Artstudio Manual

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User Guide version 1.0

Author: Corliss Blakely (C) 2012 Lucky Clan

Lucky Clan: [email protected] Blakely: [email protected]


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ArtStudio->Layout .................................................................................................................. 3

ArtStudio->Settings ................................................................................................................ 4

ArtStudio->FAQ User's Manual Tutorials Forum Follow on Twitter Online Gallery ...... 5

ArtStudio->Store .................................................................................................................... 6

File->New Image .................................................................................................................... 7

File->Open Image .................................................................................................................. 8

File->Save As.......................................................................................................................... 9

File->Import ............................................................................................................................ 10

File->Export ............................................................................................................................11

Edit->Copy Paste ................................................................................................................... 12

Edit->Drawing Mode .............................................................................................................. 13

Edit->Symmetry ..................................................................................................................... 14Edit->Transform Layer ........................................................................................................... 15

Image->Resize ...................................................................................................................... 16

Image->Canvas Size ............................................................................................................. 17

Adjust ..................................................................................................................................... 18

Select ..................................................................................................................................... 19

Layer->Top Menu Bar ............................................................................................................ 20

Layer->Bottom Bar ................................................................................................................. 21Layer->Lock Alpha ................................................................................................................. 22

Layer->Masks ........................................................................................................................ 23

Filters ..................................................................................................................................... 24

View ....................................................................................................................................... 25

Left Toolbar ............................................................................................................................ 26

Select Settings ....................................................................................................................... 27

Pencil settings ........................................................................................................................ 28

Wet Paint Brush Settings ....................................................................................................... 29

Paint Brush Settings .............................................................................................................. 30

Paint Brush->Using the Colored Brush .................................................................................. 31

Spray Paint Settings .............................................................................................................. 32

Dots Settings ......................................................................................................................... 33

Eraser Settings ...................................................................................................................... 34Smudge Settings ................................................................................................................... 35

Bucket Fill Settings ................................................................................................................ 36

Gradient Settings ................................................................................................................... 37

Dodge/Burn Settings .............................................................................................................. 38

Text tool ................................................................................................................................. 39

Clone Settings ....................................................................................................................... 40

Blur/ Sharpen Settings ........................................................................................................... 41Eyedropper ............................................................................................................................ 42

Color Editor ............................................................................................................................ 43

Favorite Brushes .................................................................................................................... 44

Portrait and Landscape Modes .............................................................................................. 45


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ArtStudio Layout

Right Toolbar

Left Toolbar

Full Screen

Favorite Brushes Layers Brush Size Brush Opacity Undo / Redo

Bottom Toolbar

Top Menu

Double tap colors icon to swap colors

Left and right toolbars are scrollable

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ArtStudio Settings

Before you start ArtStudio, Adonit Jot Touch must be

paired with the iPad.

To pair stylus open iPad settings->general->bluetooth.

Then press and hold both jot touch buttons, after 5-10

secs Adonit Jot Touch should be visible in bluetoothsettings, tap on it.

Then start ArtStudio, if it was already started, remove it

from background and start again.

After start, you should see a message that Jot Touch is

connected.

To use pressure sensitivity of stylus, open settings of any

tool, for example pencil, enable "pressure sensitivity->size"or/and "pressure sensitivity->opacity", and set size-start

or/and opacity-start to a minimum value.

Use "Drawing offset" and

"Eyedropper offset" to make

drawing / eyedropper not

under finger

"Quick menu (3 fingers tap)

Reset color swatches and brushes

Disable "Quick menu" to make some toolbars.

More visible even in full screen mode

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Choose what you would like visible in full mode


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ArtStudio Forum Follow us on twitter Online Gallery

Forum Online Gallery

User's Manual

Faq User's Manual

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Tutorials


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ArtStudio Store

ArtStudio comes with 150 brushes

You can buy these additional brush

sets for $0.99 each or save $3.91

and purchase all 10 sets for $5.99

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New Image

Tap on the "Width &

Height" to create custom

size

Choose background

Tap

File

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Open image

With the gallery

open tap a painting

If you want to

rename,

duplicate or

delete tap

Tap the painting

you want to edit and

tap done

Tap to

view older paintingsfrom previous

ArtStudio

Custom brushes

File

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Save as...

Tap

and title your

painting

In settings you can select

"Autosave every 5 minutes"

You also can tap

at any time

File

You can also tap to

save new version of the same

file name

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Tap and choose or

Tap in this example

Tap on the album

Tap the photo you want

File Import

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ExportFile

Before you export an image, choose file format:

JPG - small file, transparency not supported

PNG - larger file, lossless quality, transparency

supported

PSD - use this to export all layers and continue

working on computer

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Edit Copy Paste

Tap on

Then open the painting You are

working on and tap

To copy another image from another painting

Open image

In this example I pasted the Bud three times

Use

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Drawing mode

Freehand painting Line

Rectangle Ellipse Polygon

Edit

Angular

"use smoothing slider

to paint more smooth lines"

Tap "Reset"

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Symmetry

Symmetry vertical Symmetry horizontal

Edit

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Tap

Tap

Follow instructions

One finger to move the active layer

Two fingers to scale/rotate the active layer

Tap in top Menu

7 choices

Transform layerEdit

Use multitouch or tap button in the bottom toolbar to

move/scale/rotate canvas or selection

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Resize

Type new size

Tap

Image

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Canvas Size...

Type new size

Tap

Image

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Adjust

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Layer

Next page explains Layers in the Bottom Toolbar

Top Menu Bar

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Add Layer Duplicate layer Merge down Add Mask Delete

Lock alpha icon

Visibility icon

Link icon

Link icon is used in

transforms

(move, scale, rotate)

all linked layers

Are transformedtogether.

Layer

Layer Titles

Tap on Bottom Toolbar

Layers in the Bottom Toolbar

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Lock alpha

When layer has "lock alpha"

enabled, you can modify on pixels

colors, not its transparency

Layer

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MasksLayer

The layer mask allows you to hide

parts of your image without actually

making adjustments to the image

itself, thus leaving your image intact

at all times.

To create a layer mask

Add mask in 4 ways:

Show all - white mask

Hide all - black mask

Show selection - selected area will be white, the rest - black

Hide selection - selected are - black, the rest - white

If active item in layers popover is a

mask.

You have 3 option:

Apply mask (mask will be

removed)

Delete mask

Show black and white mask

content on canvas

instead of displaying the layer

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Filters


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Filters

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View


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View

Tap < Edit guidelines>

"Tap on the canvas to add a guideline"

The line that you are moving around is orange

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Left Toolbar


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Left Toolbar

Scroll up & down to expose all the options

Turn eraseron in all

brushes

Use sliders

to change

brushshape

You can use the selected

brush or pick from the other

Brush Groups

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Select settings Th l ti t l ll t l t t f i


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Select settings

Here are a few examples

showing the selection tools

The selection tools allow you to select a part of your image

After you have finished

with your selected shape

Tap in the toptoolbar and tap

Rectangular Ellipse Lasso Wand Select by ColorPolygon Replace Add Subtract Intersect 27

Pencil settings


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Pencil settings

You can use the selected

brush or pick from the other

Brush Groups

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Wet paint brush settings


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Wet paint brush settings

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Paint brush settings

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Paint Brush Using the Colored Brushes


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Spray paint settings


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Spray paint settings

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Dots settings


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Eraser settings


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Smudge settings


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Bucket fill settings


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Gradient settings


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Draw direction on image

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Dodge/Burn Settings


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You can use

"White or

Current color"

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Text Tool 150 fonts. Support of external TTF fonts (just upload .ttf file in iTunes using File Sharing)


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Tap on the

Slide bar to

change size

Tap

The controls shadow placement

Adding text creates special

"Text" layer.

This kind of layer cannot be

modified, but text on this layer

can be easily

moved/scaled/rotated/changed

font/ shadow etc using texttool.

To convert it to normal layer

tap "Layer->Rasterize text"39

Clone settings


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Tap on

Tap where you want to start clone

Clone source

can be on

different layer

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Eyedropper


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Color Editor


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Color Editor

Scroll Toolbar

to show all

colors

To set color swatch, drag

and drop "current" or "new"

color to rounded square.

To swap Color 1 and Color 2,

double tap on "Colors" icon

in right toolbar

To reset color swatches to default values, go to ArtStudio ->Settings and tap

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Favorite BrushesCreate a brush


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Create a brush

you want and

Tap the

Then tap

" Type a tool name"

Tap

Scrollable

You can

rearrange your

brushes tap

and dragyour brushes

To delete

tap

and

choose

To reset favorite brushes to default go to

ArtStudio->Settings and tap

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Portrait and Landscape modes


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