Painter Sketch Pad (Windows/Mac)
Pen-based sketching software
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Lay the base for amazing designs with this focused sketching software that gives you the tools you need to quickly get ideas out of your head and onto the page. Designed to work with a pen and drawing tablet, Sketch Pad recreates the natural feeling of sketching and painting by hand. Organized like a real sketchbook, it lets you flip through and review your sketches. Broad file compatibility makes it easy to export and share sketches when done. Now there’s no excuse for a blank page. Let your ideas unfold with Sketch Pad.
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Focus
- Sketch-friendly interface helps you focus on your designs
- Temporal palettes fade from view when you don't need them
Sketch
- Essential sketching tools reproduce the look of traditional media (pens, chalk, pencils, markers etc.)
- Color builds with each layered stroke of the Marker tool, like real-life shading
- Pen and drawing tablet (recommended) let you control shading and vary stroke width by angling your pen on the tablet
Collaborate
- Support for industry- standard file formats, such as Corel Painter RIFF, Adobe® Photoshop® PSD, JPEG, PNG and TIFF, lets you easily collaborate with others
- Ability to import images into your sketch pad and annotate lets you share ideas and feedback
- Email Page command lets you send concepts directly from Sketch Pad
Discover a clean, focused sketching environment with essential tools to help you sketch, organize and share your creative ideas.
What's included
- Sketching software:
Pencil
Chalk
Pen
Scratchboard
Marker
Airbrush
Watercolor
Acrylic
Oil
Blender
Eraser - Cropping, panning, zooming and selection tools
- PDF User Guide
Features
Focus
Sketch-Friendly Interface
Resize palettes or even hide them with a quick keystroke so you can focus on your sketches.
Temporal Palettes
Sketch without distraction as unused palettes fade from view.
Pen-based Interface
Use your pen to access the tools and features directly from the interface, without having to navigate through menus.
Thumbnail View
Quickly scroll through thumbnail versions of your sketches, making it faster and easier to retrieve previous sketches. Sketch Pad automatically opens to the last page that you worked on.
Separate Layers
Use separate layers for sketching, coloring, shading and detail work, making it easy to revisit and modify any part of a composition.
Sketch
Pen Tool
Reproduce the look of a Sharpie® pen. Vary the speed of your strokes to adjust the width of your lines.
Chalk Tool
Recreate the thick, rich texture of natural chalk sticks, and control chalk width and opacity with pen tilt and pressure.
Pencil Tool
Sketch ideas in pencil, controlling line width and shading.
Marker Tool
Emulate a traditional rendering marker by building color with each stroke.
Collaborate
Email Page Command
Send a sketch to others directly from Sketch Pad. Choose from 3 formats: JPEG, PNG and TIFF. The JPEG option includes a Quality slider so you can control the size of the image.
Capture and Annotate
Import any image into Sketch Pad, and annotate to provide feedback or share ideas with colleagues and clients.
Industry-standard File Support
Work with industry-standard file formats, such as Corel Painter RIFF, Adobe® Photoshop® PSD, JPEG, PNG and TIFF.
- Pencil
- Chalk
- Pen
- Scratchboard
- Marker
- Airbrush
- Watercolor
- Acrylic
- Oil
- Blender
- Eraser
- Cropping, panning, zooming and selection tools
- PDF User Guide
What can I create with Sketch Pad?
Sketch Pad helps you lay the base for creative designs. Create sketches, drawings, illustrations and conceptual designs in this focused sketching environment. This is the easiest way to capture basic ideas and organize concepts for sharing.
Who uses Sketch Pad?
Sketch Pad provides essential sketching tools to help concept artists, designers, manga artists, comic artists, illustrators and people who design on the go develop concepts and quickly sketch ideas they can expand on later. Its portable nature lets you take it anywhere and sketch wherever and whenever inspiration strikes.
How is Sketch Pad different from Painter?
Sketch Pad focuses on the conception and early design phase of image creation. It has 13 drawing tools compared to Painter's almost 900 brushes, and a simple user interface that supports quick capturing of creative ideas.
In contrast, Painter is a comprehensive digital art studio, designed to evolve concepts into detailed and evocative paintings for professional use.
How is Sketch Pad different from Painter Essentials?
Sketch Pad focuses on the conception and early design phase of image creation. Its specific drawing tools and features are primarily focused on sketching while the drawing tools in Painter Essentials are focused on digital painting. Furthermore, Painter Essentials offers you a complete art studio for home and hobby use in order to create your own digital paintings or convert your photos into paintings.
Which platforms does Sketch Pad run on?
Mac OS® and Windows® operating systems.
Windows®:
- Windows Vista® or Windows® XP (with latest Service Pack)
- Pentium® IV, 700 MHz or greater
- 256 MB RAM
- Mouse or tablet
- 24-bit color display
- 1024 × 768 screen resolution
- CD-ROM drive
- 400 MB of hard disk space for installation
Mac OS®:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 (with latest revision)
- Power Macintosh® G4, 700 MHz or greater
- 256 MB RAM
- Mouse or tablet
- 24-bit color display
- 1024 × 768 screen resolution
- CD-ROM drive
- 400 MB of hard disk space for installation
