10 Must-Have Apps For Graphic Designers To Use On The Go
With the right apps, you can create new work or sketch out ideas no matter where you are so you’ll never miss out on an opportunity. You can also carry on with projects that you started in the studio, making working on a smartphone or device easy and convenient while you’re out. Take a look at our list of the most awesome apps for graphic designers to use on the go and download your favourite now.
Paper by FiftyThree
Get here: iOS free
This great iPad graphic design app has five main tools that help you express your ideas without the distraction of unneeded options. The sketch, write, draw, outline and colour tools make it easy to create anything from an initial sketch to a mockup or finished artwork and you can also use helpful preset templates to get your ideas off to a great start.
myPANTONE
Get here: iOS $9.99 Android $7.99
myPANTONE help you easily extract colour palettes from images or create them yourself from Pantone’s database of 13,000 colours that can be easily referenced around the world. You can automatically create harmonious palettes or put shades together yourself and save them for later. You can also share your palettes by emailing them in two different formats or uploading them to the myPANTONE shareing website.
Adobe Illustrator Draw
Get here: iOS free
Adboe Illustrator Draw has great vector drawing tools and options that make it a brilliant app for graphic designers. Thre are customisable pens, 10 drawing layers and lots of ways to make adjustments. In addition you can export your vectors to Illustrator on your desktop or use them in Photoshop.
Adobe Photoshop Touch
Get here: iOS $4.99 Android $4.99
Photoshop Touch is the best way to get the options of Photoshop on your phone so you can create new work while you’re on the go. The app contains the main features of Photoshop so you can work on designs and images while you’re not at home or in the studio and then share the finished images.
Design Duet
Get here: iOS $1.99
Design Duet is the perfect accompaniment to Photoshop for when you’re out and about as it connects automatically through Remote Connections. This allows you to preview how your design looks on your device, and changes made to the Photoshop canvas will automatically show up on the app without any windows or menus.
FontBook
Get here: iOS $4.99
FontBook is a repository of over 730,000 typeface samples that can be searched through, layered and moved around. You can search fonts by using criteria such as foundry, designer, genre or stylistic period. This is a great app for graphic designers to use on the go when looking for specific fonts as the library is so vast and its easy to find what you’re searching for.
ArtRage
Get here: iOS $4.99 Android $4.99
This awesome app for graphic designers allows you to have a range of materials such as oils, chalks and watercolour at your fingertips so you can paint and draw right on your device with natural and realistic results. There’s a wide range of settings for each material and other options such as using an image to trace from or converting it into oils.
Brushes Redux
Get here: iOS free
Brushes Redux is a great painting app that has a huge range of brushes, simulated pressure and adjustable brush settings and in addition allows you to create up to 10 layers with advanced options. This app was built purposefully for iOS and is briliant for drawing, sketching and painting your ideas on the go.
VectorSNAP
Get here: iOS free
VectorSNAP makes it easy to create the perfect vector shapes while you’re on the go. This great graphic design app allows you to snap a photo of any object and turn it into a vector which can be scaled to any size then edited with filters and colours.
Cinamatic
Get here: iOS free
Cinamatic allows you to shoot beautiful short films by recording short clips that come together in a 3 to 60 second motion picture. There’s manual control, time-lapse and slow motion options that help you create an amazing mini movie, plus a large choice of video filters. This is a great app for graphic designers which allows you to capture your ideas and create new work on the go.
