Inspire - Paint, Draw & Sketch (Free)
By KiwiPixel
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Description
Try Inspire and you will quickly see that it is a painting app like no other! The key feature is the simulation of wet oil paint on canvas, allowing amazing blending effects with three real kinds of brushes. You will be stunned by what you can do with a dry brush!
Inspire is not a Photoshop clone. It does NOT have layers or a large number of brushes. It does, however, have the BEST color blending capability on the App Store. Whether you're a beginner, expert, or somewhere in between, you will enjoy the simplicity and power of Inspire.
REVIEWS
"...it’s like the other painting apps are kids crayons and this is a proper set of Artists oils. You can almost smell the linseed oil."
- Andy Cook (allaboutiphone.net)
"Hands-down, Inspire is the most addictive and fun painting app available for the iPhone..."
- Michael Essany (theiphoneappreview.com)
"Very enjoyable painting app. The blending feature is awesome... To anyone looking for a similar to Painter painting experience on the iPhone, I strongly recommend Inspire."
- Thierry Schiel (fingerpainted.it)
"One of the greatest features of this app is just how much control you have over what your brush strokes look like and what they actually do to the painting."
- David Hayward (appshouter.com)
"Inspire was one of my favorites out of all the iPhone painting apps I've reviewed so far."
- Sue Chastain (about.com)
FEATURES
Full Retina display support with laser-sharp graphics.
Brushes
- Three realistic paint brushes to choose from: a flat brush, round brush and fan brush.
- Each brush comes in many different sizes and can be rotated a full 360 degrees.
- Brushes can be loaded with different amounts of paint, including no paint at all for a dry brush.
- Amazing paint color blending capabilities with a dry brush. Paint colors can actually be mixed together on the canvas to form new colors.
- A stippling effect can be produced on the canvas by painting stab strokes with repeated taps on the screen.
- The spacing between each application of paint within a brush stroke can be changed.
- The bristles of each brush act independently of each other and are completely randomized in every way, producing natural brush strokes that never look exactly the same.
Painting
- The intuitive painting menu completely disappears when dismissed and rotates to accommodate the current orientation of the device.
- There are 8 hotspots around the edge of the screen that can be tapped to perform commonly used actions quickly and easily.
- 10 levels of undo and redo are available.
- A non-realistic paint mode adds versatility to the brushes, allowing you to draw and sketch as well as paint.
- Choose any paint color you can dream of right away with the natural color picker.
- Transparent paint colors can be chosen to simulate a glazing effect.
- The eye dropper tool can be used to select paint colors that are already on the canvas and can be invoked using a tap and hold gesture.
- The canvas can be moved around and zoomed in and out up to 3200%.
Saving and Exporting
- Paintings are automatically saved in your gallery and easily exported to your Photos.
- Paintings can be sent via email from within the app, attached as uncompressed PNG image files.
- Paintings can be uploaded directly to Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.
- Paintings can be exported at resolutions of up to 6 times the original in both PNG and JPEG formats using the free Inspire Exporter app available for both Windows and Mac OS.
Visit KiwiPixel.com for more screenshots, videos and paintings in the gallery.
What's New in Version 1.0.1
A few bug fixes.
iPhone Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Super
Hab noch nie malen können, jetzt bin ich Künstler : D
Crashed twice ...
During my first painting attempt. Didn't get far into it anyway, but im already turned off by annoying random app shut downs. App removed. Will try a different painting app.
Crashy
App continuously crashes, Understandably this is still an infant app, however, if these issues are not addresses by the next three or four updates, at least to the point where you can actually create something before it closes, then I recommend that people stay clear of this one. Lack of tools is also frustrating, although the sheer size of adjustments to the brushes is admirable.
Ultimately, this app right now is an excellent example of why "function over fashion" should be the staple of anyone in the creative field, if it doesn't work, no one will be impressed with how cool it is.
- Free
- Category: Entertainment
- Updated: 19 February 2012
- Version: 1.0.1
- Size: 21.6 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: KiwiPixel
- © 2012 KiwiPixel
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
