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Autodesk Sketchbook Pro and forScore Sheet Music App Coming for iPad

kernkraft said:
Oh, dear!

IS HE NOW A SELF-APPOINTED TECH JOURNALIST?!

This is a sad day for technology and Apple.
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For your general information Stephen Fry was the second person in Britain to get a Macintosh in 1984. (The first person being Douglas Adams, a friend of Fry, and author of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy). He has been a major Apple afficionado (look it up) since the earliest days of the company and is probably one of the most knowledgable people of anything Apple this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
A week ago he was invited by Apple to do a solo interview with Steve Jobs for Time Magazine and get some personal hands one time with the iPad. Other people who took the time to talk to Stephen Fry on that occasion included Phil Schiller, Eddie Cue and Jonathan Ive. (!)

Please, the next time you feel an urge to blurb out something, DO take a couple of minutes in advance to know what the hell you are talking about.
 
As a musician...

Assuming there will still be orchestras in the future – that might be an optimistic assumption, but nevertheless – imagine a composer/arranger/orchestrator making last minute changes while the orchestra is there. Sure, you’re paying by the fraction of an hour, but it’s still a lot cheaper than having another session. The arranger makes a change to the score and everyone’s iPad/music stand is updated virtually instantaneously.

Or, let’s say a singer is feeling a little under the weather and can’t hit the high notes for today’s performance. The conductor can change the score from B-flat to A-flat and the problem’s solved. (Sure, you could quibble about things now being out of the range of some instruments, but it’s still a pretty amazing way to do things.)
 
zim said:
I have SketchBook Mobile and Brushes and have to say that Brushes is much better. Personally, I will hold out for Brushes.

Regarding the comment about finger painting and "real artists" :rolleyes: Check out this flickr gallery of Brushes work... Some really nice stuff in there.
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Now that Sketchbook Pro has a real screen to work with, I have no doubt that it's going to blow Brushes out of the water. With the iPad, Autodesk is back on familiar ground - a screen big enough to create art with properly. Autodesk is a major design software company with much more experience at what people need in a good digital art application. The simulated brush pressure already makes Sketchbook Pro superior to Brushes, unless of course Brushes has this too.
 
Its amazing what a difference a big screen makes. Endless possibilities. The flash issue to me means nothing but the lack of a front facing camera just doesnt make sense. That would have made this a success. Oh right it seems as if it may already. What the hell do I know?
 
lotusindigo said:
Now that Sketchbook Pro has a real screen to work with, I have no doubt that it's going to blow Brushes out of the water. With the iPad, Autodesk is back on familiar ground - a screen big enough to create art with properly. Autodesk is a major design software company with much more experience at what people need in a good digital art application. The simulated brush pressure already makes Sketchbook Pro superior to Brushes, unless of course Brushes has this too.
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I'm not so sure. I love both apps and use them regularily. I agree the best feature of Sketchbook is the min/max brush settings for radius and opacity, allowing you to capture something resembling pressure sensitivity. I mostly use Sketchbook for Pen and ink or pencil sketching because that's where such a feature really shines. However, when it comes to speed and workflow, Brushes blows SketchBook mobile out of the water.

The tiny, double touch undo buttons are always a problem for me in Sketchbook, not to mention the fact it only goes back about 20 pen strokes, versus unlimited undo in Brushes. I also think the circular menu layout in Mobile is a pain, and the menus are unintuitive. The way all key features in Brushes are right there always visible on the lower menu bar, and only a single touch away, is great. Brushes is also much more responsive, zooming is smooth and fast, and theres no lag when drawing like some brushes in SketchBook.

Of course that's all based on the iPhone. I'm really curious to see how the interface looks in this iPad version. Regardless, I'll be buying both apps for sure.

I think the iPad has HUGE potential for attracting artists. The ability to draw right on the screen on a device larger than a high end Intuos, for only about $100 more is pretty attractive. Hell, the cheapest on-screen drawing monitor from Wacom, which is about the size of an iPad, costs twice as much! And it requires a fast computer and expensive software to use.

I don't think the iPad is going to replace a professional's Cintiq, but know they would love an on the go drawing pad like this. And it's a no brainer for students and hobbyists.

I just wish Apple would emphasize this functionality more in their marketing. The Pogo stylus should have prime shelf space in every Apple store, and these apps should be loaded on all the demo units.
 
Here's some more screens in case you want to look at the interface of Sketchpad Pro. Hmm... now that I think of it, I hope landscape mode will be implemented. I think most people are used to working on a wide surface as opposed to a tall one. I know I am.

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I was also worried about lag with Sketchbook Pro. I wonder if the iPad hardware will really be enough to handle it.
 
Saw them on the app store, and I think it looks outstanding. I like the constant menu bar, seems much better, as are the dropdowns.

Looks to be an insane number of brushes - five pages worth, fifteen to a page!? Also, looks like more demanding features are included now, like blend and blur. I did notice there's no more min/max settings for the brushes anymore, however. :(

I have the same concerns about rotating the device. iPhone versions of Brushes and Sketchbook don't rotate, I doubt these will either. Just have to get used to dealing with sideways menus. We'll see how is performs. I hope it isn't slow and laggy.

Also, it's only $8. Amazing you can get both this and Brushes for under $20.
 
Oh my gosh, up until this point, I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get an iPad.

Now this forScore app has completely thrown me. This is exactly what I have been dreaming about for the last few months. I've even been looking at making something custom myself and buying one of these Bili Page Turner foot pedals.

Having the ability to take sheet music around on iPad is exactly what I want.

Now if they can get a couple of those extra features they're working on into the app (work with your own PDFs, place annotations on top of the page, re-order/delete pages) it would be amazing. And if they could add support for a hardware foot pedal and the ability to sync two screens up via Bluetooth (with the option of either two iPads side by side for the same musician, or sync with another musician so that if one turns, both screens turn) that would just be PERFECTION.
 
Garion said:
For your general information Stephen Fry was the second person in Britain to get a Macintosh in 1984.

Please, the next time you feel an urge to blurb out something, DO take a couple of minutes in advance to know what the hell you are talking about.
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Oh God, I own Macs. Am I a tech journalist now? I don't think so.


Keep your pointless ranting to yourself! In your case, 'knowledge' did not get anywhere in this argument.
 
Nausicaa said:
Saw them on the app store, and I think it looks outstanding. I like the constant menu bar, seems much better, as are the dropdowns.

Looks to be an insane number of brushes - five pages worth, fifteen to a page!? Also, looks like more demanding features are included now, like blend and blur. I did notice there's no more min/max settings for the brushes anymore, however. :(

I have the same concerns about rotating the device. iPhone versions of Brushes and Sketchbook don't rotate, I doubt these will either. Just have to get used to dealing with sideways menus. We'll see how is performs. I hope it isn't slow and laggy.

Also, it's only $8. Amazing you can get both this and Brushes for under $20.
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Yes, when it comes down to it, we could always ignore the orientation of the menus and paint landscape anyway. :) I agree it's amazing that these apps are so inexpensive. I would have paid more for Sketchbook Pro on iPad.
 
Nausicaa said:
I don't think the iPad is going to replace a professional's Cintiq, but know they would love an on the go drawing pad like this. And it's a no brainer for students and hobbyists.

I just wish Apple would emphasize this functionality more in their marketing. The Pogo stylus should have prime shelf space in every Apple store, and these apps should be loaded on all the demo units.
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Couldn't agree more, Although i have Cintiq 21ux for my main canvas, I would still use the iPad/Sketchbook pro for my train journey to and from work, couch sketches and primary ideas.

The iPad as an artists tool alone sold it for me, the other consumer stuff is a bonus.
 
lotusindigo said:
I was also worried about lag with Sketchbook Pro. I wonder if the iPad hardware will really be enough to handle it.
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I have used a few desktop art apps such as Painter, Photoshop, Sketchbook.

I have found that Sketchbook carries the smoothest and most responsive paint experience out of the above due to its simplicity and minimalism.

Anyway lets hope it will work like its desktop counterpart ;-)
 
Just wanted to gloat: right now, Sketchbook Pro is on the 2ND ROW of the iPad Apps page. Right next to iBooks and right under the iWork suite. Pretty prestigious, if you ask me. :)
 
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