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Version 2.9 Features
Features found in Paintbook Collage version 2.9
Layer Settings (all layers, sketch & photo)
- Drag, move, resize any layer
- Layer Transparency
- Brightness
- Contrast
- Warmth
- Vibrance
Layer Management
- Up to nine photo layers (camera/photo album)
- Copy (duplicate) layer
- Merge (assemble) multiple layers into one
- No hard-coded limit to number of sketch layers (go nuts)
Eyedropper (colour picker)
- Pick once or each time stroke begins
- Colour from current layer
- Colour from all layers
- Colour from topmost photo
Sketch Tools
- Rotate entire page (portrait/landscape)
- Drag and resize sketch within page
- Center sketch on resized page
- Export up to 16 megapixel JPEG on any device
Drawing Tools
- Eraser mode (includes photos)
- Swipe with three fingers to make a gradient
- Line mode -- makes drawing straight lines easier
- Brush palette updated (buttons for mode/medium)
New Page Tool
- Create a new page with white/ecru/black backgrounds, or a photo
Colour Palette
- Drag a colour from the centre to any well
Misc Stuff
- Automatically saves sketch on system memory warnings so you are less likely to lose your work if the device crashes.
- Extreme speed-ups in zooming and drawing
- Web-based help system
- PDF compatibility option (turn off to enable eraser/gradients)
Paintbook Collage 2.9 is compatible with both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch and is a free update from Paintbook Layers 2.8. When Collage hits the app store, normal price will be $7.99 so you should buy today to get it at $4.99.
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Posted 2010-04-26
PaintBook version 2.6 has hit the App Store! Compatible with iPad as well as iPhone and iPod touch.
Upgrade today!
iPad update coming
Posted 2010-APR-13
I've been working on an updated version of Paintbook that takeqs advantage of the iPad's huge screen. It will be just a few days before it is released. There will not be any new features in the first release but they will be coming soon after. And they will really be worth the wait.
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New Worlds Afoot
Posted 2009-Jul-20
I've been working on a few other projects recently, and unfortunately have to move out of my photography studio in the next week or two so have been pressed for time with PaintBook.
This time has been good for PaintBook, as sales are booming and it is becoming quite a popular and well regarded tool for artists and illustrators around the world. Thank you all for your efforts at making PaintBook and PaintBook.ca the success it is!
There will be a PaintBook 3.0, and it will be worth the wait. Features will include a number of things you have been asking for, and some things you haven't known you needed but will be unable to do without once you've got them.
I've also been having a discussion with a well-known organization about how PaintBook might be improved and integrated with their own projects, and if this relationship bears fruit I think we'll all be pleased and amazed with the results.
Thanks again, and keep painting!
Discussion Notifications via Email
Posted 2009-May-31
You can now have email messages sent to you when comments are posted in discussions you have joined, anywhere on the site.
In other words, when you post a comment on someone else's artwork, for example, you can receive an email note that someone else has commented in that discussion too.
To turn on this notification, visit the Notify settings page in the account profile editor. You'll need to verify your email address before messages can be sent, of course!