I'm Danny Gregory from Sketchbook Skool
here with 10 tips to help you make
drawing on the iPad easier and more fun
first here's a quick way to color in a line drawing
Simply touch the color picker and drag down your selection
till you can drop it into your drawing
instantly it's colored in!
here's a quick trick to change the color of every element on a layer
first select your new color from the picker
add a new layer right above the one you want to change
fill the layer by dragging down the color from the picker
tap the layer thumbnail and select clipping mask
the whole layer changes instantly
here's a shortcut for changing colors and then changing back
first select your second color from the palette
to change back simply tap and hold the color picker again
Pow! The previous color loads again ready to go
no need to reopen your palette and search for it
let's make a copy of one element on a layer
use the selection tool to isolate the content you want to duplicate
then swipe down with three fingers
and a dialog box will appear
select copy and paste
a copy of your selection appears
pasted on its own layer
and ready to move around
here's a shortcut for isolating one part of a layer
and quickly pasting it on a separate one
again use the selection tool to pick the element
then swipe down with three fingers
this time select 'cut and paste'
the element has instantly moved down to its own separate layer
easy peasy
if you want to draw a straight line
you don't need a ruler
first draw a line that's sort of, kind of straight
before you release the pen, hold for a second.
the line will automatically snap straight
snap!
drawing a perfect circle is super hard
but not with this simple trick
again hold at the end of your drawing
and your shape will snap into an oval
Now take your other hand and hold on the screen
your line snaps to a perfect circle
let's try drawing a square
kind of wonky
but as you hold at the end of the line,
it snaps into a rectangle
hold with your other hand
and the shape snaps to a square
let's say you have elements
on a separate layer
that you want a shift or effect in the same way
you could move each one independently
and try to match them up
I quickly slide to the right
you can select more than one layer at a time and
then move them all together
so much easier
now let's try taking different layers and grouping them together
while still keeping them as separate elements
quick slide to the right to select each layer
then pick 'group' from the top of the menu
the layers collapse into one group
which can be treated as a unit
want to look at one layer by itself?
instead of clicking all the others on and off individually
just hold down its checkbox
hold it again
and they all reappear
presto!
you have as many erasers to work with
as brushes
use them right
some will give you a hard edge
others will erase more organically
so your edges look natural
choose wisely
here's a quick way to match your brush and your eraser
without having to search through menus of brushes
let's say you're using this one
while you have a different eraser previously selected
that doesn't match
coordinate them by simply holding on the eraser icon
an alert tells you they're matched
your eraser won't look like a mistake
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