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This article is from April 5, 2010, and is no longer current.

Adobe Releases Free Sketching App for iPad

Press Release
Adobe Ideas is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go. Adobe Ideas is an ideal companion for the professional design applications from Adobe, including Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop software.
Sketch design concepts while sitting in a cafe, or capture and store color themes while browsing through the photos on your phone. Any time you need to explore creative ideas, Adobe Ideas is there with you.
Features:
• Simple vector-based drawing tools
• Zoom control without jaggies or big pixels
• Variable-size brushes using multitouch control
• Vector eraser
• Huge virtual canvas
• Automatic creation of harmonized color themes from your photos or images
• Ability to email ideas as PDF files for editing in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop or for viewing with any PDF viewer
• Gallery-style organizer to quickly scroll through your ideas and color themes
• Separate drawing and photo layers
• Easy creation of multiple versions of design concepts
• 50-level undo
Download it now for free.

James Fritz is a Principal Program Manager: Content Tools and Workflows at LinkedIn.
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