen capturing the texture shape, SketchBook uses the current size of the Do-It-Yourself brush. If
the complete shape is not captured, resize the Do-It-Yourself brush, then capture the shape again.
Each icon you create must be a PNG image file that is 36 x 36 pixels. A custom brush icon not matching these
criteria does not appear. For each icon, create three image files:
One image of the icon itself, given a descriptive name. For example, MyBrush.png.
This file name appears in the Icons list of the Identify Custom Brush window.
ne image for the icon in rollover state (that is, for when the cursor passes over it).
O
This file must use the same name as the first icon, but with _ over added to the end
(use the underscore character _ and not a space). For example, MyBrush _ over.png.
ne image for the icon in selected state (that is, for when it is the current brush).
O
This file must use the same name, with _ press added to the end.
For example, MyBrush _ press.png.
You will have to create a folder called BrushPresetIcons. Store any icon images you create in this same folder
to see them in the Identify Custom Brush window.
Text
Use to create simple RTF text objects. Set the font, size, style, and color,
select and position them, change their transparency, and use Edit Text
Layer to modify them.
Adding text
1. T
o add text, in the toolbar, tap . If in the Layer Editor,
along the right side of a layer, tap .
2. Start typing in the Edit Text Layer window.
3. U
se the in-line editing tools to make changes to the
text.
See Editing text for more information.
4. Tap OK when finished.
Editing text
Through tapping Font button in the the Edit Text Layer window,
you can access the following text editing tools:
Collections Manage the list of fonts that appear in Family and see
only the fonts you want. Create custom font collections.
Use default sets to load only fun fonts or ones with fixed
width. Load only your favorite fonts or those recently
used.
Family Select a font from the list. If a font family is not listed, change
the Collections option to All Fonts.
Typeface Choose from Condensed, Condensed Italic, Bold
Condensed, Bold Condensed Italic typefaces.
Size Set the size of the text.
1. If the Edit Text Layer window is not open, select a text layer.
2. Along the right side of the layer, tap .
A A A
Transforming text
Once text appears in the middle of the canvas, you are in Transform mode. Move is set as the default transform.
Use the puck to select a different mode.
When rotating or scaling the text, SketchBook uses the center of the text as the pivot point.
When scaling text, font size is changed, resulting in no visual quality change.
Note - Font size determines how much you can scale a font. A font size of 12 cannot be scaled up as
much as one set to 24. A font of 12 cannot be scaled down as much as one set to 5. To scale a
font any further, return to the Text window and increase or decrease the font size.
Email a sketch
Email a sketch to someone by selecting File > Send Mail.
Troubleshooting
If you get a message that you cannot email the image, check that:
You have an email account set up on your computer.
You have selected a default email application.
You can launch your default email program from outside SketchBook.
If your email program creates the email message, but cannot send the message, ensure that your email service
provider is operational. (Refer to the documentation of your email program for further information.)
Use background templates
Create your own background templates. Make graphs, lines, and other images you can draw over. When opening these
templates into Autodesk SketchBook Pro, your markups have an annotation layer, with the image itself preserved as a locked
background layer.
Print a sketch
Make printouts of your sketches by selecting File > Print.
Displays the toolbar and lagoon and flips it to the left corner of the canvas.
Display the toolbar and lagoon and flips the lagoon to the right corner of the canvas.
Present images
Organize and determine their order, then hide the interface to make the images the focal point.
Put your images in order for presentation - Create a folder containing the images you want to
include in the presentation. Rename the images in the folder in alphabetical or numerical order
you want to present them.
Presenting images - Browse to the folder containing the images you want to present. Open the
first file in the folder. To show the next image, tap , then flick toward . To go backwards, tap
, then flick toward .
Hiding the interface for a bigger viewing area To view a full-size display with no title bar or
tools, tap , then flick . To move back and forth between images, use the Page Up and Page
Down keys. To view all the tools again, tap , then flick .
Adjust System & Program Settings
Create your own marking menus and populate the lagoon with the options you use most frequently. Right-tap to
access a virtual floating lagoon.
Tip - P
ress the [ and ] keys to rotate the canvas to the left of right, respectively.
eep testing with different responsiveness values until the marks on the
K
screen look and feel right. With heavy pressure, the markers and other
heavier brushes tend to make dark, thick strokes. With light pressure, the
pencils tend to make light, but visible strokes.
Note - You may need to adjust the pen responsiveness each time you use a
different tablet or stylus.
Adjusting stylus responsiveness for one brush
The Stylus Responsiveness window applies to all brushes. To create a brush that responds differently to the
pressure you apply to the stylus, create a do-it-yourself brush and change its size and opacity levels.
Note - Brushstrokes can change abruptly from too light to too dark as you vary the stylus pressure.
Setting the tip pressure feel to its default value corrects the abrupt changes.
You may want to also read these articles at visit the following links:
http://www.wacom.com/faqs/view.php?id=289
http://www.wacom.com/faqs/view.php?id=115
Note - If you switch from serial to USB devices, try uninstalling the tablet driver and reinstalling it.
For the latest Wacom drivers, go to the Support area of http://www.wacom.com. Install a tablet driver
only after you have plugged in the Wacom device, uninstalled the previous driver, and restarted.
Brushes, Fills, Tools marking menu Press-hold 3 and right-click Press-hold 3 and pen-down
Ruler (Show/Hide) R R
Ellipse (Show/Hide) E E
Symmetry Y (On/Off) Y Y
Symmetry X (On/Off) X X
Pick a color with the Eyedropper tool Option (hold down) Alt (hold down)
Resize a brush B (hold down and drag) B (hold down and drag)
Change brush opacity O (hold down and drag) O (hold down and drag)
Change brush slant / (hold down and drag) / (hold down and drag)
Select M M
Lasso Select L L
Pick a color with the Eyedropper tool Option (hold down) Alt (hold down)
Artistic Acknowledgements
Thanks to all the artist who contributed sketches for use in this manual!
Nick Harris
CreatureBox
Were Going To Need A Bigger
Monster Collection
Carrot
David Baas
(c) 1296612 Ontario Inc. Jay Shuster
Skylight
Nick Harris
Bobby Chiu
Noooo
I-Wei Huang
Subconsious Pattern