Welcome to Autodesk SketchBook® MobileX. Enjoy the same SketchBook® desktop experience on your iPhone with a professional-grade stroke engine, and produce stunning quality results.
Sketching Using symmetry
Canvas size Undoing/redoing
Resizing a brush Zooming in and out
Changing brush opacity Using layers
Using the Color Wheel Clearing a layer
Using the Color Picker Creating a new sketch
Adding custom swatches Resetting defaults
Offsetting the cursor Watching the Tour
Rotating an imported image Best Practices

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Sketching

There are two ways to access brushes and tools for sketching. You can:

 

Tap , then tap a brush.



 

Tip For finer sketching control, see Zooming in and out.

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Canvas size

SketchBook® MobileX has a canvas size of 600 x 400.

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Resizing a brush

  1. Tap .
  2. Do either of the following:


  3. A readout of the brush size appears.


  4. Tap and sketch.

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Changing brush opacity

The marking menu puck now has two modes, Size and Opacity.

 

  1. Tap .
  2. Do either of the following:

     


  3. Sketch.

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Using the Color Wheel

  1. Tap , then .

     

    Note If is visible, click it before continuing with Step 2.

  2.  

  3. Do any of the following:

     


  4. Tap or your Back button.

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Using the Color Picker

  1. Tap-hold to get .
  2. Move over a color.

     


  3. Lift your finger.
  4. Continue sketching.

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Adding custom swatches

  1. Tap , then .

     

    Note If is visible, click it before continuing with Step 2.

  2.  

  3. Use the Color Wheel.

     


  4. Tap .
  5. Tap-drag the color from the Color Band onto a swatch.

     

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Offsetting the cursor

Set the cursor to appear a short distance away from your finger to easily see where a stroke will appear.



  1. Tap your Menu button.
  2. Tap .
  3. Tap Prefs.
  4. Tap Use Offset Painting to turn it on.

     


  5. Tap your Back button.

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Rotating an imported image

For left-handed artist, turn on Import Landscape (Left) to rotate a landscaped image, making it easier to access clutch keys.

 

  1. Tap your Menu button.
  2. Tap .
  3. Tap Prefs.
  4. Tap Import Landscape (Left) to turn it on.

     


  5. Tap your Back button.
  6. Import an image. The image will come in rotated 180 degrees.

     

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Using symmetry

SketchBook® MobileX has horizontal symmetry.


  1. Tap , then .
  2. Tap a brush or .
  3. Start sketching.

     


  4. Note To turn Symmetry off, tap .

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Undoing/redoing

Strokes and clearing your sketch can be undone/redone. The maximum undo/redo operations is 10.

Undo Double-tap the bottom left corner.
Redo Double-tap the bottom right corner.

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Zooming in and out

Pinch the screen to scale down the size of the canvas.

 

Expand the pinch to scale up the size of the canvas.


As you near the size of the screen size, your sketch will snap to fit it.

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Using layers

Use layers to combine images, control the editing process, and show/hide image components. Start with 1 layer, add more - for up to 3.


  1. Tap , then .
  2. Do one of the following actions:

    • To create a layer, tap.

      Note When grey , you've reached the maximum number of layers.

    • To change layer transparency, tap the layer, then tap-drag the Opacity slider.

       

    • To change layers, tap the layer you want to work on.
    • To rearrange layers, tap-drag , moving the layer.

    • To hide/show a layer, tap or .
    • To make the background transparent, tap .
    • To merge layers, select the upper layer of the merge group, then tap .
    • To import an image, tap your Menu button, Gallery,then dbl-tap an image.
    • To delete a layer, tap the layer, then .
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To stay in the editor and sketch, start sketching.
    • To close the editor and return to your sketch,dbl-tap a layer.

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Clearing a layer

Double-tap the top left corner.

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Creating a new sketch

There are a few ways to create a new sketch. You can:

  • Tap , then New.
  • Tap the top left corner of the canvas.
  • Tap your Menu button, Gallery, then New.

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Importing a sketch

  1. There are two methods for importing images.

    With Save content or new canvas

    1. Tap your Menu button.
    2. Tap Gallery.
    3. Tap Import.

    4. Select a location and tap an image.


    Note If you have many sketches, you may need to flip through the pages to find a sketch.

    With unsaved content

    1. Tap .
    2. Tap .
    3. Tap .
    4. Tap:

      • Import Photo, then locate and tap an image stored on your device.
      • Import Camera to take a picture, then use that image.

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Resetting defaults

  1. Tap your Menu button.
  2. Tap .
  3. Tap Prefs.
  4. Tap the following:

     

    • Reset Color Swatches to restore swatches.
    • Reset Brush Settings to restore brushes.

       

  5. Tap Yes.

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Watching the Tour

Play the Tour to see where tools are and what to do.

 

  1. Tap your Menu button.
  2. Tap .

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Best Practices

For optimal performance and/or to free up memory, follow these tips:


  • For older devices, exit SketchBook® MobileX about every 30 min.
  • Limit the number of apps running in the background.
  • Set Push to OFF.
    (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data > Push)
  • For iPhone users, change your settings to Wi-Fi to avoid the potential of losing your sketch.
  • For longer battery life, go to Settings > General and set Location Services OFF. This turns off the location of your phone, which your camera and other apps use.

    Important Turn this back on when finished to locate your phone if lost or stolen.