Hi David,
I have a HP Chromebook X2. Drawing with both a finger or stylus (Wacom Bamboo Ink) has a lag. When I switch to the Chrome Canvas app (which seems to be optimized for the ChromeOS drawing API), it's very smooth and responsive.
I've attached a screenshot of the interface. The size of the interface is *just* fine, could be a touch larger to make it easier to select things.
A couple other things I've noticed since using it more
- is there a way to put the palette locations - brushes on the right and layers on the left? I'm left handed so would prefer that option. I understand this is just and Android app so things might be fixed in place, but would be good to have that option when scaling up to a tablet.
- Multi-touch gestures. Other drawing apps have a two-finger tap for undo. This is really convenient because I don't have to travel the pen. Just tap where I am and undo happens. Life changer.
- Thin pen lines (or any pen with a sharp edge) appears pixelated on curved portions and when zoomed out. Maybe another issue related to an Android app scaling up?
I've done a lot of testing of many different drawing apps on Chromebooks. Concepts has a much better responsiveness and two-finger undo, but it lacks the great drawing tools and perspective grids that Sketchbook has. Other apps suffer in terms of response or features. Not a single app I've tried, it seems, feels optimized for Chromebook. Sketchbook has the best product and features in my opinion, and if it brought the pen feel and responsiveness up to the level of a Chrome OS app that's optimised for the drawing API (like Chrome Canvas and Google Keep), Sketchbook would be leagues ahead and a market leader.
(Wondering if you saw my small suggestion on another post of having the horizon line tool snap back to perfectly horizontal if it's accidentally rotated, like what happens on the windows version).
Thank you
