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Andrew Kern
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Oct 11, 2023
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About Asketch
Asketch is a unique and versatile sketch pad. It allows creativity on the go, anytime, anywhere.
Its deliberate simplicity makes it perfect for beginners who want to learn to draw;
equally, advanced artists will find a wonderful buttery, tonal canvas for their life studies, cartoons, abstracts, landscapes and other subjects. The app is engineered to deliver rapid, but powerful image capture, facilitated by a great transform function that allows you to pick up the drawing, resize it and move it around the canvas, and a amazing zoom that lets you draw in minute detail. So if you want to put a traditional, but digital sketch pad in your pocket, this is the app for you.
Features and functionality:
Gesture based drawing interface: Changing the surface area of your finger on the screen controls the focus of the drawing. Supports pressure sensitive drawing on iPhones that support pressure sensitivity.
Image zooming that actually works: Do amazing detail work when zoomed in. No pixelation of brushes while drawing.
Image transformation: Scale/Rotate the image via a simple pinch gesture.
50 Levels of undo/redo. Swipe the undo/redo button to toggle back and forth. Hold down the button for rapid unwind/rewind.
Its deliberate simplicity makes it perfect for beginners who want to learn to draw;
equally, advanced artists will find a wonderful buttery, tonal canvas for their life studies, cartoons, abstracts, landscapes and other subjects. The app is engineered to deliver rapid, but powerful image capture, facilitated by a great transform function that allows you to pick up the drawing, resize it and move it around the canvas, and a amazing zoom that lets you draw in minute detail. So if you want to put a traditional, but digital sketch pad in your pocket, this is the app for you.
Features and functionality:
Gesture based drawing interface: Changing the surface area of your finger on the screen controls the focus of the drawing. Supports pressure sensitive drawing on iPhones that support pressure sensitivity.
Image zooming that actually works: Do amazing detail work when zoomed in. No pixelation of brushes while drawing.
Image transformation: Scale/Rotate the image via a simple pinch gesture.
50 Levels of undo/redo. Swipe the undo/redo button to toggle back and forth. Hold down the button for rapid unwind/rewind.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.3.0
Last updated on Oct 11, 2023
Old Versions
Added "Under Drawing" support:
Tap the color circle to toggle between "under drawing" where all strokes appear underneath previous strokes, and normal drawing.
Tap the color circle to toggle between "under drawing" where all strokes appear underneath previous strokes, and normal drawing.
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Version History
3.3.0
Oct 11, 2023
Added "Under Drawing" support:
Tap the color circle to toggle between "under drawing" where all strokes appear underneath previous strokes, and normal drawing.
Tap the color circle to toggle between "under drawing" where all strokes appear underneath previous strokes, and normal drawing.
3.2.4
Jun 14, 2023
Fixed startup crash that some users were experiencing
3.2.3
May 29, 2023
Increase undo levels to 50.
Improved gallery lets you see entire selected drawing.
Moved long-press copy/paste functionality into gallery.
Exposed settings link in gallery.
Bug fixes.
Improved gallery lets you see entire selected drawing.
Moved long-press copy/paste functionality into gallery.
Exposed settings link in gallery.
Bug fixes.
3.2.2
Feb 22, 2022
Improved color accuracy of shading tool. Fixed crash bug.
3.2.1
Jan 3, 2022
Bug squashing and stability enhancements.
Cross stroke shading improvements.
Cross stroke shading improvements.
3.2.0
May 1, 2021
Added line re-trace functionality that increases focus and line width. Tapping with Apple Pencil now works. Fixed issue with incorrect focus circle/zoom enabling on menu close. Other various bug fixes and performance improvements.
3.1.5
May 26, 2020
Improved performance with more complex drawings.
New Features:
Support for Apple Pencil Double Tap Gestures.
When drawing with the Pencil, Asketch now switches to zoom first mode (pinch gesture controls zooming); Finger drawing reverts to focus circle mode.
You can now hold down the Undo/Redo button for rapid unwind/rewind.
New Features:
Support for Apple Pencil Double Tap Gestures.
When drawing with the Pencil, Asketch now switches to zoom first mode (pinch gesture controls zooming); Finger drawing reverts to focus circle mode.
You can now hold down the Undo/Redo button for rapid unwind/rewind.
3.1.4
May 7, 2020
Fixed a crash bug with the gallery, and made some performance improvements. Resolved an issue where old drawings would not fill screen entirely.
3.1.3
Feb 24, 2020
Fixed bug where hint message on Force Sensitive devices would not clear correctly.
3.1.2
Feb 18, 2020
Improved touch gesture drawing functionality: Asketch tracks the surface area of the touch used to draw and will toggle between normal and soft shading modes depending on the context of the drawing (how sketchy it already is) and what the current focus level is.
Fixed "Cross Drawing" functionality: Shading will happen between strokes. This is a legacy setting and is disabled by default. Use the Settings app to enable this feature.
Rendering performance improvements.
Bug fixes.
Special thanks to Tanja Majerus for the use of her wonderful artwork.
Fixed "Cross Drawing" functionality: Shading will happen between strokes. This is a legacy setting and is disabled by default. Use the Settings app to enable this feature.
Rendering performance improvements.
Bug fixes.
Special thanks to Tanja Majerus for the use of her wonderful artwork.
3.1.1
Sep 13, 2019
Bug fixes and performance improvements. Added explicit "export layer" function via the long-press gesture. Improved touch area smudge control. Increased size of gallery thumbnails slightly on iPad. Added Fast Scroll arrows to gallery. Decoupled Apple Pencil and focus circle.
3.1
May 22, 2019
Performance improvements and bug fixes. Crisper line rendering at Retina resolutions. Maximum line width increased.
3.0.3
Mar 22, 2019
Fixed corruption issue with undo/redo
3.0.2
Mar 18, 2019
Squashed some bugs.
3.0.1
Mar 14, 2019
Improved line drawing performance slightly.
Fixed problem with hint text getting clipped.
Added accidental stroke undo when accessing the focus circle.
Fixed bug where 3D Touch incorrectly identified.
Fixed problem with hint text getting clipped.
Added accidental stroke undo when accessing the focus circle.
Fixed bug where 3D Touch incorrectly identified.
3.0.0
Mar 12, 2019
Pressure sensitive drawing on devices with 3D Touch support.
Simplified drawing mode available on 3D touch devices prioritizes zooming, and disables the focus circle.
New color picker tool. (Dragging the top color picker dot)
Copy operation now copies top layer at current zoom level.
New pointillism pencil rendering filter.
New context sensitive help hint system.
Countless bug fixes.
Simplified drawing mode available on 3D touch devices prioritizes zooming, and disables the focus circle.
New color picker tool. (Dragging the top color picker dot)
Copy operation now copies top layer at current zoom level.
New pointillism pencil rendering filter.
New context sensitive help hint system.
Countless bug fixes.
2.3.4
Nov 3, 2015
Fix for crash problems under iOS 9.
Fix for copy/paste image warping.
Fix for long press for copying not working on pressure sensitive devices
Fix for copy/paste image warping.
Fix for long press for copying not working on pressure sensitive devices
2.3
Sep 24, 2015
Fixes crash bug in color picker for users using iOS9
Fixes screen orientation corruption problem under iOS9
Changes to focus circle to give better feedback.
Background canvas is now 2X screen resolution. Less pixelation while working on zoomed images!
Fixes screen orientation corruption problem under iOS9
Changes to focus circle to give better feedback.
Background canvas is now 2X screen resolution. Less pixelation while working on zoomed images!
2.2.2
Sep 14, 2015
Fix for corrupted images when copying or exporting.
2.2.1
Jun 28, 2015
Bug fixes.
2.2
Jun 10, 2015
Bug fixes and stability improvements. Improved UI responsiveness.
2.1
Mar 30, 2015
Fixed iOS 8 Landscape mode problem.
Added 2 more shades of gray to the paper.
Added ability to share via iOS 8 Share sheets.
Better support for iPhone 6 and 6+ resolutions.
Added 2 more shades of gray to the paper.
Added ability to share via iOS 8 Share sheets.
Better support for iPhone 6 and 6+ resolutions.
2.0.1
Oct 9, 2014
Fix for iOS 8 crash issue.
2.0
Jul 11, 2014
Color:
Tap a pencil (or press and hold) to display black, white and color options. Press the color dot to bring up the color palette. Tapping the active tool cycles between black, white, and the currently selected color.
Improved zoom rendering:
All pencil rendering is consistent regardless of zoom level. Previous versions of ASKetch rendered the pencils differently in different zoom levels.
Improved hard pencil:
The hard pencil now has a much wider range of rendering across the different focus levels. This allows for much tighter control, cleaner lines and smoother shading.
(A Settings option exists to revert to the 1.9.1 pencil)
Soft Pencil Blurring:
At the soft pencils least focused setting. Rendering is slightly blurred to soften the output. (This can be disabled via Settings)
Updated gallery view:
The Gallery now has explicit export and delete options. You can select multiple drawings at once and perform an action on all of them simultaneously.
Gray and Black colored paper options:
Vertically Swipe the blank/new drawing option in the gallery to switch between three different paper colors
Layer Exporting:
Press & Hold the drawing to bring up copy/paste/export options. All Options here act on the active layer and will not include the background.
Tap a pencil (or press and hold) to display black, white and color options. Press the color dot to bring up the color palette. Tapping the active tool cycles between black, white, and the currently selected color.
Improved zoom rendering:
All pencil rendering is consistent regardless of zoom level. Previous versions of ASKetch rendered the pencils differently in different zoom levels.
Improved hard pencil:
The hard pencil now has a much wider range of rendering across the different focus levels. This allows for much tighter control, cleaner lines and smoother shading.
(A Settings option exists to revert to the 1.9.1 pencil)
Soft Pencil Blurring:
At the soft pencils least focused setting. Rendering is slightly blurred to soften the output. (This can be disabled via Settings)
Updated gallery view:
The Gallery now has explicit export and delete options. You can select multiple drawings at once and perform an action on all of them simultaneously.
Gray and Black colored paper options:
Vertically Swipe the blank/new drawing option in the gallery to switch between three different paper colors
Layer Exporting:
Press & Hold the drawing to bring up copy/paste/export options. All Options here act on the active layer and will not include the background.
1.9.1
Feb 21, 2013
Fixed a problem where pasting into other applications was not working correctly.
Re-enabled the three-finger tap for undo.
Solved a problem where blank drawings would sometimes appear in the gallery.
Added a setting to disable upward swiping for menu.
1.9 Changes:
New Smudge Tool: Turn the eraser to full transparency (all the way clock-wise) and it can be used as a smudge tool instead of an eraser.
Copy & Paste:
Use a long press action to bring up the copy/paste menu. (Note: long press to bring up the menu has been deprecated.)
Note that copying in ASKetch only grabs the topmost layer, and not the white background.
Access the Menu via a swipe from bottom of screen: In addition to the two-finger tap, the menu can now be activated via swiping upwards vertically from the bottom of the screen.
Setting to disable Landscape mode: Go into settings on the iPad, select ASKetch, and turn off "Allow Landscape" to only support Portrait modes.
Setting to control the long-press threshold: Go into settings on the iPad, select ASKetch, you can use the slider to increase the amount of time before the copy/paste menu presents.
Improved UI responsiveness on 3rd generation iPad.
Numerous bug fixes.
Re-enabled the three-finger tap for undo.
Solved a problem where blank drawings would sometimes appear in the gallery.
Added a setting to disable upward swiping for menu.
1.9 Changes:
New Smudge Tool: Turn the eraser to full transparency (all the way clock-wise) and it can be used as a smudge tool instead of an eraser.
Copy & Paste:
Use a long press action to bring up the copy/paste menu. (Note: long press to bring up the menu has been deprecated.)
Note that copying in ASKetch only grabs the topmost layer, and not the white background.
Access the Menu via a swipe from bottom of screen: In addition to the two-finger tap, the menu can now be activated via swiping upwards vertically from the bottom of the screen.
Setting to disable Landscape mode: Go into settings on the iPad, select ASKetch, and turn off "Allow Landscape" to only support Portrait modes.
Setting to control the long-press threshold: Go into settings on the iPad, select ASKetch, you can use the slider to increase the amount of time before the copy/paste menu presents.
Improved UI responsiveness on 3rd generation iPad.
Numerous bug fixes.
Asketch Price
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$4.99
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Asketch FAQ
Asketch is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
Belize
Asketch supports English
Click here to learn how to download Asketch in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Asketch.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
