topic Re: Guides using multitouch in SketchBook Forum

Guides using multitouch

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:59:26 GMT

Guides are too slow!

A line should be able to be repositioned like a ruler. Two fingers, slide and rotate that thing over to where you need, draw your line, slide that guide where you need it, draw your line, repeat as needed.

The free default drawing app built in to windows 10 does this.

Sketchbook? No. You have to click one point, drag to where you want it. Then drag the next point to where you want it. Doing this over and over takes Way too much time.

Think that's not a big deal? Apply the same idea to ellipse and it's even slower. Drag to where you want the center. Drag one side scale, drag the other width, adjust the center because you probably got that wrong on the first try. Rotate, adjust again. Rotate, adjust again. You can't do multiple actions at the same time, so you have to keep adjusting.

OR, just rotate the thing with two fingers and maybe add a modifier of some sort (maybe just a third touch on the screen) for the non-uniform scale width.

Just try. Do something that would make this faster.

Re: Guides using multitouch

david.lau — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:25:40 GMT

What Windows 10 App are you referring to that has a better 'guide' workflow?

Did you know that you can use the desktop and Windows 10 app if you have a subscription?

The guides in both versions are a bit different.

DESKTOP

www.sketchbook.com/thankyou

WINDOWS 10 (Tablet) version

www.sketchbook.com/windows10 (Blue Button)

Re: Guides using multitouch

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:38:14 GMT

Ok, well, I had that version installed at first, but it seemed limited. And it sort of is. Hotkeys aren't the same? It's missing some tools. But the ruler and ellipse work as I expected them too. Of course, you lose french curve, as well as some other options.

I keep finding myself going back to mischief. It's got no frills, but you don't have to plan anything. You just straight draw. And you can always export different sizes later. It's lacking some tools like guides for sure.

But no one at work has been using sketchbook because it works differently on everything they use. A couple people have it on surface (like me) a few on ipad pro, some on their cintiq. And the experience is fairly different on each. Brushes don't seem to go with your account either. So I can't just log in on a cintiq at work and get going in my own workspace. I'd just use my own surface instead.

Most people at work just say, "forget it" and continue in photoshop, which is really a pretty poor drawing experience really.

Anyway, I was referring to windows ink ruler. But the windows 10 app version of sketchbook, the one that's lacking some of the tools, does have the rulers that work as expected. And since you can install both I'll experiment with moving back and forth to utilize all the tools. I'm hoping someone reads that and realizes that is a pretty poor experience though.