November 08, 2010

Adobe Ideas adds iOS4 support, layers, more

I’m really pleased to say that the Adobe Ideas team has released version 1.1, offering a range of free enhancements plus the app’s first optional paid feature.

Free features:

• Support for iPhone 4 retina display
• Support for iOS4 Multi-tasking
• Support for Redo
• Available in French, German and Japanese
• Sketches save much faster, avoiding loss of data when you close the app or you need to answer a phone call.
• Save drawing to “saved photos” album on iPad and iPhone (no longer a need to create a screenshot)

In-app purchase (optional):

• Layers: Available for in-app purchase. Create up to 10 drawing layers plus a photo layer for each sketch; control order and opacity for each layer.

Here’s a quick (sub-2-minute) demo:

You might also be interested in the Ideas Facebook page, Flickr Gallery, and team blog.  Congrats, guys!

(rt) Illustration: Black Swans, fun with Carbonite, & more

• “Holy crap is Africa big,” observes Daniel Jalkut. [Via]
• Check out some bold & excellent “Black Swan” movie posters. [Via]
• Star Wars:
  • Heh: Mr. and Mrs. The Hutt Make a Compromise.
  • I like José Pulido’s Día de los Muertos-style Star Wars illustrations.
  • Long, long ago–specifically, from the 70’s: Boba Fett’s invoice to Jabba the Hutt.