Autodesk SketchBook
- Autodesk Inc.
- Free +
+Contains in-app purchases
May require certain hardware. See System Requirements for details.
Description
Autodesk SketchBook is the drawing app made for everyone who makes sketching a part of their daily routine. This includes creative professionals, aspiring artists, and anyone who loves drawing. With SketchBook, drawing and painting isn't about complicated software. It feels like a natural creative experience - as close to pencil, pen, marker, and brush as a digital tool can be.
SketchBook is as easy to start with as a pencil and piece of paper. Take out your favorite Windows 10 device, open a canvas, and let your creativity flow. SketchBook has a powerful brush engine, with over 140 preset brushes (or an infinite combination of custom brushes) that perform exactly as you expect. Ink feels fluid and smooth, synthetic brushes blend colors in a natural way, and texture brushes mimic natural media.
With SketchBook, you work with layers in a natural way, build a color palette with the HSL/RGB sliders or the color wheel, and export your drawing as a flat image for sharing online or as a layered PSD to prepare for the next step of your workflow.
SketchBook is designed with stylus and touch input in mind. Every pixel of the interface is made to stay out of your way and keep you in the creative zone. Work with unlimited layers, unlimited undo/redo, autosave, and canvas sizes up to 10,000 by 10,000 pixels.
A SketchBook Pro subscription is a simple way to ensure you get the best SketchBook experience on all your devices. As a subscriber, you get every new feature, every update, every tool, and the ability to use SketchBook on any device for as long as your subscription is active. Buy it here in the Windows Store, and your SketchBook account will unlock the Pro tools on all your other devices. To get you started, SketchBook includes a free mode with one layer and a limited toolset.
Whether you draw for fun or work, sketch ideas on the fly, or create beautiful illustrations and concepts, SketchBook is the drawing app for you.
Features
· Natural drawing experience, easy-to-learn toolset, and clean interface designed to maximize your drawing space
· Canvas sizes up to 10,000 by 10,000
· Unlimited undo stack – undo back to your first brushstroke
· Brush and color controls collapse into convenient pucks for instant access
· Unlimited layers (Pro exclusive)
· Over 140 preset brushes with full brush customization and brush set import/export. (Pro exclusive)
· Copic Color Library with 300+ preset colors from the Copic Color System, with the ability to create custom color sets and access complementary colors (Pro exclusive)
· Fill tool with solid, linear gradient, and radial gradient fill (Pro exclusive)
· Ruler and symmetry tools, including radial and X and Y axis symmetry (Pro exclusive)
· All new Stroke Stabilizer tool for perfectly smooth lines, even when your lines are less than perfect (Pro exclusive)
· Access all Pro features across all your devices (Pro exclusive)
Available on

PC
Version notes
Version number: 1.7.0.0
VERSION 1.7 – THE ONE ABOUT DISTORT, COLOR ADJUSTMENT, AND TEXT TOOL: This update adds the ability to distort images, adjust color, and add text to your artwork in SketchBook for Windows 10. You can easily distort your image layers to fix perspective and proportions. You can now adjust colors with HSL sliders on a layer by layer basis. We also added the Text tool with the ability to distort, rotate, and flip text.
VERSION 1.6 – THE ONE ABOUT THE COPIC® COLOR LIBRARY: This update brings the Copic Color Library to SketchBook for Windows 10. SketchBook is the only place to find the official Copic Color Library in digital drawing software. You will find a perfect color match to the professional artists’ marker of choice, and a complete palette of colors for both the illustration and design sets. SketchBook will also recommend a complementary color for the Copic color selected. To access the Copic Color Library, tap the square (UI Toggle) icon at the right of the toolbar and select Copic Color.
We’ve also added copy and paste, so you can select a layer or area within a layer, then copy and paste. Simply stated, simply used.
As always, we squashed a few bugs to make your drawing experience more stable. Thanks for drawing with SketchBook – tell a friend!
VERSION 1.5.2 - Bug fixes
VERSION 1.5.1 - Bug fixes
Features
- Natural drawing experience, easy-to-learn toolset, and clean interface designed to maximize your drawing space
- Canvas sizes up to 10,000 by 10,000
- Unlimited undo stack – undo back to your first brushstroke
- Brush and color controls collapse into convenient pucks for instant access
- Unlimited layers (Pro exclusive)
- Over 140 preset brushes with full brush customization and brush set import/export. (Pro exclusive)
- Copic Color Library with 300+ preset colors from the Copic Color System, with the ability to create custom color sets and access complementary colors (Pro exclusive)
- Fill tool with solid, linear gradient, and radial gradient fill (Pro exclusive)
- Ruler and symmetry tools, including radial and X and Y axis symmetry (Pro exclusive)
- All new Stroke Stabilizer tool for perfectly smooth lines, even when your lines are less than perfect (Pro exclusive)
- Access all Pro features across all your devices (Pro exclusive)
- PixelSense™ display on Surface Studio and support for the Surface Dial
System Requirements
Minimum | |
OS | Windows 10 |
Architecture | x64 |
Touch | Not specified |
Bluetooth | Not specified |
Notes | Not specified |
Recommended | |
OS | Windows 10 |
Architecture | x64 |
Touch | Integrated Touch |
Bluetooth | Integrated Bluetooth |
Notes | Windows 10 x64 (Intel 64-bit) processor |
Additional info
Published by
Autodesk Inc.
©2017 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Autodesk Inc.
©2017 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Approximate download size
55.34 MB
55.34 MB
Category
Entertainment
Entertainment
- Age rating
This app can
Access your Internet connection
Access your home or work networks
Access your Internet connection
Access your home or work networks
In-app purchases
Free - $29.99
Free - $29.99
Installation
Get this app while signed in to your Microsoft account and install on up to ten Windows 10 devices.
Get this app while signed in to your Microsoft account and install on up to ten Windows 10 devices.
Language supported
English (United States)
Deutsch (Deutschland)
Español (España, Alfabetización Internacional)
Français (France)
Italiano (Italia)
日本語 (日本)
한국어(대한민국)
Português (Brasil)
Русский (Россия)
中文(中华人民共和国)
中文(香港特別行政區)
中文(台灣)
English (United States)
Deutsch (Deutschland)
Español (España, Alfabetización Internacional)
Français (France)
Italiano (Italia)
日本語 (日本)
한국어(대한민국)
Português (Brasil)
Русский (Россия)
中文(中华人民共和国)
中文(香港特別行政區)
中文(台灣)
Additional terms
Autodesk SketchBook privacy policy
Autodesk SketchBook license terms
Terms of use: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=21310328
Autodesk SketchBook privacy policy
Autodesk SketchBook license terms
Terms of use: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=21310328
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Rating:4/5
10/10/2017
Luke
PC
Getting better, but still no parity with "desktop" app.
Definitely my #1 most-used app on my Surface. However, I'm not sure why this one has so few features. It's even missing some customization that the free Android app has. Autodesk, please enable features across all platforms, the inconsistencies are frustrating and sabotage your app's usefulness.
41 out of 42 people found this helpful.
Rating:1/5
3/29/2017
Chase
PC
Has Potential, Subscription Ruins It
Without subscription you get less features than MSPaint. Would very much like to use this program for in-depth doodling, but I don't want a money drain for something casual.
38 out of 40 people found this helpful.
Rating:2/5
6/6/2017
Anna
PC
Free version is gimped, compared to the mobile versions
The brushes and the interface are very pleasant to work with. Not too buggy, either. However, the lack of layers in the free Win10 version is awful. I've used the free iOS and Android versions before, and both supported layers. Also, the lack of a one-time purchase option is obnoxious.
58 out of 63 people found this helpful.
Rating:2/5
7/28/2017
Brandon
PC
I love the phone app.
I loved the phone app. Pay one time and get all the missing tools I need but this monthly or yearly thing just isn't going to work with me. I hated illustrator for this and now you guys do this on PC. I'll pay one time but for me to keep having to pay for features I already have on my phone other then one or two other features is worthless. I get you guys want money and you can't make as much from one time purchases. It simply isn't worth it right now. Maybe if you had more features or gave that one time option at a high price I might reconsider the desktop version.
22 out of 22 people found this helpful.
Rating:3/5
5/27/2017
spencer
PC
hmm
I like that you keep updating the application and adding new features.. but I am still disappointed in the fact that very basic things (like the copic color library that I've seen on the android and ios apps) are not universally available..i really do enjoy this application, but I feel as if its still missing something
Developer comment · Autodesk Inc. responded on 6/22/2017
48 out of 53 people found this helpful.
Rating:2/5
8/26/2017
Unknown
PC
I used to love it so much
I used to use this app so much on my apple computer, but ever since I've switched to my Microsoft laptop, I've only been having problems. I can't even zoom in unless I use touch-screen. I can't post any pictures anywhere because the app uses the wrong document, and I can't even put brushes into it anymore. The text option was a life saver back then. I used to love you guys so much, especially the pro version. Please fix it so others can enjoy it as well.
21 out of 22 people found this helpful.
Rating:4/5
3/21/2017
Connor
PC
Problems very evident
This is a good app, don't get me wrong, but there are so many flaws! For example, why can't you pan up and down? That makes more sense then just zooming that way! Also, the "Fill Tool" is only available to subscribers?! WHAT? And it's so easy to get by, as well! Just use another photo editor to get the fill tool! I mean, the subscription is still worth it, with all the brushes and making it easier, but why the fill tool?
38 out of 42 people found this helpful.
Rating:1/5
8/31/2017
Unknown
PC
Why is there a monthly cost?
I really like the app and would love to use the extra features I just cannot wrap my mind around why you would charge yearly for a drawing app. I would pay the $30 to own the app with it's features but I would not pay the $30 each year for it.
47 out of 53 people found this helpful.
Rating:1/5
3/17/2017
Wes
PC
Needs a perpetual license
Has great features and tools but come on Autodesk don't try and force me into a subscription. I can appreciate you having the option because there are great consumer benefits to it as well but it's not for me! I would gladly just pay for updates as you release them as is traditional and have not seen you suffer as a company from offering this option. Now I'm just going to go elsewhere. I love your product but treat us with a little more respect then that.
65 out of 75 people found this helpful.
Rating:2/5
2/17/2017
ABYSS
PC
Subscription
I used this on my Samsung Note and loved it and I even bought the extra stuff for it. However, now, they say I have to pay a subscription just to use. That's a definite no. I would probably pay a one time fee for this app but I would never do a subscription. It's a decent app I suppose but Ill never know for sure.
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