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Please read the update at the bottom if you have Windows 10 and are having a tracking issue using a Wacom tablet!I have a myriad programs I use for art: Manga Studio, Photoshop, Corel Painter, Illustrator, etc. Sketchbook Pro is the one I like to turn to when I want to focus on my drawing and NOT on a 'program'. With an uncluttered interface and plenty of terrific tools that mimic real life media, Sketchbook Pro is the closest thing to drawing on a real piece of paper. It's also the EASIEST drawing software to jump right into with very little learning curve. Most of the tools are self-explanatory and there are just a few new features that might take a bit of extra exploration to figure out like the new perspective guides and the new layer states that mimic some Photoshop capabilities.
Sketchbook Pro is chock full of drawing tools. You get to play with pencils, airbrush, markers, pens, paint, charcoal, textures, shapes, splatters and smudge brushes.
The area where it really shines (for me anyway) is the Copic marker set. You get 6 different Copic markers that mimic their real life counterparts: a multi-liner, drawing marker, super brush nib, fine nib, medium broad nib and an extra broad nib. Then, to top it off you have a color palette that features a huge library of real Copic colors along with their letter/number designations and names. It looks like the Copic markers caps arranged nicely in rows. Need to use 'Cherry White'? It's right there. Want to use Y32 Cashmere? You got it. Click on the palette's upper rainbow of squares and each 'drawer' of marker colors is immediately accessible. It's organized via color family. You have all of your blues together, all of the reds, grays, etc. To top it all off, this new version of Sketchbook has a colorless blender that WORKS LIKE THE REAL THING!!!
Copic markers cost an arm and a leg. At set of 12 colors is 95.88, not to mention the additional cost for the various nibs. Here they are in Sketchbook Pro and they work just like the real ones only they won't break the bank. Get yourself a Wacom stylus in hand and color away, just like you are sitting there with your basket of markers and a sketch book! For $65! Think of the hundreds of dollars worth of savings. ;-)
Of course the other tools in Sketchbook Pro are just as awesome. Besides the great set of tools, you have the option to customize brushes and create your own. There are also sets of brushes you can download for free. Just google 'sketchbook pro brushes download' and get some goodies like cross hatching brushes, hair brushes and more.
One area where Sketchbook Pro totally outdoes Photoshop and even Painter: blending brushes. Sketchbook Pro has blending down to an art. It has the most wonderful, glorious, natural feeling smudge brushes ever. Trying to blend something in Photoshop is a time consuming pain in the...In PS there are all sorts of fancy techniques and if you try to use the blend tool, be prepared to sit around and wait for your cursor to catch up. The only other program I have that has this type of blending ability is Manga Studio, but even that program has a different feel to its blending brushes. Sketchbook Pro gets it right.
Other nifty features:
*Super easy transformation - just click the button and start dragging the handles on your drawing to adjust
*French curves and ellipse guides to help guide your drawing, just like the real tools
*Perspective guides - turn these on and they will constrain your drawing so that it's in the perspective you choose. An amazing time saver, especially if you want to draw buildings and the like
*Symmetry - Want to draw something symmetrical? These guides will copy your drawing horizontally, vertically or both at the same time
*Steady stroke - This is a feature I love in Manga Studio. Sketchbook Pro has added it as well and you can dial it up, down or turn it off completely. It really helps smooth out the jitters and wobbles in your drawing for a professional and polished look
*Draw styles - If you want to quickly draw a shape, just use the preset shapes and drag them to however you want them to look, let go of your cursor and the shape will draw in whatever pen or brush you are using.
*Layers - You can now group layers and apply layer adjustments like darken, multiply and so on (Photoshop style)
*Handy pucks - use one puck to instantly change your brush size by dragging one way or the other over it. Use the other to instantly change the color of your ink/paint or the saturation &/or luminance (you can also use it to capture a color on your canvas)
*Improved selection ability - Sketchbook Pro 7 has added a bunch of new selection tools
*New flipbook - a handy new tool for animators
I've used Sketchbook Pro with a Cintiq and also with a Wacom tablet. It works flawlessly with both and all of the drawing tools are pressure sensitive. You can set the stylus responsiveness via a slider box that you can get by going to edit at the top of the screen.
The thing about Sketchbook Pro is that is has a lot of capabilities but none of these ever get in the way of your drawing or painting. That's the lovely thing about this program is that it's a digital sketchbook first and foremost and a 'program' second. It's designed to be EASY to use so you can start drawing and painting right away without having to learn a complicated software program. Seriously, your grandma or your 3 year old could figure out the basics of this program. Click on the thing that looks like a pencil: draw. Click on the thing that looks like an eraser: erase. Click on the thing that looks like a marker: color. EASY! Just jump right in and start DRAWING instead of learning & figuring things out.
However, if you want some of the 'extras' they are there (for the more advanced user) but they aren't cluttering up the interface and intimidating or distracting you from your drawing. Even the more advanced tools are very intuitive - more so than any program I've ever 'played' with. ;-)
Another quick note: Sketchbook Pro has never lagged on me. It's blazing fast and feels just like I'm using real tools instead of drawing and then waiting for the cursor to catch up as it sometimes does in Photoshop or Painter.
I really love Sketchbook Pro for when I want to just draw. It's like a digital toybox with everything I need to sketch, doodle, draw & paint where it feels like I'm just sitting down with my sketchbook instead of sitting down at the computer. I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in digital drawing & painting and wants a 'natural' feel instead of wrestling with having to learn a complicated software program. Or, for those of you who already have Photoshop, Painter and so on, it's a great tool to have in your arsenal of art programs, especially when you want a more free and realistic feeling (or just have a love for Copic markers and want the holy grail of Copic marker goodness oozing from your drawing program, lol).
All-in-all I highly recommend it. At $65 it's inexpensive enough to add to your pile of drawing toys. It would also make a great gift if you are looking for some drawing software to give to a family member who loves art and wants to explore digital drawing/painting. Just make sure your artist has a tablet with a stylus to draw on to compliment the program. I recommend a Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch Small Tablet. It's the least expensive Wacom option for someone just starting out (Wacom is the brand most professionals use). Or you can go with a Turcom TS-6580B 8' x 5' Graphic Drawing Capture Pen and Touch Tablet - Black for half the price (less quality = less price).
Note: If you have an earlier version, you may be wondering if Sketchbook Pro 7 is worth the upgrade. If you are into the whole Copic markers thing, you might like the fact that colors are now labeled just like the real marker caps and the fact that you have a colorless blender designed to work like the real thing. The new perspective guides are also a help to some types of drawing. I also found that many of the brushes, even though the 'same' as before design wise, work a bit better, smoother, faster. For me, the new animation tools are a waste - something I'll never use. I do really appreciate the new transform, flood fill and selection tools though as well as the new layer capabilities. If you have the $ you'll probably think the new tools are worth it as they make it so you can do more work in Sketchbook Pro itself without having to buzz over to Photoshop or another program for techy type things.
Also, this is the PC / Mac version of this program. There is a mobile / tablet app that is available as well that you can get directly from Autodesk or via Google Play or your iPad, etc.
UPDATE:
If you have Windows 10 and are using a Wacom tablet (or Cintiq, etc.) you may run into tracking issues. In other words, you draw something in Sketchbook Pro, but your the actual drawing appears way off to the side. I didn't have that problem until I had a new computer with Windows 10. Here's what I did to fix it:
While Sketchbook Pro is NOT open.....
Find the program icon for Sketchbook Pro via your computer. NOT a shortcut, but the real icon itself. In order for me to get to it, I did a search for Sketchbook Pro in the Windows 10 search thing, right clicked on it when it came up and chose 'open file location'. Then that took me to a short cut (you can tell because of the arrow on the icon) and I told it to again 'open file location' by right clicking and choosing that option. Once you are there, right click the program icon and select properties. Then navigate to the compatibility tab. Select 'Disable display scaling on high DPI settings'. Push accept at the bottom, and close. Now go and open Sketchbook Pro up again and it should track.
Also, if Sketchbook Pro is not acting pressure sensitive, you will need to make sure you have checked the box for 'windows ink' in the wacom tablet properties. If you find that doing so causes a stupid ripple ring to appear when you press your pen down, you can fix that too by going to this website - ignore the swearing:
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Hopefully that's helpful to someone who may run into either of those issues!