Unlike Sketch and Draw, Fresco isn’t free – at least, not for professional use.Īlthough there is a free starter plan, the ‘premium features’ are an in-app purchase, and as with Adobe’s desktop software, it’s a rental system, priced at $9.99/month. Monthly subscription fee to use the premium features The layers system also supports grouping, layer masks, and all of the same blending modes as Photoshop.įresco includes a colour wheel, basic colour adjustments, and a Fill Bucket tool, although early user reviews cite the lack of a quick selection or magic wand tool when colouring line art.įor interoperability with other software, Fresco exports in PSD, PDF and PNG format and will also automatically pull in files from Sketch and Draw, Adobe’s existing drawing apps. Vector and pixel or live brush strokes are kept on separate layers within a document, with the option to do a one-way conversion of a pixel to a raster layer.
There is also a limited range of vector brushes, which Adobe describes as creating “clean, crisp, and infinitely scaleable lines and shapes”. In addition, Fresco has a range of more conventional pixel brushes – according to Adobe, there are “over a thousand” Photoshop brushes – including sets replicating dry media like pencil and pastel, ink and marker. Its Live Brushes system draws on Sensei, Adobe’s machine learning system, to recreate the behaviour of real oil and watercolour paint.Īdobe describes the software as “replicat organic interactions” between pigments and paper, mimicking the surface texture and blending and drying behaviours of physical paints. The app combines AI-driven natural media paint effects with pixel and vector brushes, making it possible to create a range of illustrations and concept art.īlending AI-driven natural media effects with raster and vector toolsįirst announced at Adobe MAX last year, alongside a new version of Photoshop CC for iPad, Fresco – then codenamed Project Gemini – combines Photoshop’s brush engine with new natural media functionality. Scroll down for news of the 1.9 update.Īdobe has released Fresco 1.0, its new digital drawing and painting tool for iPad.
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