Artstudio Pro 1.0 for iOS – New Painting App – Available Now At 40% Off

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Artstudio iconDecember 13, 2017 in Photo and Video (E) – [prMac.com] Lodz, Poland – Lucky Clan today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of Artstudio Pro 1.0 for iOS, the successor to their famous ArtStudio app. Pro version has been completely redesigned, bringing many new features and improvements taking full advantage of the latest technologies like Metal, iCloud Drive, Apple Pencil, and optimized for 64-bit multi-core processors to achieve the smoothest possible workflow.

Hundreds of assets are included and users have the ability to import resources in the most popular formats (ABR, TPL, PAT, GRD, ASE, ACO) giving instant access to millions of brushes, patterns, gradients, color swatches and fonts. It will boost your creativity and help you bring your ideas to life quickly and easily.

  • New engine – The powerful GPU accelerated ArtEngine developed by Lucky Clan is 5-10 times faster than the previous engine. It allows working with multiple documents, supports large canvas sizes and an unlimited number of layers. Incredible optimization ensures smooth work even with large canvases:
  • Multiple open documents
    Canvas size: 64Mpix (iPad Air 2 or newer, iPhone 6s or newer), 48Mpix (older devices)
  • Unlimited layers
  • 27 tools: Move, Select, Crop, Eyedropper, Paint, Wet Paint, Eraser, Bucket/Pattern/Gradient Fill, Smudge, Dodge, Burn, Sponge, Text, Heal, Clone, and more

Flexible layer system – Artstudio Pro introduces a new layer system with grouping, non-destructive layer effects, and adjustment layers:

  • Groups
  • Masks, clipping masks

13 adjustment layers: Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Curves, Exposure/Gamma, Shadows/Highlights, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Temperature/Tint, Black and White and more
* 9 layer effects: Bevel/Emboss, Stroke, Inner Shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Color/Gradient/Pattern Overlay, Drop Shadow
* 27 blending modes
* Text layers
* Transform multiple layers simultaneously

Advanced Brush engine – Perfectly optimized, lag free mechanism generating smooth, real looking strokes, making the most of Apple Pencil:

  • Brush size up to 4000×4000
  • 64-bit painting with pattern, double stamp, wet brush, dynamics
  • Brush editor with 80 customizable settings
  • Over 100 built-in brushes divided into a few groups: Painting, Sketching, Markers, Inking, Dots & Specks, and more
  • Symmetric painting with custom symmetry line

Professional Photo Editor – Photo editing options developed in cooperation with professional photographers. Each feature was tested in several scenarios and light conditions:

  • 13 adjustments available as non-destructive layer or simple adjustment (list above)
  • 4 auto adjustments: Auto Contrast, Levels, Lightness, Saturation
  • Dozens of filters with realtime preview and the ability to generate seamless patterns
  • Inpaint function
  • Retouching tools: Heal, Dodge, Burn, Sponge and more
  • Image resize with 5 interpolations: Nearest, Linear, Cubic Smooth, Cubic Sharp, and Cubic Sharper
  • Crop using special tool, crop from selection, trim transparent areas

Full iCloud integration:

  • Save and load images on iCloud Drive or local disk
  • View, load, share, delete, move documents in internal gallery or iOS Files app
  • Sort documents into folders

Import/Export – We have implemented many parsers from the most popular assets/images formats and we are especially proud of our ABR/TPL parser which not only reads brush stamps and patterns, but also most settings which are converted to Artstudio Pro brush engine values:

Import:

  • Images – PNG, JPEG, PSD, HEIC, TIFF
  • Brushes – ABR, TPL
  • Color swatches – ASE, ACO
  • Patterns – PAT
  • Gradients – GRD
  • Fonts – TTF, OTF

Export:

  • Images – PNG, JPEG, PSD, TIFF

Other features:

  • Screen recording
  • All features available on both iPad and iPhone
  • Selection displayed as marching ants, quick mask or invisible
  • Snapping to guidelines, dynamic guidelines, grid
  • Canvas rotation
  • Support of iPad Drag and Drop, Split View, Sharing Extension, Open In, Clipboard

Language Support:

  • US English

Device Requirements :

  • iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
  • iOS 10.0 or higher
  • Universal Application
  • 76 MB

Pricing and Availability:

Artstudio Pro 1.0 is currently $6.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category. Promo codes are available to members of the press. For more information, please contact Sylwester Los.

About Lucky Clan

Located in Lodz, Poland, the Lucky Clan team is an independent software company founded by Sylwester Los in March of 2010. With a focus on the iOS and macOS platform, Lucky’s mission is to provide their customers with the highest quality, reliability and compatibility with every device produced by Apple. Their flagship app, ArtStudio, has become one of the most popular tools for drawing, painting, and photo editing for iPhone and iPad. Copyright (C) 2017 Lucky Clan. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.