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Popular iPad Drawing App 'Linea Sketch' Gets Major Feature Update

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Popular iPad sketching app Linea from The Iconfactory has been renamed to Linea Sketch and updated with multiple new features in 2.0 update that was released this morning.

There are new Templates and Grids in the app, including Notepad options with wide and narrow rules for note taking and new storyboarding templates. Existing app design templates have been updated for Apple's newest devices, and there is a new small dot grid available.

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The previous version of Linea was limited to landscape mode, but the new update adds support for portrait orientation so you can draw in either landscape or portrait modes. New sketches are created using the iPad's current orientation, and all templates support the new portrait orientation.

Images can now be imported from the camera, photo library, clipboard, or a file browser app, and imported images can be added to a layer for editing or tracing.

There's also a new ZipLine tool for creating straight lines and polygons, a new scissors tool for creating selections in the Layers panel, and support for new gestures. You can resize selections by dragging with the orange handles or rotate using two fingers.

Linea Sketch supports several iOS 11 features following the update, including Drag and Drop and Split View multitasking, which allows it to be used alongside another app.

Linea Sketch can be downloaded from the App Store for $4.99 for a limited time, a 50 percent discount off of the regular price. [Direct Link]

Top Rated Comments

Benjamid Avatar
109 months ago
I dislike the pencil in Procreate, especially when you hold it at a low angle. Is Linea better? Think the pencil in Apple Notes is close to perfect would love that one as a template in a drawing app.
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RedKite Avatar
109 months ago
I dislike the pencil in Procreate, especially when you hold it at a low angle. Is Linea better? Think the pencil in Apple Notes is close to perfect would love that one as a template in a drawing app.
I hear ya.... Subscribed to this thread in the hopes your question gets answered.
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