Linea Sketch

New Features

• Textures: Draw with a variety of pre-defined seamless textures
  • Open Layer options > tap the Textures icon (dot grid) to activate
  • Quickly select from a wide range of useful textures:
    • Abstract patterns (waves, scales, fur)
    • Architectural Materials (wood, stone, etc.)
    • Halftone dots (various screen densities)
    • Hatchings (crosshatching, angled, broken, etc.)
    • Stipples (light, medium, heavy)
  • Also works with Clear Ink as a stencil to erase patterns from your drawing
  • Use in tandem with Transparency Masking to confine textures to a specific area of your sketch
• Canvas Resizing:
  • Change the overall size and aspect ratio of existing sketches
  • Tap More Actions (⋯) > Edit Canvas Size from within a sketch
  • Adjust the canvas based on screen size, aspect ratio, or custom settings
  • Quickly change aspect ratios based on a list of existing presets
  • Use Freeform to manually adjust the canvas size as needed
  • Expand canvases of sketches created on iPhone quickly and easily

Improvements

• Thumbnail Framing:
  • Easily customize the appearance of a sketch's thumbnail in the Project view
  • Open an existing sketch and zoom in / pan to highlight a portion of the drawing
  • Once closed, the project view reflects the new framing for the sketch
  • Great for highlighting a particular portion of a sketch in the Project View
• Updated the Blending Tool to achieve a smoother result when blending

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could prevent autosaving of sketches while working
• Turning off "ZipLine polygon support" in Settings now works properly
• Fixed a bug that allowed zooming of the drawing view while an iCloud document was still loading

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed a critical bug that prevented sketches from autosaving under certain circumstances, causing potential loss of work
• Fixed a small memory leak that occurred while time-lapse movies were being generated in the background

Bug Fixes

• ZipShapes no longer cause autosave to fail while drawing
• Fixed a crash when duplicating the same lasso selection twice

Improvements

• Pixel accuracy for transformed and merged floating selections:
  • Selections now merge as cleanly as possible into other layers
  • Selections move in pixel-sized steps for optimum display when re-positioning
  • Selections remain pixel-aligned when rotated in 90° increments or flipped horizontally or vertically

Bug Fixes

• The dynamic island no longer visually intrudes on the canvas on iPhone
• Info bezel displays the offset values in pixels when transforming selections
• Removed Twitter and added Follow us on Mastodon in Settings

New Features

• Organic Ink:
  • New option for Pen and Fill tools
  • Create textured strokes with the Pen tool
  • Shade wide areas organically by tilting the Apple Pencil as you draw
  • Create enclosed shapes with rough, organic edges with the Fill tool
• Import & Export:
  • Project Menu > More Actions (⋯) to import / export a wider array of files
  • Import multiple files simultaneously
  • Import sketches from single and multi-page PDF files
  • Import images from PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files
  • Import pages from 53/WeTransfer Paper journals
  • Export Linea documents to iCloud, Dropbox, etc. via the Files App

Improvements

• ZipLine and ZipShape improvements:
  • ZipLines respond to variations in pressure from the Apple Pencil
  • Undoing a ZipShape restores the original stroke on the canvas
  • Undo restores each step of ZipShape transformations as long as the transformation controls are active
  • Undo of additional ZipLine segments keeps the ZipLine active for adding a different segment
• Sharing extension improvements:
  • Project names are now sorted
  • Trash folder is no longer shown
  • Last project selected is now the default
• Selection improvements:
  • Greater flexibility when undoing selections
  • Transformations can be undone back to their original state, where the set of layers to include in the selection can be changed
  • Improved the process for merging selected content into other layers
• Added a new Extra Large 1×1 Grid template
• Added a new App Design phone template with a Dynamic Island
• Locking via the Canvas Compass is now saved as a part of the sketch
• Selecting a layer now subtly flashes its contents for better visibility
• Images larger than the canvas are now scaled down when importing

Bug Fixes

• Painting with the watercolor brush now renders colors more accurately
• Repeated applications of Clear Ink now results in a more natural effect
• Sketches now appear correctly when shared via the Sketch action menu
• Fixed a crash when merging a selection into another layer
• Fixed a number of undo bugs with active selections
• Fixed undo issue after a selection was cleared or cut
• Screenshots on iOS 16 can now be shared with Linea

Premium feature. Purchase required.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash on iPhone due to missing resources

New Features

• Project Collections: Organize your projects into handy groups
  • Arrange, name, and organize collections however you like
  • Drag and drop projects into collections to update
  • Assign custom thumbnails for quick reference
  • Collections sync across platforms via iCloud
  • Turn the Collection list on or off using Settings
• Transparency Masking: Draw inside or recolor existing canvas elements
  • Activate from layer options palette
  • The layer's transparent pixels are ignored while drawing
  • Use any tool inside to quickly shade, add texture, or recolor
  • Automatically "stays within the lines" on any layer
• Clear Ink: Draw or paint with transparency to "erase" areas of a sketch
  • Select the chip at the top of the color palette to activate
  • Turns any existing drawing tool into a "textured eraser"
  • Clear Ink knocks back existing color based on tool size and pressure
  • Blend areas of one layer into another to create textured effects easily
• Video Help Library: Learn how to get the most from Linea Sketch
  • Watch helpful, step-by-step tutorials
  • Explore in-depth walkthroughs of key features
  • Enjoy time-lapse drawings to see how other artists work
  • Picture-in-picture allows you to follow along while working in Linea

Improvements

• Project View:
  • New Trash container in the Project View safeguards your sketches
  • Deleted sketches are now placed in the Trash, not permanently deleted
  • Sketches stay in the Trash until emptied manually
• Apple Pencil Double-Tap Actions:
  • New Clear Ink action added in Preferences > Apple Pencil > Pencil Double-Tap
  • Quickly toggle between the currently selected color and Clear Ink
• Colors:
  • The hex values of custom color chips can now be copied as regular text
  • Visual improvements to custom color chips to identify them more quickly
• Templates:
  • New templates section for Games
  • Sports scoresheets for baseball and bowling
  • RPG Character Sheet
  • Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Improved clarity of the template icon

Bug Fixes

• Fixed theme-related interface bugs with custom color selection
• ZipSquares and Rectangles are now drawn with pixel-perfect edges

Premium feature. Purchase required.

New Features

• Annotations: Add simple text labels and notes to your sketches
  • Tap the "Aa" icon to enter Annotation mode, then on the sketch to create a label
  • Edit Annotations with iOS Scribble or tap with a finger to use the keyboard
  • Choose from a variety of fonts & save your favorite as a Canvas Default
  • Easily adjust Annotation text alignment, color, rotation, and size
  • Merge Annotations to a layer to add additional effects
• Watercolor Brush: Paint and fill your sketch with organic pigment
  • Three brush sizes that vary with pressure of Apple Pencil
  • Choose between three modes:
    • Simple - Textured, painterly strokes
    • Wet - Watery strokes with pooled pigment at edges
    • Cloud - Textured splats & speckles for skies, landscapes, or backgrounds
• Lockable Layers: Prevent changes and secure your work
  • Tap on lock icon in Layer palette to lock or unlock
  • Locked layers cannot be edited, merged, or selected with the lasso
  • Layers can still be rearranged, toggled, and sampled with the eyedropper

Improvements

• General:
  • Compatibility with iOS and iPadOS 15
  • Updated tool palettes for the new iPad mini
  • New video tutorials: Settings > More Linea Sketch Tips
• Tools & Backgrounds:
  • New Cotton paper background
  • New larger tool sizes for the Technical Pencil, Art Pencil, and Marker
  • Improved paging for additional brush sizes
• Colors:
  • Reorganize custom color chips by tapping, holding, then dragging
  • Drag colors from other apps (like Pastel) into Linea's custom color sets
• ZipShape Radius Control:
  • Adjust the corner radius of square or rectangular ZipShapes
  • Change all four corners simultaneously with a tap on any green control
  • Tap and hold on a green control to adjust a single corner
• Information Bezel & Transforms:
  • Bezel is now easier to read when transforming selections or ZipShapes
  • Corner radii displayed for ZipShape rectangles & squares
  • Element being adjusted is highlighted in the bezel
  • Transforms snap to sizes (100%, 200%, etc.) & aspect ratios (1:1, 3:4, 2:1, etc.)
  • QuickToggle for snapping: hold down finger while dragging with Apple Pencil
• Time-lapse:
  • Exported time-lapse movies now hold the final frame for five seconds
  • Improvements to time-lapse reliability and playback
  • iPhone can now export 30 second clips

Bug Fixes

• Time-lapse movies can now be exported even after recording is toggled off
• Fixed appearance of eyedropper icon in Recent Colors
• Help & feature videos no longer stop music from playing

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