8.9
316 Ratings
snowCanoe
Developer
298.2 MB
Size
Jan 23, 2023
Update Date
Graphics & Design
Category
4+
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About Inspire Pro
Available exclusively on the App Store, meticulously designed to be beautifully powerful, and painstakingly engineered for iPad — Inspire Pro delivers an incredibly fast and realistic painting, drawing, and sketching experience that you can take with you wherever you go and use whenever inspiration strikes.
Our proprietary painting engine Sorcery™ takes full advantage of the GPU to render brush strokes with brilliant 64-bit color, laser-sharp sub-pixel precision, and insanely fast speed. While the strokes of a wet oil paint brush look beautiful on their own, the breathtaking blending effects of a dry brush will absolutely stun you. Graze the canvas with just a bit of pressure to add a subtle blur to your artwork or use stronger pressure to actually mix existing colors on the canvas together to create new ones.
Whether you are a budding artist, seasoned professional, or somewhere in-between, you will enjoy the simplicity and power of the most intuitive and compelling illustration app for iPad, Inspire Pro.
Amazing Brushes
• 150 high quality brushes to choose from, divided into 15 sets: Oil Paint, Airbrushes, Spray Paint, Paint Splatter, Graphite Pencils, Wax Crayons, Markers, Chalk, Charcoal, Pastels & Conté, Basic Shapes, Complex Shapes, Shape Outlines, Patterns, and Textures
• All brushes can be used as a Wet Brush, Dry Brush (Blending), or Eraser
• Over 20 different settings are available to customize brush strokes with powerful versatility and variation
The Best Painting App for iPad
• Sorcery™, the fastest 64-bit painting engine on the App Store
• Full-fledged Apple Pencil support for pressure, tilt angle, orientation, and double-tap
• Smart Keyboard support with over 20 context-sensitive keyboard shortcuts
• Create a canvas of any size up to 16K (64MP) on iPad Pro
• Dual-texture brushes
• 64-bit color
• All device orientations are supported all the time — switch from portrait to landscape painting with ease
• 1000 levels of undo and redo are available
• Touch and slide hotspots can be used to quickly change brush size, opacity, and pressure without opening a menu
• The eyedropper tool can be used with a touch and hold gesture to select paint colors from the canvas
• The canvas can be moved around, rotated, and zoomed in and out up to 6400%
Canvas Playback Video Recording
• Brush strokes are automatically recorded as you paint without any delay
• You can play the video of your artwork being created stroke-by-stroke directly in the gallery
• Exported videos are high quality HD at up to 1080p resolution
Full-Featured Color Picker
• Choose any paint color you can dream of with the intuitive color picker
• HSB and RGB sliders accompany a large color circle, color square, and opacity slider
• Your latest colors are saved to a palette automatically while you paint
• You can also save your favorite colors to a palette with drag and drop
Visit snowCanoe.com to check out more screenshots, videos, and artwork.
Our proprietary painting engine Sorcery™ takes full advantage of the GPU to render brush strokes with brilliant 64-bit color, laser-sharp sub-pixel precision, and insanely fast speed. While the strokes of a wet oil paint brush look beautiful on their own, the breathtaking blending effects of a dry brush will absolutely stun you. Graze the canvas with just a bit of pressure to add a subtle blur to your artwork or use stronger pressure to actually mix existing colors on the canvas together to create new ones.
Whether you are a budding artist, seasoned professional, or somewhere in-between, you will enjoy the simplicity and power of the most intuitive and compelling illustration app for iPad, Inspire Pro.
Amazing Brushes
• 150 high quality brushes to choose from, divided into 15 sets: Oil Paint, Airbrushes, Spray Paint, Paint Splatter, Graphite Pencils, Wax Crayons, Markers, Chalk, Charcoal, Pastels & Conté, Basic Shapes, Complex Shapes, Shape Outlines, Patterns, and Textures
• All brushes can be used as a Wet Brush, Dry Brush (Blending), or Eraser
• Over 20 different settings are available to customize brush strokes with powerful versatility and variation
The Best Painting App for iPad
• Sorcery™, the fastest 64-bit painting engine on the App Store
• Full-fledged Apple Pencil support for pressure, tilt angle, orientation, and double-tap
• Smart Keyboard support with over 20 context-sensitive keyboard shortcuts
• Create a canvas of any size up to 16K (64MP) on iPad Pro
• Dual-texture brushes
• 64-bit color
• All device orientations are supported all the time — switch from portrait to landscape painting with ease
• 1000 levels of undo and redo are available
• Touch and slide hotspots can be used to quickly change brush size, opacity, and pressure without opening a menu
• The eyedropper tool can be used with a touch and hold gesture to select paint colors from the canvas
• The canvas can be moved around, rotated, and zoomed in and out up to 6400%
Canvas Playback Video Recording
• Brush strokes are automatically recorded as you paint without any delay
• You can play the video of your artwork being created stroke-by-stroke directly in the gallery
• Exported videos are high quality HD at up to 1080p resolution
Full-Featured Color Picker
• Choose any paint color you can dream of with the intuitive color picker
• HSB and RGB sliders accompany a large color circle, color square, and opacity slider
• Your latest colors are saved to a palette automatically while you paint
• You can also save your favorite colors to a palette with drag and drop
Visit snowCanoe.com to check out more screenshots, videos, and artwork.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.8.10
Last updated on Jan 23, 2023
Old Versions
This update contains several bug fixes and small improvements as we continually work toward refining the app to maintain its high quality.
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Version History
3.8.10
Jan 23, 2023
This update contains several bug fixes and small improvements as we continually work toward refining the app to maintain its high quality.
3.8.9
Dec 19, 2022
This update contains several bug fixes and small improvements as we continually work toward refining the app to maintain its high quality.
3.8.8
Aug 25, 2021
This update contains several bug fixes and small improvements as we continually work toward refining the app to maintain its high quality.
3.8.7
Dec 23, 2020
This update brings to you a brand new app icon and logo design as well as several bug fixes and small improvements as we continually work toward refining the app to maintain its high quality.
3.8.6
Dec 22, 2020
This update brings to you a brand new app icon and logo design as well as several bug fixes and small improvements as we continually work toward refining the app to maintain its high quality.
3.8.5
Jul 16, 2020
iPad, iPadOS
• Full support for the new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and iPadOS 13.5
• Trackpad support
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 2 new languages: Polish and Turkish
Bug fixes and minor improvements
• Full support for the new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and iPadOS 13.5
• Trackpad support
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 2 new languages: Polish and Turkish
Bug fixes and minor improvements
3.8.4
Jul 15, 2020
iPad, iPadOS
• Full support for the new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and iPadOS 13.5
• Trackpad support
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 2 new languages: Polish and Turkish
Bug fixes and minor improvements
• Full support for the new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and iPadOS 13.5
• Trackpad support
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 2 new languages: Polish and Turkish
Bug fixes and minor improvements
3.8.3
Jul 11, 2020
iPad, iPadOS
• Full support for the new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and iPadOS 13.5
• Trackpad support
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 2 new languages: Polish and Turkish
Bug fixes and minor improvements
• Full support for the new iPad Pro, Magic Keyboard, and iPadOS 13.5
• Trackpad support
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 2 new languages: Polish and Turkish
Bug fixes and minor improvements
3.8.2
Dec 16, 2019
iPadOS
• Full support for the new iPadOS, including all multitasking features such as Slide Over and Split View
• Improved performance, taking advantage of Apple Pencil’s new, lower latency to provide one of the smoothest and most precise drawing experiences on the App Store
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 10 different languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update with layers, the beta will be ready soon — please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
• Full support for the new iPadOS, including all multitasking features such as Slide Over and Split View
• Improved performance, taking advantage of Apple Pencil’s new, lower latency to provide one of the smoothest and most precise drawing experiences on the App Store
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 10 different languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update with layers, the beta will be ready soon — please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
3.8.1
Dec 15, 2019
iPadOS
• Full support for the new iPadOS, including all multitasking features such as Slide Over and Split View
• Improved performance, taking advantage of Apple Pencil’s new, lower latency to provide one of the smoothest and most precise drawing experiences on the App Store
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 10 different languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update with layers, the beta will be ready soon — please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
• Full support for the new iPadOS, including all multitasking features such as Slide Over and Split View
• Improved performance, taking advantage of Apple Pencil’s new, lower latency to provide one of the smoothest and most precise drawing experiences on the App Store
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 10 different languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update with layers, the beta will be ready soon — please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
3.8
Dec 15, 2019
iPadOS
• Full support for the new iPadOS, including all multitasking features such as Slide Over and Split View
• Improved performance, taking advantage of Apple Pencil’s new, lower latency to provide one of the smoothest and most precise drawing experiences on the App Store
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 10 different languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update with layers, the beta will be ready soon — please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
• Full support for the new iPadOS, including all multitasking features such as Slide Over and Split View
• Improved performance, taking advantage of Apple Pencil’s new, lower latency to provide one of the smoothest and most precise drawing experiences on the App Store
Localization
• Inspire Pro is now localized for 10 different languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update with layers, the beta will be ready soon — please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
3.7
Dec 19, 2018
New 12.9” and 11” iPad Pro
• If you have a shiny new iPad Pro, you're going to love it even more with this Inspire Pro update
• The UI fills the beautiful new 12.9” and 11” screens
• Paint colors look vibrant and luscious on the new Liquid Retina displays
• Paint, draw, and sketch faster than ever before with our updated painting engine Sorcery, fully optimized for the new A12X Bionic chip and running at 120 FPS on ProMotion displays
• As always, the entire app works in both portrait and landscape orientations, as well as split-view, with all of the UI adapting seamlessly to the new iPad Pro screens
Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
• Full support for the double-tap gesture of the new Apple Pencil
• By default, you can use double-tap to toggle the eraser on and off, switch to the previously used brush, or show the Color menu, configurable from the Settings in iOS
• There is a new section of Inspire Pro’s Settings that is dedicated to Apple Pencil now and it includes a new menu that allows you to customize the double-tap gesture to perform 9 different actions, including toggling the dry brush on and off, showing the Brush menu, and invoking the eyedropper
Siri Shortcuts in iOS 12
• Hey Siri, painting time!
• Add a shortcut to Siri in iOS 12 from Settings > Siri & Search or the Shortcuts app to automatically open Inspire Pro, create a new canvas, and start painting right away
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update — the beta will be ready soon. Please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
• If you have a shiny new iPad Pro, you're going to love it even more with this Inspire Pro update
• The UI fills the beautiful new 12.9” and 11” screens
• Paint colors look vibrant and luscious on the new Liquid Retina displays
• Paint, draw, and sketch faster than ever before with our updated painting engine Sorcery, fully optimized for the new A12X Bionic chip and running at 120 FPS on ProMotion displays
• As always, the entire app works in both portrait and landscape orientations, as well as split-view, with all of the UI adapting seamlessly to the new iPad Pro screens
Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
• Full support for the double-tap gesture of the new Apple Pencil
• By default, you can use double-tap to toggle the eraser on and off, switch to the previously used brush, or show the Color menu, configurable from the Settings in iOS
• There is a new section of Inspire Pro’s Settings that is dedicated to Apple Pencil now and it includes a new menu that allows you to customize the double-tap gesture to perform 9 different actions, including toggling the dry brush on and off, showing the Brush menu, and invoking the eyedropper
Siri Shortcuts in iOS 12
• Hey Siri, painting time!
• Add a shortcut to Siri in iOS 12 from Settings > Siri & Search or the Shortcuts app to automatically open Inspire Pro, create a new canvas, and start painting right away
We haven’t forgot about our big 4.0 update — the beta will be ready soon. Please contact us @snowcanoe or via email if you want to get on the tester list!
3.6.4
Aug 29, 2018
Based on your feedback, which we greatly appreciate, we have decided to remove all in-app purchases from Inspire Pro and make those 7 brush sets free, included in the original price of the app. Paint Splatter, Spray Paint, Charcoal, Pastels & Conté, Complex Shapes, Shape Outlines, and Patterns are now all available with this new update.
For those of you that already purchased any of the extra brush sets, we would like to extend a huge thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generous support. We are a very small team from Ottawa, Canada with no fancy Silicon Valley venture capital and so your support has allowed us to keep working on the app and doing what we love. Rest assured you have contributed to keeping an indie developer alive — one that is dedicated to bringing you awesome, free updates to Inspire Pro for as long as we can.
Speaking of updates, we are hard at work on our biggest one ever. Inspire Pro 4.0 will have many amazing new features, including layers. Stay tuned to our social networks @snowCanoe to find out when we will be starting our public beta if you’re interested in helping us test the new update.
Thanks again for your support and we hope you enjoy all of the extra brush sets!
For those of you that already purchased any of the extra brush sets, we would like to extend a huge thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generous support. We are a very small team from Ottawa, Canada with no fancy Silicon Valley venture capital and so your support has allowed us to keep working on the app and doing what we love. Rest assured you have contributed to keeping an indie developer alive — one that is dedicated to bringing you awesome, free updates to Inspire Pro for as long as we can.
Speaking of updates, we are hard at work on our biggest one ever. Inspire Pro 4.0 will have many amazing new features, including layers. Stay tuned to our social networks @snowCanoe to find out when we will be starting our public beta if you’re interested in helping us test the new update.
Thanks again for your support and we hope you enjoy all of the extra brush sets!
3.6.3
Apr 30, 2018
Several bug fixes.
3.6.2
Apr 25, 2018
Several bug fixes.
3.6.1
Apr 2, 2018
Several bug fixes, including one for a bug that would cause you to get stuck in zoom/translate mode sometimes while painting with Apple Pencil.
Many thanks to everyone who emailed us about that bug and provided extra info to help us track it down and fix it, much appreciated!
Many thanks to everyone who emailed us about that bug and provided extra info to help us track it down and fix it, much appreciated!
3.6
Mar 28, 2018
New support for Multitasking with Slide Over and Split View
• Inspire Pro can now be used alongside other apps and the UI fully adapts dynamically to changes in window size and orientation
New support for Drag and Drop
• Images can now be dragged and dropped into Inspire Pro's New Canvas menu to be imported onto a new canvas
• Paintings can be dragged and dropped out of Inspire Pro to be exported either as images, into the Photos app for example, or as complete .inspirepro files, into the Files app for example
Miscellaneous
• Thumbnails in the Gallery menu are much larger now and easier to see, taking up more space within the menu while keeping the menu width and height the same size
• Several bug fixes including better Apple Pencil response for hotspot buttons while painting and a fix for a freezing bug when the app goes into the background
• Inspire Pro can now be used alongside other apps and the UI fully adapts dynamically to changes in window size and orientation
New support for Drag and Drop
• Images can now be dragged and dropped into Inspire Pro's New Canvas menu to be imported onto a new canvas
• Paintings can be dragged and dropped out of Inspire Pro to be exported either as images, into the Photos app for example, or as complete .inspirepro files, into the Files app for example
Miscellaneous
• Thumbnails in the Gallery menu are much larger now and easier to see, taking up more space within the menu while keeping the menu width and height the same size
• Several bug fixes including better Apple Pencil response for hotspot buttons while painting and a fix for a freezing bug when the app goes into the background
3.5.7
Oct 18, 2017
Along with hopefully the last of iOS 11 bug fixes, we replaced the Flickr button in the Social menu with a button that links to our Instagram account instead. Follow us on Insta @snowCanoe to get the latest news on updates that we're working on and check out some of the newest artwork created with Inspire Pro. Tag your own art with #InspireProApp to get our attention, we'd love to see what you're working on and what inspires you!
3.5.6
Oct 7, 2017
More iOS 11 support with a few bug fixes
3.5.5
Oct 4, 2017
• Better optimized for the new 10.5" iPad Pro
• More iOS 11 support with a few bug fixes
• More iOS 11 support with a few bug fixes
3.5.4
Sep 30, 2017
• Better optimized for the new 10.5" iPad Pro
• More iOS 11 support with a few bug fixes
• More iOS 11 support with a few bug fixes
3.5.3
Sep 26, 2017
More iOS 11 support with a few bug fixes.
3.5.2
Sep 19, 2017
Support for iOS 11.
3.5.1
Sep 6, 2017
Bug fixes and UI refinements.
3.5
Aug 23, 2017
New iPad Pro
• Full support and optimization for the 2nd generation 12.9-inch and brand new 10.5-inch iPad Pro
• Our Sorcery™ painting engine now runs at a blistering 120 frames per second to match the 120 Hz refresh rate of the new ProMotion display for a silky smooth painting experience and unparalleled responsiveness with Apple Pencil
• Fully tested and optimized for the new 10.5-inch (1668 x 2224) screen resolution
Smart Keyboard
• Added support for over 20 context-sensitive keyboard shortcuts to make performing commonly used actions in the app quicker and easier
• Hold down the command key in the gallery or while painting to see the shortcuts that are currently available
Improved Import and Export with iCloud Drive
• We’ve finally let go of our own custom export menu (don’t worry, it got a great severance package) and replaced it with the iOS one that you’re used to in other apps
• The new iOS export menu now gives you access to iCloud Drive, AirDrop and any other 3rd party services via their own apps
• You can also import files and images in the New Canvas menu from iCloud Drive and other 3rd party services now
• Full support and optimization for the 2nd generation 12.9-inch and brand new 10.5-inch iPad Pro
• Our Sorcery™ painting engine now runs at a blistering 120 frames per second to match the 120 Hz refresh rate of the new ProMotion display for a silky smooth painting experience and unparalleled responsiveness with Apple Pencil
• Fully tested and optimized for the new 10.5-inch (1668 x 2224) screen resolution
Smart Keyboard
• Added support for over 20 context-sensitive keyboard shortcuts to make performing commonly used actions in the app quicker and easier
• Hold down the command key in the gallery or while painting to see the shortcuts that are currently available
Improved Import and Export with iCloud Drive
• We’ve finally let go of our own custom export menu (don’t worry, it got a great severance package) and replaced it with the iOS one that you’re used to in other apps
• The new iOS export menu now gives you access to iCloud Drive, AirDrop and any other 3rd party services via their own apps
• You can also import files and images in the New Canvas menu from iCloud Drive and other 3rd party services now
Inspire Pro Price
Today:
$9.99
Lowest:
$1.99
Highest:
$19.99
Inspire Pro FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Inspire Pro in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Inspire Pro.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.6 or later.
Inspire Pro supports English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
