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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 741C1-05A11B-1003
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2010
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Autodesk PSG
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0047EI1LU

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Product Description

Autodesk SketchBook Designer boasts a unique hybrid paint and vector platform that creative individuals need to quickly transform ideas into compelling artwork and design iterations. Built to enhance the creative process, SketchBook Designer provides a new approach to digital sketching and illustration, a powerful asset for design professionals and illustrators of all levels.

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Hybrid paint & vector environment for flexibility and precision. View larger.

Simultaneously modify paint and vector layers. View larger.

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Autodesk SketchBook Designer boasts a unique hybrid paint and vector platform that creative individuals need to quickly transform ideas into compelling artwork and design iterations. Built to enhance the creative process, SketchBook Designer provides a new approach to digital sketching and illustration, a powerful asset for design professionals and illustrators of all levels.

Product Features

Unique Hybrid Raster/Vector Environment
Optimized for both pen-based (freehand) and mouse interactions
Highly discoverable interface; easy to use without compromising quality or functionality

The Hybrid Paint Vector Environment

Whether creating freehand sketches, tight technical line-work, or assembling photos and images to compose new imagery, the hybrid paint/vector environment allows artwork to be easily edited and modified, providing users with a high degree of both control and flexibility.

Easy-to-use curve creation and editing
Simultaneously warp paint and vector layer contents
Library of brushes that can be used on both paint and vector layers
Import and export curve data (DWG)

Advanced tools for exploration

Full control of multiple layers, including layer blending, folders, and symmetry
Dynamic symmetry allows interactive exploration of radial or mirror patterns
Interactive fills and gradients give you full control of exploring color schemes and shape definition
Use SketchBook Designer "Pages" to branch ideas by duplicating works-in-progress
Dynamically transform and reassemble image assets and layers to freely explore ideas
Change line thickness, brush styles, shape and color of vector curves at any time
Use shape recognition and interactive smoothing while creating or editing any curve

Note: This version does not include the AutoCAD Add-in (Autodesk SketchBook Designer for AutoCAD)

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Hunter

Buggy software.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2011

First off let me say that I did not have to purchase this, I got it as a extended trial due to my student status and I'm glad I did! As for a little about myself, art design is an hobby for me, I use many programs to do this, one of my favorites is Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. Considering how amazing that product is you would assume it's big brother that's Autodesk's answer to Adobe's Illustrator would be great too, right? See below.

1 - User Interface:

Coming from Sketchbook Pro, the UI in this program is very disappointing, it's clunky, unattractive and inefficient. Nearly all the keyboard shortcuts have been removed and the Designer Dock is more of a burden than help. It, along with the remaining UI are overly large, in the way and buggy (see below). It puzzles me as to why they didn't stick with SBP's UI and build upon it.

2 - Ease of Use:

Firstly, for artists that use multiple programs we love the ability to open/save in many a variance in formats do we not? Prepare for a lot of menu hopping to do this in Designer. Firstly your normal Open/Save/Saveas functions can only utilize Designers native format, well you can use the "Import" feature to bring in a different format image into your current drawing. In order to save your file as a different format you have to use the "Export" feature, which will give you Tiff, PSD, and DWG saving capabilities, but what if you want a BMP or JPEG? Well in that case you can use the "Make Picture >From Active Layers/Invisible Layers" feature to save in common formats. However, do we really need three different menu's to do functions as basic as Save/Open? I couldn't justify it.

Drawing in Designer however, when it works correctly is a nice experience, although I am speaking from it's Vector capabilities which is what it is created for, if you want a Raster based program, they're better alternatives. Creating lines and smoothing them out and changing them with vertices is a nice experience although it is time consuming as it isn't really streamlined in Designer. As for layer management it is what you would expect from any modern drawing program.

3 - BUGS:

This is the part, which makes me glad I didn't have to fork over a high price for what I would consider to be a Beta software. I'll list the bugs I have encountered personally below.

I: Unable to select Vertices - For some reason the program will randomly at times refuse to select the vertices of a line/curve despite what function you are currently trying to utilize. As you can imagine this is a HUGE downside for a Vector-based program.

II: The Black screen - This has randomly happened on a few occasions where when you select a different tool, the canvas will go black, like you filled it but it isn't a fill at all, you cannot undo or get rid of it, you have to close the drawing/program and reopen to resolve.

III: Crashes - How would you like to be doing a lot of work and it's been say 30mins since you saved only to have a message suddenly pop up saying a fatal error has unexpectedly occurred and needs to shut down? Well Designer can "attempt" to save your work but on one occasion doing this, it corrupted my save.

Those are the only type of bugs I have encountered thus far, although the selection bug happens very often from my experience. Overall I feel if the bugs are worked out, along with some UI changes this can be an amazing piece of software, but at the moment it is not worth it's price in my honest opinion.

In case viewers are curious here is a quick view of my computer specs:
8Gigs of DDR3 1600 Memory in Dual-channel mode in a P67 Motherboard.
Intel i5-2500k overclocked to 4.4Ghz
Nvidia Gigabyte Super-overclocked 560Ti (The 1000Mhz version)
Windows 7 64bit Premium Home

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S. Jenkins

I still like Sketchbook Pro's interface better but still worth using

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 12, 2010

There are some differences between Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011 and the designer edition.

One of which is the interface is a bit different. There is a long toolbar on the top of the screen. You also don't see the familiar sketchbook Pro lagoon on the bottom. It's still cleanly presented and I'm still learning how to adjust with the interface as I try this piece of software out. Installing it was pretty easy and rather hassle free.

One key difference between this one and Sketchbook Pro is that it's also vector. It also lends more interesting tools such as a radial tool that will let you do repeats of items within a circle.

Another difference I was easily able to see was that this also has a really neat warp tool. I find it very easy to adjust and use.

This version allows you to add a plug-in for CAD but it's not included in the package.

I was at first confused because I had a vector layer and Paint layer, and didn't notice how they worked at first. It was however, for a very short time. I like the line smoothing tools in the vector version. It's nice for us shaky hand artists that need that nice clean line at times.

The paint tools are familiar from 2010 and It's the same as 2011 (regular edition). I'm still working on some custom brushes and tweaks but it's pretty smooth and easy.

You might notice the lofty price tag between this and Sketchbook Pro. This is definitely more intended for those in the industry and probably not the hobbyist. Also, Sketchbook Pro (not the designer edition) is really intended for sketching and those first steps to get an idea down, without the clutter. You have to ask yourself if all the bells and whistles are needed at the price. If you're in the industry and I find these tools do help your workflow it's worth it. I had an easy time using it. You can also get the demo and try it out to see if this is for you.

I also wanted to note as an illustrator the vector part is great for parts of design (hence the title) but obsessing over clean lines isn't always the best course of action as an illustrator. It's those little quirks that make us unique in our artwork. So all you budding artists, don't obsess over a program that makes "Clean lines"

Overall the engine/program worked well with my laptop which is a Motion Computing LE1700 (it's a slate PC). I didn't seem to have issues like slowness or bugs (yet! *crosses fingers*).

Overall, this is some pretty good software, the transitions to use the warp tool which is a very nice edition to the program is very good, easy to handle. I still am warming up to the different interface (hence the 4 stars) but still worth a download from their site to try out. I love to see competitiveness and innovations from other companies so people just don't default to Adobe or Corel. (Though Autodesk is now a top dog too) We just need more competition!

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