Microsoft Garage's SketchPal combines modern inking with classic layers

The Microsoft Garage provides a space for Microsoft employees to create and grow projects. Microsoft Launcher is probably the Microsoft Garage'southward best-known success story, but it has a broad range of apps and projects in it. Now, the Microsoft Garage has released another projection, SketchPal, a sketching app that focuses on using touch on and pen inputs to create artwork. The app is bachelor for costless through the Microsoft Shop starting today.

Arcadio Garcia, the man behind SketchPal, announced the app's availability and shared some insights regarding the app on Twitter. Ane of his Tweets emphasizes how SketchPal focuses on impact and pen input.

SketchPal is an attempt at creating a dissimilar feel tailored for small devices that support both touch and pen input. It doesn't try to check all the boxes in a feature list or compete direct with whatsoever existing app.
— Arcadio "HalloWin32" García 🎃 (@arcadio_g_s) Oct 10, 2022

Garcia points out that SketchPal works well with smaller Windows 10 devices like the Surface Become and will also fit naturally on the upcoming Surface Neo. The app has a reference fashion that makes it easy to have a reference epitome next to a sketch. That way was inspired past Garcia trying out a dual-screen device.

In terms of features, SketchPal supports bear on, pen, tilt support for pens, Surface Dial integration, and support for multiple screens.

SketchPal

This sketching app supports impact, pen, tilt support with pens, and the Surface Dial. It'due south aimed at giving artists an like shooting fish in a barrel fashion to sketch on the become.

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