Adobe Ideas 1.0 for iPad is Just What the Designer Ordered
04.12.2010
It’s true, Adobe Ideas 1.0 is much more than a sketch pad for the iPad. This little jewel of an app is free and it makes a big splash!
Think of this – you’re at a client meeting outside your office. Your client expresses some ideas about their new branding. You whip out your iPad, open up Adobe Ideas 1.0, and start sketching out your client’s ideas. In vector format. With your finger. That’s right. Every motion you make with your finger renders into a smooth line with editable vector points. Drawing and photo layers are separate, like in Photoshop, and you can even sketch on top of photos from your photo library! Sketches can be duplicated easily so you can create multiple versions of the same idea.
But, you may ask, what shall I do with a vector graphic file on my iPad? Well, email it to yourself in PDF format, of course, so you can edit the file on your iMac in Illustrator or Photoshop when you get back to the office.
“Holy moly, are you serious?” you may ask. Yes. Yes I am. When I opened Adobe Ideas 1.0 on my iPad, I almost had a heart attack. I couldn’t believe how incredibly feature packed this little app is. This is what designers have been waiting for.
I couldn’t manage to get the color schemes working properly, but I have to say – for free, Adobe Ideas 1.0 is worth it. With a few more features, like a properly working color scheme generator, and the ability to import the swatches into CS4 on my iMac, I would pay good money for an app like this.
Good work, Adobe! You have a winning idea here!
