Animation & Drawing by Do Ink2022.3 - App Store

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*** Editor's Choice Award - Children's Technology Review ***

"Probably the best animation iPad app we have had the pleasure of using. Like all the best iPad apps, its simplicity is a key strength. Regardless of your skill level DoInk, with its powerful vector tools, key framing and bezier curve editing should keep you entertained for some time to come." - iPadCreative

"... an easy-to-use, fairly powerful... vector based animation experience for the iPad...If you like to introduce a child to the principles of animation, this app is definitely worth the download." - Children's Technology Review

"... incredible app that brings sophisticated graphic arts tools to any child, anywhere." -Teachers with Apps

"one of those amazing apps that really gets the wheels in their brains turning as they try to master this powerful animating tool... for a movie... or presentation at school-be it science or history - Mindleap Tech

Key Features & Benefits:
. easy-to-use, yet powerful vector drawing tools
. simple enough for doodlers, with advanced features for skilled artists
. flipbook-style animating - great for beginning animators
. keyframe animating - graduate to powerful animation techniques
. drag your finger to create motions paths - easy to make sophisticated animations
. make H.264 movies & PNG images - view on your iPad or save to the camera roll
. extensive collection of reusable art "props" (static and animated)
. extensive documentation embedded in the app

Drawing Editor:
. create frame-by-frame animations or single-frame vector artwork
. powerful vector-based drawing tools, with automatic curve smoothing
. paint brush, pen, pencil, and fill tools for freehand drawing
. geometric shape tools (rectangles, ellipses, polygons, stars, flower shapes)
. transform/scale/rotate/arrange tools
. advanced bezier shape editing
. custom color palette
. gradients colors
. drawing layers
. rotoscoping: draw or trace over images and videos
. grouped shapes
. two-finger pan and zoom for precise drawing
. frame "ghosting"
. snap-to-grid, snap-to-paths, snap-to-points

Composition Editor:
. drag & drop your drawings to place on canvas
. easy-to-use key-framing for timing, position, rotation and scale
. intuitive timeline (similar to iMovie or GarageBand)
. nest compositions within compositions for complex animation effects
. opacity
. adjustable frame rates, up to 30 fps

Export Options:
. animations rendered in H.264 on your iPad
. drawings rendered to PNG format
. save to the Camera Roll for easy sharing to YouTube, e-mail, etc.
. Support for HD (16 x 9), standard definition (4 x 3), and square (1 x 1) aspect ratios

Created by the team behind www.doink.com, an animation site of 400,000 users worldwide who created 2 million pieces of art, the Green Screen by DoInk app, featured in iTunes as a "Best New App in Education" and Doink Express app for creating animated clips using photos, drawings, art "props", animations and sound.

Please send any suggestions and/or feedback to support@doink.com

Art by Priscilla Alpaugh Cotter http://www.priscillaalpaugh.com

Version History • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

We value your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to get in touch! And our usual friendly reminder… positive reviews in the App Store really help, so if you’re loving the app, please take a minute to let people know how you feel. We really appreciate your support! 2022.3 11/29/2022 • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

We value your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to get in touch! And our usual friendly reminder… positive reviews in the App Store really help, so if you’re loving the app, please take a minute to let people know how you feel. We really appreciate your support! 2022.2 11/11/2022 • Fixed user interface issues when running on iPadOS 16.

We value your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to get in touch! And our usual friendly reminder… positive reviews in the App Store really help, so if you’re loving the app, please take a minute to let people know how you feel. We really appreciate your support! 2022.1 10/25/2022 • Lightened some of the dark mode UI colors.

We value your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to get in touch! And our usual friendly reminder… positive reviews in the App Store really help, so if you’re loving the app, please take a minute to let people know how you feel. We really appreciate your support! 2020.2 11/07/2020 New in version 2020.1:
• Support for dark mode.
• Improved UI graphics.

We value your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to get in touch! And our usual friendly reminder… positive reviews in the App Store really help, so if you’re loving the app, please take a minute to let people know how you feel. We really appreciate your support! 2020.1 05/18/2020 New in version 4.5.4:
• Restored the missing checkerboard pattern in the drawing editor under iOS 12.
• Fixed a bug that made it difficult to use the buttons at the top of the drawing editor's layers popover.

We value your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to get in touch! And our usual friendly reminder… positive reviews in the App Store really help, so if you’re loving the app, please take a minute to let people know how you feel. We really appreciate your support! 4.5.4 10/16/2018 Fixes a crash when saving to the Camera Roll on iOS 11. Also fixed: user interface layout issues in some of the settings panels. 4.5.3 05/02/2018 • iOS 11 support.
• Enable Apple Pencil on all iPad Pro models.

New in version 4.5:
• Export all frames in a drawing sequence to the Photo Library or to a GZIP archive in a single operation.
• Export drawing sequences as SVG files.
• Export to and import from more locations using standard iOS activity views.

Please enjoy! 4.5.2 09/15/2017 • Multi-frame drawing sequences are now exported to the Photo Library in PNG format, with transparency.
• More bugs fixed.

New in version 4.5:
• Export all frames in a drawing sequence to the Photo Library or to a GZIP archive in a single operation.
• Export drawing sequences as SVG files.
• Export to and import from more locations using standard iOS activity views.

Please enjoy! 4.5.1 07/25/2017 • Export all frames in a drawing sequence to the Photo Library or to a GZIP archive in a single operation.
• Export drawing sequences as SVG files.
• Export to and import from more locations using standard iOS activity views.

Please enjoy! 4.5 05/08/2017 • Bug fixes and support for iOS 10.

New in version 4.4:
• Support for Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity to create variable-width brush strokes.
• Improved palm rejection with Apple Pencil.

Please enjoy! 4.4.2 09/22/2016 • Fixed a crash in the brush tool on iPads running iOS 8. Sorry about that!

New in version 4.4:
• Support for Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity to create variable-width brush strokes.
• Improved palm rejection with Apple Pencil.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

Enjoy! 4.4.1 04/11/2016 • Support for Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity to create variable-width brush strokes.
• Improved palm rejection with Apple Pencil.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

Enjoy! 4.4 04/04/2016 Bug fixes and various other improvements, including support for iCloud Photo Library. 4.3 12/21/2015 Rotoscoping! Draw or trace over images and videos in the drawing editor. The new asset layers tool lets you use images and videos as drawing templates. In addition, you can now designate inactive "scratch" layers in the drawing editor, making it easy to sketch out a rough draft of a drawing or animation, and then non-destructively draw over it to produce the finished artwork.

New in version 4.1:
• Save your Animation & Drawing projects to Dropbox or Google Drive, and import them back into the app at any time. This is a great way to archive your projects and to share them with others.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

If you like Animation & Drawing by Do Ink, please take a couple of minutes and give us a good review. As an indie app developer, great word-of-mouth recommendations mean the world to us. Thanks for your support! 4.2 04/08/2015 Another bug fix!

New in version 4.1:
• Save your Animation & Drawing projects to Dropbox or Google Drive, and import them back into the app at any time. This is a great way to archive your projects and to share them with others.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

If you like Animation & Drawing by Do Ink, please take a couple of minutes and give us a good review. As an indie app developer, great word-of-mouth recommendations mean the world to us. Thanks for your support! 4.1.1 03/13/2015 New in this version:
• Save your Animation & Drawing projects to Dropbox or Google Drive, and import them back into the app at any time. This is a great way to archive your projects and to share them with others.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

If you like Animation & Drawing by Do Ink, please take a couple of minutes and give us a good review. As an indie app developer, great word-of-mouth recommendations mean the world to us. Thanks for your support! 4.1 02/26/2015 Bug fixes!

New in version 4:

Version 4.0 is a major update that features an improved user interface, tons of new drawing and animation tools, better performance, and iOS 8 compatibility.

Here are just some of the highlights:
• a new gallery view, where you'll find and manage all of your artwork
• a long list of new tools in the drawing editor, including shape outlines, gradient colors, transparency, layers, groups, a pen tool, a pencil tool, snap-to-grid/points/paths, and more
• numerous improvements in the composition editor, including an improved UI, support for different aspect ratios, and the ability to edit composition paths
• extensive in-app documentation 4.0.3 01/15/2015 More bug fixes!

New in version 4:

Version 4.0 is a major update that features an improved user interface, tons of new drawing and animation tools, better performance, and iOS 8 compatibility.

Here are just some of the highlights:
• a new gallery view, where you'll find and manage all of your artwork
• a long list of new tools in the drawing editor, including shape outlines, gradient colors, transparency, layers, groups, a pen tool, a pencil tool, snap-to-grid/points/paths, and more
• numerous improvements in the composition editor, including an improved UI, support for different aspect ratios, and the ability to edit composition paths
• extensive in-app documentation 4.0.2 12/15/2014 This release contains bug fixes and performance improvements (including a faster fill tool in the drawing editor).

New in the previous release:

Version 4.0 is a major update that features an improved user interface, tons of new drawing and animation tools, better performance, and iOS 8 compatibility.

Here are just some of the highlights:
• a new gallery view, where you'll find and manage all of your artwork
• a long list of new tools in the drawing editor, including shape outlines, gradient colors, transparency, layers, groups, a pen tool, a pencil tool, snap-to-grid/points/paths, and more
• numerous improvements in the composition editor, including an improved UI, support for different aspect ratios, and the ability to edit composition paths
• extensive in-app documentation 4.0.1 11/26/2014 Version 4.0 is a major update that features an improved user interface, tons of new drawing and animation tools, better performance, and iOS 8 compatibility.

Here are just some of the highlights:
• a new gallery view, where you'll find and manage all of your artwork
• a long list of new tools in the drawing editor, including shape outlines, gradient colors, transparency, layers, groups, a pen tool, a pencil tool, snap-to-grid/points/paths, and more
• numerous improvements in the composition editor, including an improved UI, support for different aspect ratios, and the ability to edit composition paths
*Extensive documentation embedded in the app 4.0 11/04/2014 • Set the number of ghost frames in the drawing editor.
• Bug fixes and stability enhancements.
• All the great new features from version 3.0, including photo imports and text!

If you like DoInk and would like to see more updates, please give us a positive review in iTunes every time an update comes out. Thank you for your support! 3.0.1 03/19/2013 • #1 request of our users: import photos and artwork from your camera roll.
• Add text to your animations.
• Plus, a new and improved user interface.

If you like DoInk and would like to see updates, please give us a positive review in iTunes every time an update comes out. Thank you for your support! 3.0 03/02/2013 PLEASE UPGRADE TO THIS NEW VERSION. We've made some major changes to our back-end infrastructure, and the older versions of Do Ink Animation & Drawing are no longer supported. If you are experiencing problems, please make sure you're running version 2.1.

The new version of Do Ink Animation & Drawing uses new, faster, easier-to-maintain servers to support features such a prop searches (which will now be faster, too!). We have lots more great ideas on how to make Do Ink Animation & Drawing an even better app for creating great animations and drawings, and we can't wait to get those into your hands!

Thanks for your support - we truly appreciate it.

Also in this version:

-iOS 6 compatibility
-#1 Request by our users: Faster prop searches.
-Bug fixes.
-If you like DoInk Animation and Drawing app and would like to see updates, please give us a positive review in iTunes every time an update comes out. Thank you! 2.1 09/25/2012 Stability improvements and bug fixes.

New in version 2.0:

Props! Props are reusable drawings and animation clips that can be incorporated into your own animations. Props let you make great animations even if you aren't a great artist. Search DoInk's extensive prop library, and when you find something you like, add it to your composition with a single tap. What's more, you can make your own reusable props and share them with everyone else!

Version 2.0 also features a revamped project view that makes it much easier to organize and manage your artwork.

If you're enjoying DoInk Animation & Drawing, please take the time to add a Customer Review for this version. We really do appreciate your support! 2.0.2 10/19/2011