

To be fair, cramming 30 years of features into a completely different user interface is no small feat, and Adobe understandably wants to make sure it takes the time to do them right for iPad users, rather than simply trying to replicate the clunkier desktop UI, but in the meantime, it seems a great many photographers are still going to need to rely on a Mac or PC for any heavy photo editing. In that respect, Photoshop for iPad has been a definite win for many users, but despite frequent updates over the past few months, it’s still a long way away from delivering the same features as its desktop counterpart. Unfortunately, when Adobe actually released Photoshop for iPad last year, it turned out to be a mere shadow of what many had been hoping for it seems that when Adobe said “real” Photoshop it simply meant that the iPad version would share the exact same code-base as the desktop version, making it possible to seamlessly round-trip files between both with no conversion of loss of information. Corner points have square indicators.When Adobe announced two years ago that a “full version” of Photoshop would be coming to the iPad, many photography enthusiasts got excited about the prospect of using Apple’s high-end tablets for a complete end-to-end photographic workflow. Smooth points create curves and have round indicators. Select your path with the Direct Selection tool to work with the anchor points and curve handles. Tap and drag on an end point to continue drawing a pathĭraw then pause briefly to create a corner point and change directionĬorner Points and Smooth Points in Illustrator on the iPad In my tutorial I set the smoothing to 6 for a combination of smoothness and accuracy. A smoothing level of 10 will create very rounded curves. On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 is the least smoothing, and will more accurately follow your hand movements on the iPad. Change the smoothing level before you start drawing.

In a nutshell: The Illustrator Pencil tool lays down anchor points as you draw freehand.

Watch the video above, or keep reading for everything you need to know about drawing freehand in Adobe Illustrator on the iPad!
