I'm a signmaker / graphic designer who needs to create vector drawings on DRAW X7 and just picked up an iPad pro and Apple Pencil which I am trying to integrate into my tool/skill arsenal. So far I have only tried 2 apps but neither seem to be making vector paths (Adobe Draw and Adobe Sketch). I am finding them awesome for sketching but clunky in how it seems to be able to only save my creations as .png format which I've only been able to get into Corel by saving to something called AdobeCC (creative cloud) then downloading onto the ipad so I can ultimately email them to myself. I gather that if one was using actual Adobe Illustrator the files on CC would be importable as editable vectors, but I'm a Corel guy so what's my workaround(s)?
Thanks!
Thanks for that, I will look at iDraw. Do you use it? When it creates a PDF is it actually saving vector paths or a bitmap image? Adobe's vector apps that I tried say they will save vectors but in practice that is ONLY if you have a licensed copy of Illustrator on a workstation which can sync with Adobe Creative Cloud. Corel needs this!!!
But there's good news - since I first asked this question I downloaded an app called Procreate which is turning out to be an awesome drawing tool that, despite being limited to solely outputting as bitmap, has made the drawing experience so creative and much fun that I can see it becoming a huge part of my toolset. Working with Apple's iPencil is so completely different than Corel's node to node routines that has me coming at design is whole new ways. I mean you literally draw with this thing like it's a pen (or pencil, or brush, or airbrush, or eraser, etc) which you can totally customize to the need at hand. It's really like working in PhotoPaint but being able to use your finger (stylus) directly on the screen with no latency. I'm kinda blown away actually :)
Sure it isn't vector, but it's so liberating that I'm resigned to the concept of using Trace to convert things to paths when needed. The Trace utility in Corel so good since X7 that I can live with it till something better comes along. Another plus that makes Trace viable when necessary is that Procreate makes a sufficiently large enough source file for Trace to get very good results, whether it's solid line work or well shaded illustrations. Here are a couple examples of me experimenting with Procreate's tools, and different file settings to send and trace. I can see me using this a LOT more in the future. In fact, it's a game changer.
That's pretty cool! A lot of times I just draw bold outlines on paper, scan, then color them in Draw. As for iDraw, it export genuine vector files, so you can import and tweak them as if they were native Corel. You might want to try the Apple Pencil with iDraw. It may give you the same effect, but without having to re-trace later. https://graphic.com/ipad/