| | |  | Software | Home » » Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2010 | | | | | | | Description: | | Autodesk SketchBook Pro software is your digital sketchpad. Use it in any creative process where pen and paper would traditionally be used. SketchBook Pro features an artist-friendly, gesture-based interface that translates technology and functionality into a natural drawing experience. SketchBook Pro software is easy to use with fast, reactive drawing and productivity-enhancing tools that help you express your ideas freely and boost production. Autodesk SketchBook Pro frees up the sketching process with ultra-responsive digital pencils, pens, markers, and airbrushes that look and feel just like the real thing. It quickly take snapshots of your current application, and load and view images or digital photographs. You can use SketchBook Pro's brushes to mark up and add comments. You can communicate more efficiently by emailing sketches and annotations instantly to colleagues and clients. | | | Features: | |
• Autodesk SketchBook Pro software offers best-in-class sketching capabilities for professional designers and artists from all industries
• Fast and intuitive user interface; designed specifically for use with digitized pen tablets and Tablet PCs
• Free up the sketching process with ultra-responsive digital pencils, pens, markers, and airbrushes that look and feel just like the real thing
• Communicate more efficiently by emailing sketches and annotations instantly to colleagues and clients
• Open and save common file formats, including TIF, BMP, JPG, PNG, and PSD files
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 56 reviews |
| | | System Requirements: | | | Platform:
| Windows Vista / Windows XP / Mac OS X | | Media:
| DVD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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 Best product available to serve the spectrumFeb 09, 2010
This is the best product available to serve the widest gambit of people who may have an interest. You could almost think this application was made by Apple. Highly recommended.
Awesome drawing program @ a great price!Feb 01, 2010
This software is a MUST for all digital artists who use a tablet or tablet-style input device. I purchased a ModBook (Axiotron conversion of a MacBook), and I ran into endless problems with Photoshop Elements. I tried the free download "trial" of Sketchbook Pro, and was quickly hooked! This has got to be the most intuitive and affordable graphics program I have ever seen.
The only thing I see that it lacks is the ability to input letters. (I am a cartoonist who adds captions to my illustrations.)
Joe
www.chaimcartoons.com
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Absolute failure on Mac OS Snow LeopardJan 21, 2010
Purchased product from Amazon. CD appears not to have a label burned into it. So, it will not mount with Snow Leopard. This is a known issue with Snow Leopard. Went ahead and purchased a second copy from the AutoDesk online store. Installed fine. New issue is that pen tracks intermittently with Wacom Intuos4 tablet. Called Wacom. They acknowledged that this is a SketchBook bug that appears only on Macs. After 45 minutes online with various folks at AutoDesk, I finally talked to a support person who also acknowledged that it was a bug with SketchBook Pro on the Mac. Until it's fixed the software is pretty awkward and frustrating to use on a Mac. Having said that, I give it 1 star because it is a very slick package (if and when it works).
And there's more...During my interaction with the numerous folks at Autodesk, they commented that my software wasn't registered. They directed me to a registration website. I filled out the registration forms and soon received an email from Autodesk instructing me how to complete the registration process within the product itself. Unfortunately, the instructions were apparently written for a Windows product and did not correspond to the layout of a Mac menu bar or dialog boxes. When I pointed that out to them, they claimed I actually installed version 4.1 instead of 2010. I found that odd, because the folder it installed into was labeled "2010." Nonetheless, I uninstalled the software and reinstalled it, screenshotting every step in the process. Every single link, window, dialog, and form displayed "2010." The product again installed into a "2010" folder. But, on launching it, the dialog box still displayed "4.1." Apparently, either the wrong software version was written to the installation CD (and online store website), or "4.1" refers to the internal version of the "2010" software. In either case, the Autodesk team was of no assistance and obviously is completely unfamiliar with at least the Mac version of the software. What a nightmare!
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Digital Sketching the Right way - The future of Tablet applicationsJan 12, 2010
It is extremely rare that a company can go out on a limb and experiment with Usability and it be successful. The world of digital art is littered with examples of failed attempts with zBrush being the latest example of a bad attempt for a noble goal. As a word of warning Sketchbook Pro has been designed for use with a tablet so it does not make sense to use it any other way. Where it really shines is with the Cintiq.
The UI is at first startlingly bare. There is an icon based menu bar at the bottom left corner with a couple of palettes being initially visible but other than that the majority of the space is dedicated to the drawing surface. Palettes and tool menus are accessible through a "right click" of the pen or through the menu bar at the bottom. There is no interruption of the flow by the need to use the keyboard or selecting options through text based drop down menus. The most commonly used functionality is just a swipe away.
The UI might take a little while to get the hang of, maybe 5 or 10 minutes, and then you will find yourself loving the folks who thought this one up.
The price on Amazon is about 20% cheaper than the price offered through the AutoDesk site. As a side note I also love the iPhone Sketchbook app. While it is much harder to draw with your thumb it is great to have handy when an idea comes along and you are out and away from your computer and don't want to sketch out your idea on a napkin. As far as iPhone apps go it is my favorite.
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This program absolutely ROCKSJan 07, 2010
Just received this program and I have to say for pure digital drawing it can not be beat. It takes no time to learn and works seamlessly with Photoshop CS4. I use with a Wacom Intuos3 it also work great with my sons Wacom Bamboo pen. I like it better than my more expensive Corel Painter 11 program. Don't even think twice on purchasing this product you will not be disappointed.
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