New realistic ink simulation effects can be added to your strokes in Illustrator. Including, feathering, bleed, splatters and end-tapering. Use them with our Texturino paper texture pack.
Hand lettering and doodling just got a whole lot easier in Illustrator! Turn your mouse or stylus (Wacom, XP-Pen, Sidecar, etc.) into a natural and fun sketching tool. Pressure, Tilt and Bearing stylus controls combine to make your calligraphy work flow.
Easy to access, realistic Ballpoint Pen, Brush Pen, Calligraphic Pen and Marker. Tweak all settings to suit your style and save your favourites as presets.
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Get to grips with InkFlow, the new all-in-one drawing and lettering tool. In this video series we will demonstrate how InkFlow is intuitive, fun, fully controllable and feels as smooth as if you were using a pen!
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Sketch with full control over pen tip size, roundness, and angle
Sketch with ability to make upstrokes thinner like a real pen
Factory presets simulate ballpoint, brush, calligraphic, and marker pens
Store and recall user-defined pens
Works with mouse, trackpad, XenceLabs, Apple Sidecar, Wacom, Surface Pro and all other input devices
Current pen characteristics are previewed on panel
Stroke previewed in real-time
User-defined pulled cursor "string" length for smoother strokes
Customizable pressure-size and tilt-roundness feedback curves
Live Effect implementation allows for pen or path adjustments post-creation as well as ability to save as Graphic Style
Resultant expanded strokes have optimized point placement
InkFlow v2 simply adds ink simulation. There are 4 new realistic effects that can be added to each stroke:
Feathering (where the ink “feathers” into the paper along the edges)
Bleed (where the start of the stroke blotches due to excess ink)
End-tapering (where the nib leaves the paper slowly at the end of the stroke) - combined control with bleed
Splatters (similar to our new AG Splatter effect, but now taking into account brush width, calligraphic effects, etc.)