Autodesk Releases SketchBook Mobile for iPhone and iPod touch

By DE Editors

Autodesk, Inc.  has announced that Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is available in Apple’s App Store. Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is a new professional-grade paint and drawing app that offers a full set of sketching tools in a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.

"Mobile apps are becoming increasingly advanced, moving beyond simple entertainment or utilitarianism," said Robert "Buzz" Kross, senior vice president, Manufacturing Industry Group at Autodesk. "We are delighted to offer an app on the App Store for industrial designers and the creative community. With the SketchBook Mobile App, Autodesk continues its long-standing tradition of bringing cost-effective professional design technology to the market."

The SketchBook Mobile App uses the same engine as Autodesk SketchBook Pro painting and drawing software. A combination of digital pencils, pens, markers, and airbrushes, as well as a gesture-based user interface, enables users to create everything from quick sketches to print-quality production artwork.

Key features in the SketchBook Mobile App include:

• Layers: drawings can contain up to six layers.
• Brushes: The software comes with 25 preset brushes and completely customizable brush settings.
• Color selection: Customizable color swatches and a color wheel with RGB sliders provide a virtually unlimited palette.

Content that is created in SketchBook Mobile can be saved as a picture and opened in SketchBook Pro. As a result, artists and designers can create a drawing at any time with SketchBook Mobile, and continue building on their idea in SketchBook Pro.

SketchBook Mobile App is available for $2.99 from the App Store. A free Autodesk SketchBook Mobile Express App is also available on the App Store.

For more information visit Autodesk.

For more on mobile design tools, read Kenneth Wong’s blog entry “The Quest for the Holy Grail of Hand-held CAD.”

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.