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Silicon Benders, the brains behind the popular Microsoft Surface drawing app, Sketchable, have released a “HUGE” update, bringing the app to version 4.0. Silicon Benders worked closely with the Microsoft Surface Design team to enhance their Sketchable Windows 10 app.
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Here’s a look at all the long list of new features and improvements.
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- Layout and design
\nDesigned in conjunction with Surface team designers
\nReduced UI palettes from four to two
\nUpdated every icon
\nRegrouped icons for a cleaner esthetic\n
- Color Picker
\nMoved icons to singular exterior overlay
\nCapable of achieving smaller sizes
\nAdded three new custom form factors; circular saturation, brightness picker and dynamic RGB and HSB sliders
\nFor economy of motion, users can click and drag the color Dropper from icon to desired color, thus requiring only one click.
\nToggle button added for “touch can paint” to make it more discoverable.\n
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Sketchable for Windows 10
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- Stroke Preview
\nNew modern design
\nSliders for Size, and tip opacity make the functionality more discoverable.
\nCan be moved and placed
\nCan remain open when painting or adjusting a stoke from an exterior source.
\nUp to 36 presets per tool
\nAdded clone, reset, and delete brush presets
\nProvides textural feedback while choosing a preset, or scrubbing tip opacity or size\n
- Real Time Brush Tip Cursor
\nDepicts diameter, roundness, angle, feather, etc…\n
- Other notable changes
\nSubstantial performance improvements
\nReduced package size by ~150mb
\nMoved Lock Layer Transparency to the Layer Info dialog.
\nAdded settings
\nRGB 0-255
\nRight click color picker
\nLink mouse and touch UI Sizes\n
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Sketchable is free to download and $19.99 will get you access to advanced app features. You can install the app from the link below, and let us know in the comments what you think of that latest version.
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\n\nFurther reading: Apps, Graphic Design, Microsoft, Sketchable, Surface, update, Windows 10