Table of Contents

What is a marking menu? .....................................................................................................................................5!

What is the marking menu puck ......................................................................................................................................................5!
What is a gesture? ................................................................................................................................................... 6!
What are menu gestures? ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7!
Specs ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7!
Using the Color Editor .......................................................................................................................................... 8!
Create a swatch ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9!
Capture a color ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9!
Random Color Controls .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9!
Copic Color Library ...................................................................................................................................................................................10!
Using the Brush Editor ......................................................................................................................................... 11!
What is simulated pressure sensitivity? .......................................................................................................12!
How does Fill work? ..............................................................................................................................................12!
Toolbar......................................................................................................................................................................... 13!
1! Gallery ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................13!
iCloud Gallery thumbnail icons .............................................................................................................................................. 14!
Opening a sketch................................................................................................................................................................................ 14!
2! New ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................15!
3! Line and Shape tools .......................................................................................................................................................................15!
4! Symmetry .................................................................................................................................................................................................15!
5! Text ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16!
6! Layer Transform ................................................................................................................................................................................. 16!
7! Preferences ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17!
Offsetting the cursor ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17!
Disabling gestures...................................................................................................................................................................................... 18!
Rotating an imported image ............................................................................................................................................................. 18!
Resetting defaults....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18!
Changing your save location ............................................................................................................................................................ 18!
SketchBook® Mobile communities ............................................................................................................. 18!
Using layers .............................................................................................................................................................. 19!
 Working with layers .................................................................................................................................................................................. 19!
Working with layers .................................................................................................................................................................................. 19!
Cut, copy, paste with layers ..............................................................................................................................................................20!
Saving ...........................................................................................................................................................................21!
Saving variations.................................................................................................................................................................................. 21!
Saving to iCloud and iPhone..................................................................................................................................................... 21!
Duo Sketch ................................................................................................................................................................21!
What you can do......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21!
Best Practices .......................................................................................................................................................... 22!
What’s New
We've added the following features and made the following improvements to Autodesk
SketchBook® Mobile 2.7.5:

o Duo Sketch – connect to someone, draw together on one canvas, and exchange
messages
o Copic markers – obtain the appearance of a natural marker. The more lines you
make, the stronger the color becomes.
o Improved performance
User Guide
Welcome to the SketchBook® Mobile! Enjoy the same SketchBook® desktop experience on
your iPhone with a professional-grade stroke engine, and produce stunning quality results.

What is a marking menu?

A marking menu is a hidden menu containing tools. To access it:

Tap , then tap a brush or tool.

What is the marking menu puck

Tap to access this puck and resize a brush or change its opacity.
A display appears with the brush size and opacity. The puck provides
cursor feedback to see the size of the brush.

Tap-drag to increase brush size.

Tap-drag to decrease brush size.

Tap-drag for a more opaque stroke.

Tap-drag for a more transparent one.

What is a gesture?
A gesture is a shortcut motion that uses one or more fingers to access a tool, change image
orientation, zoom in, and more. Here is a list of standard gestures used in SketchBook Mobile:

Clear layer - Double-tap the top left corner.

Fit to view - Double-tap the top right corner.
Undo - Double-tap the bottom left corner.
Redo - Double-tap the bottom right corner.

Zoom - Pinch the screen to scale down the

size of the canvas. Then, expand the pinch to
scale up the size of the canvas.

Color Picker - Tap-hold to get . Drag your

finger so the bull’s-eye is over the color you want.

Courtesy: Luis Peso

What are menu gestures?
The tools in the marking menu can be
accessed without opening it. To do this, you
use menu gestures, which provide a quick
method for selecting a series of tools without
opening the marking menu. To turn these off,
see Disabling gestures.

Tap-hold with your thumb and use another

finger to drag in the direction of a tool in the
marking menu.

Note This requires you to remember the

position of the tools.

Specs
The type of device you have dictates the canvas size, number of undo and redo operations, and
number of layers. You get dynamic feedback on the number of layers available.
Using the Color Editor
Tap to access the Color Editor. It contains a color wheel for creating custom colors. Enter
RGB or HSB values or mix a color of your

Tap-drag to change saturation.

Tap-drag to change hue.

Tap-drag to change RGB values.

To move the sliders precisely, do either of the following:

• Slider names and numeric values - Tap a slider name to reduce it

by a set value. Tap its numeric value to increase it by the same set
value.
• Tap-hold and drag above or below - Tap-hold a slider, then drag
your finger above to increase its value or below to decrease it. The
further away from the slider, the more precise your control.

Shows the last and current color.

Tap-drag to change saturation.

Tap-drag to change hue.
Tap-drag to change RGB values. Tap RGB to switch to HSB.
 Tap to flip to the color swatches. Choose from an assortment
of default color chips or create your own and quickly access these colors.

Create a swatch
Create a color using the color wheel or capture one with the Color Picker.
Then, flip to the color swatches and tap-drag the color band anywhere
within the swatches to create a new swatch. Keep in mind, this overwrites
the previous swatch in that location.

Tap to flip back to the color wheel.

Capture a color
Tap-hold to get the Color Picker . Move over a color. Lift your finger to
capture it.

Courtesy: Luis Peso

Random Color Controls

Quickly lay down varying colored strokes using the same brush. Set a hue, saturation, and/or
brightness range for the active color.

1 Drag the H slider to set the hue

range of the stroke.
2 Drag the S slider to set the
saturation range of the stroke.
3 Drag the B slider to set the
brightness range of the stroke.
With Random Without Random
4 Tap to switch between HSB and Color Controls Color Controls
RGB.
5 Tap to turn randomize color
on/off.
Copic Color Library

The Copic Color Library contains a variety of colors. To access it, tap ,
then .
• To access different color palettes, tap-drag the slider.
• To select the complementary color, tap a color chip to load its
complementary color. Tap the Complementary color to select it.
Note Not every color will have an assigned complementary color. For those
without, a selection of colors similar to its complementary or nothing will
appear.
Using the Brush Editor

Tap to access the Brush Editor. It contains a brush palette with a

combination of preset brushes. Tap a brush to select it. Double-tap a brush
to return to your sketch.

Tip Use to swap between brushes without opening the Brush

Editor.

Tap to flip to the brush properties. Change brush size, opacity,

spacing, rotation, squish, and tip type. Any changes made are stored with
the brush.

Set the tip type used.

Tap-drag a slider to change values.

Note To precisely move sliders, tap-hold a slider, then
drag up to increase its value or down to decrease it. The
further you move away from the slider, the more precise
your control.

Play with Spacing to dramatically

change a stroke by spreading out or
condensing the brush stamps.

Tap to flip back to the

brush palette.
Courtesy of Starr Allen Shaw
What is simulated pressure sensitivity?

It is a property that makes lines thinner and more transparent at

the beginning and end of a stroke.

For example, the stroke of a default pencil fades at the tip. The
speed of your stroke affects how long the faded portion is.

In the Brush Editor, the Min and Max values for Size and Opacity
drive this.

If Min is 2 pixels and Max is 8, the synthetic pressure applies this range
to the ends of strokes, based on the speed/intensity of your strokes,
creating what we call "simulated pressure sensitivity".

How does Fill work?

The Fill tool is found in the Brush Editor and floods a closed area
with paint. Tap in the area you want to fill.

Fill floods the entire layer with paint if the layer is empty. Therefore, though you may see regions
created on other layers, if you are on an empty layer, paint will completely flood the empty layer and
ignore any pixels on other layers.
Toolbar
1 Gallery 5 Text
2 New 6 Layer Transform
3 Line & Shape tools 7 Preferences
4 Symmetry

1 Gallery

All devices display these Gallery options.

Creates a new sketch.

Makes a duplicate of the sketch.

NOTE For iOS5 users, the duplicate is saved in the same location as the
original sketch.

Imports an image. Tap a sketch and then to locate an image to import.

Exports an image to:

• iTunes (as a .psd) • Twitter (you must have a

• Flickr Twitter account, Twitter
• Facebook enabled in your settings, and
• Dropbox (as a .psd or flattened be running iOS5)
image) • A Wi-Fi printer to print a copy
• Email (as a .psd or flattened of the image (tap Printer to
image) select different printer).
• Photo Library
When exporting, you can merge all layers into a flat .jpg file or preserve all layers
and export as a .psd file. Some of the export options require an internet
connection.
Note You must have an email account set up on your iPod to access Email.
To access Flickr®, Facebook, and Dropbox, you must have an account.

Tap a sketch, then to select an export destination, and Send.

Deletes a sketch. Tap a sketch and then .

Only iOS5 devices that an iCloud account display these additional features:
 Saves a sketch to iCloud.

Uploads a sketch to your device so it can be edited.

iCloud Gallery thumbnail icons

All iCloud thumbnails are downloaded to the Gallery the first time you visit it. Gallery
thumbnails may display the following iCloud icons:

(Temporary state) iCloud is trying to push a canvas thumbnail to your iPhone.

The canvas is ONLY on iCloud and is ready for downloading. Tap to download to
your iPhone. The icon pulses while downloading. appears when it’s finished.

The canvas is saved to iCloud. It has been downloaded to your iPhone and is
editable.

Opening a sketch
Double-tap the thumbnail of a sketch to load it onto your
canvas.
Note If you have many sketches, flip through the additional
pages to locate them.
2 New
Create a new sketch. To create a sketch, tap . Choose a
canvas size from the list. The maximum number of layers is
displayed next to it.
For a custom canvas, tap arrow of the last entry. Enter a
length and width. The file size and maximum number of
layers is displayed. Tap . Tap the last entry again to
create the canvas.

3 Line and Shape tools

Tap to cycle through the following line and shape tools: , , , and .

To return to freestyle sketching, cycle back to .

4 Symmetry

Create symmetrical content. Tap to turn symmetry off.

5 Text
Add text to your sketches.

Use the tools in the other toolbars to position the text.

Tap Done when finished.

1 Enter your text, select a font, and tap Back.

2 Set the text size.

3 Set the text transparency

4 Set the text color.

6 Layer Transform

Move, rotate, and scale a layer.

Note Layer transforms are dependent upon the number of
pixels on a canvas. As pixels are added, performance slows.
 1 Cancel
Tap to ignore any changes and return to the canvas.

2 Free Transform
Use two fingers to rotate, scale, and move the layer.

3 Move
With a finger, tap-drag in any direction to move the layer.
4 Rotate
With a finger, pivot to rotate the layer left or right.

5 Scale
With a finger, tap-drag up, down, left, or right to scale the layer.

6 Done
Exit Layer Transform mode.

1 Flip the layer vertically.

2 Flip the layer horizontally.

3 Rotate the layer counterclockwise.

4 Rotate the layer clockwise.

7 Preferences

Offsetting the cursor

Use Offset Painting sets the cursor to appear a short distance away
from your finger to easily see where a stroke will appear.
 Disabling gestures
Use Menu Gestures to turn off menu gesturing and select tools only
through accessing the marking menu.

Rotating an imported image

Left-handed artist, use Import Landscape (Left) to rotate a
landscaped image 180 degrees, making it easier to access clutch keys.

Resetting defaults
Use Reset Color Swatches to restore swatches to their factory
default settings.
Use Reset Brush Settings to restore brushes back to their factory
default settings.

Changing your save location

Use Save New Canvas to iCloud to set the default save location to
iCloud. To save to your device, toggle it off.

SketchBook® Mobile communities

Tap , then to visit http://www.sketchbooknews.com/ and

provide feedback and access Help docs, event information, reviews, tips &
tricks, new technology and featured artist information, and the latest
updates for the SketchBook family of products.
Using layers
Tap to access the Layer Editor. Use layers to combine images, control the editing process, and
show/hide image components. The number of layers available depends on the type of device.

Working with layers

Creates a layer.

Duplicates the selected layer.

Imports an image from the Photo Library to the selected layer.

Merges layers together. Select the upper layer of the merge group, then tap .

Allows you to rearrange layers. Tap and drag the layer into position.

Turns layer visibility on and off.

Turns Preserve Layer Transparency on and off.

Deletes a layer. Tap , then tap ..

Working with layers

Changes layer transparency. Tap a layer, then tap-drag the

Opacity slider. Each layer displays its opacity percentage.

You can also do the following:

• To change layers, tap the layer you want.

• To clear a layer, double-tap the top left corner of the screen.
• To return to your sketch, double-tap a layer.
Cut, copy, paste with layers
In the Layer Editor, tap-hold a layer,
then tap Cut or Copy. Tap another
layer or create a layer for the content.
Tap-hold the layer, then tap Cut, Copy,
or Paste.
You can paste the content elsewhere,
outside the app. If the content contains
an alpha channel, it is respected.

Paste outside content

Copy or cut content from elsewhere,
then tap-hold a layer and tap Paste.
Saving
Tap Gallery and Save to store a sketch in the Gallery and preserves its layers.

Saving variations
Save iterations of a sketch. Use Save A Copy to create variations and branch off.

NOTE For iOS5 users, this variation is saved in the same location as the original sketch. For example,
if the original sketch is from iCloud, the copy (variation) will be saved to iCloud.

Saving to iCloud and iPhone

Upon startup, set where new canvases will be saved.

• Tap Device to save to your iPhone. We recommend this setting for

sensitive documents.
• Tap iCloud to save to your iCloud account.

Note To change these setting after startup in Preferences.

Duo Sketch
(For iPhone 4S and iPhone/iPod 5 users only) With Bluetooth, connect with another person
and share a canvas and send messages through SketchBook. When connected, you’ll work on the
same layer (384 x 682 px) and can add strokes at the same time.

1. Tap , then , and select Duo Sketch.

2. To use Duo Sketch, tap OK to turn Bluetooth on and search for another device.
3. Tap the device you want.

What you can do

When disconnected, use this to replace the other person’s canvas with the work you did while
disconnected.

Save a copy of the file locally to your device.

Chat with the other person. Type a message. It briefly appears at the top of the other person’s
screen.
 Connected.

Disconnected. You can reconnect and continue working together. If someone continued

sketching during this period, they should use to update both screens.

Exit. Stops the sharing and closes the session.

Best Practices
For optimal performance and/or to free up memory, follow these tips.

• For faster layer transforms, reduce the number of pixels on the canvas.
• For older devices, exit SketchBook® Mobile about every 30 min.
• For 3GS and 3rd Gen iPod Touch, exit SketchBook® Mobile about every hour.
• Limit the number of apps running in the background.
• Set Push to OFF.
(Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data > Push)
• For iPhone users, change your settings to Wi-Fi to avoid the potential of losing your sketch.
• For longer battery life, go to Settings > General and set Location Services OFF. This
turns off the location of your phone, which your camera and other apps use.
Important Turn this back on when finished to locate your phone if lost or stolen.

• Use Save A Copy to have iterative copies of a sketch.