Comments on: Adobe Ideas adds iOS4 support, layers, more

By: Jeremy Chone

Jeremy Chone — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 01:12:54 +0000

Does anymore know if we can move layers around (to position them relative to each other)? Or what we draw cannot be moved?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:24:58 +0000

Wow J this is late but time for me to eat crow! The update is applied and am pleased with how far its come and the direction its going. The color picker change is the biggest love for me. Love the blog , accept my humbled apologies enjoy your holidays.

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:17:48 +0000

Does anyone know the pixel dimensions of Adobe Ideas' virtual canvas? [Engineer Paul George replies, "'Pixel' dimensions aren’t really all that meaningful because Ideas is a vector app. You can in zoom in on the canvas by a factor of up to 64. At that point the canvas is 64 times larger in pixel dimensions but there’s no change in the quality of what you draw. The retina display makes the question even more complicated since it doubles the number of pixels at the any given zoom factor. However, if you work at the normal zoom factor then the canvas is a square that is 3 times the largest screen dimension. So in pixel terms you could say that the canvas is 3072 x 3072 on iPad and 1440 x 1440 on iPhone/iTouch 3. The iPad display is 132 ppi and the iPhone 163 ppi so In physical terms that’s 23” x 23” and 8.8” x 8.8” respectively." --J.]

By: Stephen cline

Stephen cline — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:42:13 +0000

Will shapes and a fill function for shapes be added to adobe ideas?
Thanks
Stephen

By: Dave Story

Dave Story — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:33:53 +0000

Great demo video…well done and I loved the use of pan and zoom to show various parts of the canvas.

Congrats, guys! I’ll be buying this as soon as I can get my iPad back from my boys. :)

Dave

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:12:30 +0000

Forgot one other small feature suggestion.
For the image screen, could you include a double tap to “fit to screen”? That would greatly simplify and speed up jumping back and forth between detail work and zooming out to preview the entire image on screen.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:07:42 +0000

The app is off to a good start. As an illustrator I could find a use for the drawing feature on the go … once I buy an iPod Touch “pen” because right now my finger gets in the way of seeing what I’m drawing.

I always appreciate how Adobe makes speed a priority. Use of vector drawing is a great idea.

The color theme picker from the camera is a great idea. Actually, it’s a nice “start” …BUT something is missing. I now have these great Kuler type color themes saved on my iPod Touch and no export function like you have for the images.

Could you include a way to export as a Kuler theme to my computer?

By: melgross

melgross — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:25:29 +0000

While I’ve got 1.0 and have used it for some things, I hate to admit that I didn’t quite get much out of that video.

And, hey, you KNOW what we’re really interested in. Can you please keep us posted more often on that?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:44:35 +0000

Purchase layers? really you guys are not serious. So optional means ability to buy another app which has layers from the on set like Sketchbook Pro. Sad really, ideas had some promise, now it seems like another Adobe money grab. [Really? If companies don't make money doing this, they won't keep doing it. --J.]

By: George Wedding

George Wedding — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:15:52 +0000

Ahem. A video demo for an iOS 4 App that can't be viewed on any iOS 4 device because it is presented using Flash? Really? John, in this instance, I think Adobe is being foolishly stubborn. This makes no sense. Given Adobe's core market of iOS-using graphics pro's, shouldn't you be posting Flash AND .html5 versions of videos for this blog? [Of course, and it has nothing to do with stubbornness, just time and resources. Support is coming. --J.]

By: witz

witz — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:20:55 +0000

This is SUCH a welcome update.
The UI improvement is huge, and the layers are very welcome. I think this in-App upgrade is a cool model.

By: mankis

mankis — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:45:08 +0000

I haven’t tried iPad yet. I wonder is it possible or will it be possible tu calculate size of a finger (part of a finger) that is touching screen. Than we will be able to have brush size depending on pressure of a finger.

By: Franco

Franco — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:57:40 +0000

Can you please check your posts in your own browser lab. All your recent Adobe TV videos don't work in IE8. Pretty embarrassing really considering the source. [Thanks for the heads-up; I'll investigate. --J.]

By: AaronM

AaronM — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:49:59 +0000

Any chance of a text tool of some sort? I like the ability to draw with the finger, but my finger-handwriting is worse than the regular mess, and HUGE….

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:50:53 +0000

Any plans for Ideas on Android?