AMT Lab @ CMU: Adobe Creative Cloud’s Photoshop Sketch is a mobile and tablet app that allows users to create expressive, digital drawings on the go. Artworks are created through the use of “natural” tools, such as pens, pencils, markers, and watercolor brushes, which are designed to interact naturally with the digital canvas to mirror the texture and blending effects rendered when working on paper.
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I always love discovering new ways to make art more accessible. Oftentimes, art is perceived to be lofty and esoteric. It is constrained to a studio, with canvases, paints, pencils, charcoals, and other 'natural' materials. As such, the general populace sees art as elite, something they can appreciate but will never be able to obtain for themselves. Programs like Adobe Photoshop Sketch and other drawing apps make sketching and studio-style art far more accessible. Instead of investing in materials that are insanely expensive (Looking at you, Winsor & Newton Gouache). Further, Included in the app with Photoshop Sketch’s drawing capabilities is access to Adobe’s online gallery of existing documents for inspiration, tutorials and guides, included in the app is access to Adobe’s online gallery of existing documents for inspiration, tutorials and guides. As such, even if one has never drawn before, they can learn how to directly from the app! Overall, Photoshop Sketch a great tool for both the novice user who wants to experiment with drawing in digital formats or the advanced creator working on a complex design.
I have many mixed feelings about the brand Adobe. I personally have. Subscription to for the company and many jobs require Photoshop skills. However, I think it’s unfair how expensive Adobe Creative Cloud is because it is a fabulous platform for creatives to use. I love that they have made it compatible with more mobile devices and are heading to an easier and more user friendly interface. Still, it’s so expensive that it’s not a viable option for most people. I know that you used to be able to buy the apps individually. Now, you have to have a subscription that at it’s cheapest is still $10 a month. Another thing, these apps are constantly updating and changing meaning that you have to constantly keep learning how to use the program. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it requires a lot of personal and monetary investment. Basically, Adobe has created a monopoly and domain over the art of digital art and editing.
This article made me initially very excited, as I thought there was a great new app out there for me to try. Then I actually read the article. Adobe Photoshop Sketch seems like it essentially just another basic drawing app to use on the go, except it requires an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. It honestly seems kind of unnecessary, since there are so many free alternatives out there. I’d say the only pro to Adobe Photoshop Sketch, compared to its competitors like Autodesk Sketchbook, would be that you can export your files in photoshop (or other formats) and easily open them later on your computer. This makes it easy to transfer your work between your mobile device and your computer, which is not always possible with other sketching apps. Overall, however, the pros do not outweigh the cons. You need a Creative Cloud subscription to use the app, and not the cheap $10 a month one—the full suite subscription ($20 a month with a school discount—$53 a month normally). If you’re already an avid Adobe user then yes, this app seems great, but for literally anyone else it seems unnecessary.
I’ve played around with a lot of digital drawing programs and apps over the last few years. I tend to like drawing digitally on my iPad because it allows me to only need to carry around one thing while having the ability to use a wide range of many different tools, plus buying all the different kinds of paints, brushes, etc. in real life can get really expensive, as they don’t last as long. It also gives you many options like filters, masks, and the life saving ‘Undo’ button, that traditional drawing doesn’t. You can also produce multiple copies of the same piece, so as long as you have the file, you could make an infinite number of them. So far, my favorite has been ArtStudio, but I’m always looking for more programs to test out. Since I have an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription, I think I might try and see how I like the program sometime soon.
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