A little while ago Performita, suggested that i try the app Meritum Paint Pro on my iphone. I took to it immediately. I love the organic nature of it’s painting engine. You can choose from three brushes, or better, styles of painting: Normal, Neon or Sci-Fi. You don’t really control them, so much as guide them through a series of happy accidents.
I have been lucky enough to try the ipad version of the app in Beta, and i can tell you that it’s a whole new ball game. The larger screen combined with the more powerful CPU means more detail and more fun.
My son and i calculated that it could take simultaneous input from 10 fingers at once, just in case you ever need it.
The user interface of Meritum Paint is a little unusual but adds to the mysterious nature of the creations you will make on it. Randomness is buit-in.
Choose a color palette, brush width, the force and tilt that you would like to be exerted, and start painting. It’s kind of magical.
Although i love the app i do not consider myself a Meritum Paint purist. I like to import my Meritum work into Brushes and elaborate it. My favorite brush is “Sci-Fi”, which allows you to noodle Gigerish tubes that intertwine and can apear to be pipes, tentacles or feathers.
I am not finished experimenting with this app and I am looking forward to seeing where Krunoslav Till and the Meritum Soft development team take it.
Thanks Perf!
Like many others, I found my self in line on June 26th infront of an Apple store. I avoided most of the crowds by waiting to go in after I got off work. This proved to be a good plan resulting in only a 90 minute wait to get to the head of the line. I’ve only used an Original (noG) iPhone since day one. The upgrade to the iPhone4 for me has been a large leap forward. For some of you fellow finger-painters using the 3GS, the speed may not seem to be as noticeable, but the Retina display alone is worth the price of admission.
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John Halliday: “The media is trying to saying that the iPad is meant to deliver content not to create content. I disagree here is a movie made with iPad apps. Made on iPad with Voxel, Brushes and SilentFilm apps.”
SketchBookPro 1.1 for iPad is here, with a good list on additions and one new feature that might kick in: video out.
Go big screen-ish
With the use of the iPad VGA dock connector (29 $/€) you can now mirror your painting process to another monitor, without all the toolbar action though, which might be a little drawback.
Preserved transparency
The other great feature, letting you refine shapes or areas already defined without having to care much about fringes, bleeding, etc.
(Example courtesy by Susan Murtaugh)
Other new features include blend modes for layers and a template library. For the full set added check out the blog entry or watch this video. SBMP 1.1 is a free update for existing users.
ArtStudio by Lucky clan has built up a decent fan group, and the latest 2.0 update adds a more apple-like interface, using pop-overs more consistently throughout the app. Another new feature is a dodge/burn brush. Lucky Clan also raised the price to a more realistic 3.99 2.99$, find it in the App-Store.
The iPad is fingerpainter’s new toy, and SketchBookPro for the iPad one of the most promising painting apps out there. Chris Cheung, Product Manager of SketchBook at Autodesk was so kind to answer us some questions about the birth of the idea, future plans and hand-made iPad replicas.
fp.it: Hi Chris! So, the iPad is finally here, did you find any time to paint yet?
Chris Cheung: “Our team is based in Toronto, Canada, so we weren’t able to directly buy iPads when it launched in the U.S. on April 3. My wife knew how much I wanted one at the time so she actually surprised me on that Saturday, April 3, with a hand-made replica. Luckily, we did get a few iPads shipped to our office a couple of days after, but with all the activity, I’ve only had little time to try it out. It was wonderful to hold it for the first time and to fire up the App. There is something about the size that does give a new experience, different than using an iPhone or a desktop with a tablet device. So far, I’ve barely even gotten off the first page of brushes, creating raw sketches with the #3 pencil. I’m definitely going to get my own. According to Apple, I’ll have to wait until Mid-May to get it here in Canada.”
