Work with drawing and animation projects. Import content, create new items from scratch, update the existing designs, etc. Access the smooth anti-aliased rendered paths, different fill types including semi-transparent colours and gradients, object transformations, etc.
iDraw is a powerful feature-packed vector drawing and illustration application for Mac OS X.
iDraw has all of the tools you need to create everything from detailed technical illustrations to beautiful works of art. Create intricate designs quickly and easily, and continue working on the go with iDraw for the iPad.
Create resolution-independent illustrations that can be pasted into Pages documents, included in Keynote presentations, or used together with iBooks Author.
Notable features:
- SVG Import and Export
- Shape libraries
- Styles library
- Boolean path combinations
- Canvas scale, Rulers, and Units (mm, cm, inches)
- Dimensioning
- Layers, Text, Images, Multi-color Gradients, RGB color picker, Brushes, Bezier Pen Tool, customizable Canvas Templates, Masking, PDF export, and much more!Features:
- Brush and Pencil tools for fluid drawing and sketching
- Essential set of shape creation tools
- Multiple layers
- Powerful Pen tool for creating custom shapes
- Pen tool multi-point selection and editing
- Multi-color gradient editor
- Text styling
- Shadows
- Images
- rotate, scale, with alpha transparency
- Snap to Grid
- Canvas Styles
- Group / Lock / Lock Aspect ratio
- Export designs as vector-based PDF and SVG files
v2.1 [Aug 16, 2012]
- New 'Appearance Effects' pane
- Add multiple strokes, fills, and effects to a single object
- Apply inner shadows, drop shadows, and glows to objects
- Arrange the order of fills, strokes, and effects using drag and drop
- Blend modes for shadow and glow effects
- 'Copy Style' / 'Paste Style' menu optionsNew CoreText-based Text Editor:
- Multi-style text boxes. Use multiple fonts, styles, sizes and colors in a single text box
- Text along a path
- Line height and text kerning options
- In-place editing of transformed text
- Smart text box resizingPDF and EPS Vector Import:
- Import PDF and EPS files as vector objects (File > Import PDF...)
- 'Convert PDF to Objects' context menu option for placed PDF images
- Paste vector objects directly from Adobe IllustratorAdditional Features:
- New popup color picker for faster editing workflows
- QuickLook previews for iDraw documents
- Autosave. Documents are autosaved every 2 minutes
- Pinch to zoom support for trackpads
- Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between document tabs
- Press Command + Shift + Left/Right Arrow Keys to navigate documents
- Reverse the direction of a path
- Added 'Merge Visible Layers' optionFixes and Improvements:
- At 100% zoom, moving and drawing objects now snaps to integer values
- Many performance and compatibility improvements for SVG import
- Significant overall performance improvements
- Scale tool now scales line widths and font sizes
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
