Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer 2012

Creative Challenges Software getting in the way of producing fresh, new concepts? Need an illustration tool that delivers professional results, but doesn’t impede your creativity? Need an image creation and manipulation tool focused on design workflow?

Autodesk SketchBook Designer 2012 Explore concepts and produce stunning artwork with Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer illustration software. With a hybrid paint and vector workflow, SketchBook Designer provides the functionality creative professionals need to quickly transform ideas into compelling design iterations. Especially powerful for: Concept design and iteration Assembling and composing images Graphic communication

Creative Interactions SketchBook Designer is designed around creativity, providing a new approach to digital sketching and illustration. Highly discoverable interface Easy to use, yet fully powered Equally optimized for freehand pen-based and mouse interaction

Hybrid Raster/Vector Environment Whether creating freehand sketches or tight technical linework, or assembling photos and image assets to compose new image content, the hybrid raster/vector environment enables users to more easily edit and modify artwork, helping to provide a high degree of control and flexibility.

Powerful Explorative Tools Dynamic and responsive tools put you in control of your creation. Transform image and vector layers to create numerous variations Explore mirrored or radial concepts with dynamic symmetry Explore color with interactive Fill tools

SketchBook Designer 2012 for AutoCAD* Enrich your AutoCAD® workflows with integrated illustration and graphic workflows. Dynamically move geometry and image content across AutoCAD and SketchBook Designer Produce rich presentation content throughout the design process Manipulate existing images to quickly express new concepts * Available in the Enterprise version of SketchBook Designer.

System Requirements Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ processor, 3.0 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD® Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater DirectX 9.0-capable graphics card with 256 MB or greater dedicated video memory 2 GB RAM minimum. 4 GB or more is highly recommended 1280 x 1024 display with True Color 5 GB free disk space Mac OS® X 10.6 Intel® Core™, 2.33 GHz or greater CPU 2GB RAM minimum. 4 GB or more is highly recommended Graphics card with 256 MB or greater dedicated video memory AutoCAD Add-in Autodesk SketchBook Designer 2012 for AutoCAD is compatible with AutoCAD 2010 and higher as well as AutoCAD® Mechanical 2012, AutoCAD® Architecture 2012, and AutoCAD® MEP 2012 software SketchBook Designer for AutoCAD 2012 is currently available on Windows only Freehand sketching For an optimal freehand sketching experience, a tablet device, like Wacom® Intuos®3 or later, is recommended but not required

The Autodesk SketchBook Family SketchBook® Mobile software Designed specifically for the iPhone® & iPod® touch Sketching on the go… You can always be ready to capture a napkin sketch or produce artwork anywhere, anytime SketchBook® Pro for iPad® software Designed specifically for the iPad experience SketchBook Pro is the premium sketching app on the iPad SketchBook® Pro software for Mac and Windows Transform your laptop, desktop computer, or tablet PC into a digital sketchbook Ideal for freehand sketching and illustration SketchBook Designer software A combined paint and vector environment, SketchBook Designer delivers both precision and flexibility to boost the creative process Optimized for both freehand and mouse-based illustration

Feature Matrix Good Better Best Streamlined UI High-Quality Brushes Customizable Brushes Layer Controls Transform Image Design-Specific Tools Editable Vectors Import & Export Curves AutoCAD Add-in SketchBook Mobile SketchBook Pro for iPad SketchBook Pro SketchBook Designer

What’s New in 2012 Increased productivity and customizability… Preset Shapes Quickly create rectangles, ellipses, and lines Custom Palette Increase your productivity by customizing a palette with your preferred tools and colors

What’s New in 2012 Vector enhancements deliver more power to curve creation and modification… Snapping and stickers Curve snapping increases precision Stickers allow covers to “stick” together during modification Grip handles Curve remembers the number of grips you’ve assigned Easy to arbitrarily add or remove controls Vector fills Dynamic visual feedback to help identify closed regions Import images to produce custom fill textures

What’s New in 2012 Flexible techniques for masking… Mask layers Create and manage mask layers Help isolate regions for precision coloring and illustration techniques Preserve transparency Use Layer mode to apply paint only where paint already exists Layer Hide options Any layer can act like an alpha channel

What’s New in 2012 Expanded communication capabilities… Text tool Adjust font, size, spacing, and position

What’s New in 2012 Import and export capabilities… Directly open image files Now you can use the Open command for all supported formats Open recent files more quickly Drag and drop Drag and drop image files into SBD automatically creates a new layer and imports the image SVG export Export your vector layers to an SVG file

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