iPastels
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
The pastel medium has been around for several centuries, with roots as old as mankind.
An ever-increasing number of artists have since discovered the rich colors and expressiveness of pastel painting.
This app will let you create beautiful digital works of art, especially if you're a talented artist.
If you're not, iPastels will keep you entertained until you become one through practice and experience!
Simulating soft (chalk) pastels, oil pastels and color blending, the iPastels app tries to be as realistic as possible.
Actual pastelists can use iPastels to try out ideas and compositions before starting on a new painting in real life.
Beginners will be able to practise and refine their skills, without the added cost of pastel sticks and specialty papers.
One of the most widely used techniques in pastel is to use your finger to blend the colors into each other right on the paper, as part of the painting process.
Using iPastels, paint with different colors and then use Smudge (the finger) or the Cotton Swab to blend and smoothen the colors.
This produces amazing results!
Full Screen Painting:
Full Screen mode is fully supported.
In addition, you can press the Tab key to hide the toolbar.
Zooming And Panning:
Pinch (trackpad) or use keyboard shortcuts to zoom in/out.
To pan, drag with two fingers (trackpad), slide with one finger (Magic Mouse) or use arrow keys.
Double tap with two fingers (trackpad) or press Space to reset the zoom/pan.
Layers:
Simply choose whether to paint on the foreground, middle ground (Pro version only) or background.
Color Sets:
Click once on a color to select it. Click a second time to adjust it in a number of ways or to pick a new color.
Adjacent to the colors you will find buttons to switch between the different color sets.
Press a second time if you want to replace the color set with one of the default ones.
Import/Export:
You can work on up to 3 (10 in the Pro version) paintings, stored within the app under 'Work In Progress', so you don't have to use the export function until a painting is completely finished.
Exported paintings can be found in your Pictures folder, inside an iPastels folder.
You can also import an image to either the current layer or the background layer.
Popup Help:
For information on what a specific button does, just hover the mouse pointer above it for a few seconds and a short explanation will appear.
-SOME OF THE FEATURES-
* Realistic results
* Pinch to zoom
* Supports full screen and windowed mode
* Multiple undo/redo steps
* Layers support
* Customizable color sets/palettes
-OPTIONAL PRO FEATURES-
* Ad-free
* Up To 10 Works In Progress
* Change Paper Color
* Up To 3 Layers
* Merge, Swap, Flip Layers
* Some Extra Tool Settings
You can upgrade the free app to Pro through a simple in-app purchase, or you may opt to buy the standalone Pro app instead.
An ever-increasing number of artists have since discovered the rich colors and expressiveness of pastel painting.
This app will let you create beautiful digital works of art, especially if you're a talented artist.
If you're not, iPastels will keep you entertained until you become one through practice and experience!
Simulating soft (chalk) pastels, oil pastels and color blending, the iPastels app tries to be as realistic as possible.
Actual pastelists can use iPastels to try out ideas and compositions before starting on a new painting in real life.
Beginners will be able to practise and refine their skills, without the added cost of pastel sticks and specialty papers.
One of the most widely used techniques in pastel is to use your finger to blend the colors into each other right on the paper, as part of the painting process.
Using iPastels, paint with different colors and then use Smudge (the finger) or the Cotton Swab to blend and smoothen the colors.
This produces amazing results!
Full Screen Painting:
Full Screen mode is fully supported.
In addition, you can press the Tab key to hide the toolbar.
Zooming And Panning:
Pinch (trackpad) or use keyboard shortcuts to zoom in/out.
To pan, drag with two fingers (trackpad), slide with one finger (Magic Mouse) or use arrow keys.
Double tap with two fingers (trackpad) or press Space to reset the zoom/pan.
Layers:
Simply choose whether to paint on the foreground, middle ground (Pro version only) or background.
Color Sets:
Click once on a color to select it. Click a second time to adjust it in a number of ways or to pick a new color.
Adjacent to the colors you will find buttons to switch between the different color sets.
Press a second time if you want to replace the color set with one of the default ones.
Import/Export:
You can work on up to 3 (10 in the Pro version) paintings, stored within the app under 'Work In Progress', so you don't have to use the export function until a painting is completely finished.
Exported paintings can be found in your Pictures folder, inside an iPastels folder.
You can also import an image to either the current layer or the background layer.
Popup Help:
For information on what a specific button does, just hover the mouse pointer above it for a few seconds and a short explanation will appear.
-SOME OF THE FEATURES-
* Realistic results
* Pinch to zoom
* Supports full screen and windowed mode
* Multiple undo/redo steps
* Layers support
* Customizable color sets/palettes
-OPTIONAL PRO FEATURES-
* Ad-free
* Up To 10 Works In Progress
* Change Paper Color
* Up To 3 Layers
* Merge, Swap, Flip Layers
* Some Extra Tool Settings
You can upgrade the free app to Pro through a simple in-app purchase, or you may opt to buy the standalone Pro app instead.
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 2.73 MB of space to download and install iPastels app. iPastels is available on iTunes for $0.00
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Norbyte at http://www.ipastels.com.
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