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  • Glossary
  • Getting Started
    • The basics
      • Introduction to Sketchbook
      • Basic UI elements
      • Toolbars
      • Free Extras
    • Creating your first drawing
      • What is a canvas?
      • Creating a canvas
      • Importing images
      • Resizing images
      • Resizing your canvas
    • Saving, exporting, printing, and sharing
      • Saving files
      • Exporting images
      • Backing up your art data on mobile devices
      • Transferring images with layers
      • Sending, Printing, and Presenting
      • Setting the maximum canvas size for printing
    • Customizing your workspace
      • Customizing your UI
      • Hotkey shortcuts
      • Gestures
      • Hiding the UI while you draw
      • Pressure-sensitivity in Sketchbook
      • Secondary monitor setup for Mac users
      • Changing your view
  • What's New
    • iOS and Android
    • macOS and Windows
  • Troubleshooting
    • Frequently asked questions
      • Failed to open file error message
      • Missing windows or menus (Mac and Windows)
      • Unable to log in to webpage error
      • Internet connection error message
      • Missing time-lapse recording
    • Purchase, download and install
      • Premium Bundle troubleshooting
      • Downloading and reinstalling
      • Purchase and download from the Microsoft Store
    • Android troubleshooting
      • Crashes on open (Android)
      • Android - Missing files in Gallery
      • Android - TIFF could not be opened
      • Android data migration
      • Glitched line through artwork
    • Performance
      • Improving performance
      • Freeze on launch (Windows PC)
      • Crashing after long use
    • Stylus and pressure
      • No pressure sensitivity (Windows)
      • Cursor offset issues
      • iskn Repaper and Sketchbook Pro
      • Tap-hold to move brushes stops working
      • Re-calibrating your stylus
      • Connecting styluses for mobile users
      • Diagonal strokes are wobbly
    • Import and Export
      • Can I bring Photoshop art into Sketchbook?
      • Android: Transferring images from one device to another
      • Art is blurry or doesn't scale when printed
      • Accessing files saved to iCloud
    • Preferences and UI
      • Why do I have to allow Sketchbook access my photos, media, and files?
      • Maximum layers and canvas size on mobile
      • Is Sketchbook available in other languages?
      • Do I need to sign in or create an account?
      • Where is the Copic color palette?
      • Changing language settings
  • System Requirements
    • System Requirements
    • ARM processors (Windows)
    • Surface Pro X limitations
  • Brushes
    • Brushes overview
      • Brushes in Sketchbook
      • Erasers
      • Blending brushes
      • Using the Brush Puck
      • Swapping between brushes
      • Randomizing brushes
    • Using the Brush Library
      • Introduction to the Brush Library
      • What are brush types?
      • Customizing brushes
      • Creating a new brush set
      • Deleting brushes and brush sets
      • Exporting brush sets
      • Importing brushes
    • Using the Brush Palette
      • Introduction to the Brush Palette
      • Rearranging brushes and brush sets
      • Resizing brushes
    • Using Brush Properties
      • Introduction to Brush Properties
      • Renaming brushes and brush sets
      • Resetting brush properties
      • Creating a texture brush
      • Setting brush edges
      • Changing textures
      • Scaling textures
      • Importing textures
      • Capturing textures and shapes
      • Inverting textures
      • Using texture depth
      • Creating shape icons
      • Importing brush icons
      • Resetting brush icons
      • Setting stylus tilt
  • Tools
    • Tools overview
      • Tools in Sketchbook
      • Undo and redo
      • Adding an image
      • Text
      • Flood fill
      • Lasso Fill
      • Rulers and guides
      • Perspective guides
      • Symmetry
      • Shape tools
      • Steady and predictive stroke
      • Transforms
      • Transforming a canvas
      • Time-lapse recording
    • Selection tools
      • Introduction to selection tools
      • Adding to a selection
      • Repositioning your selection
      • Removing sections from a selection
      • Replacing a selection
      • Using a selection like a mask
      • Draw Outline
      • Crop to a selection
      • Inverting a selection
      • Distorting a selection
  • Color
    • Color basics
      • Colors in Sketchbook
      • The Color Editor
      • The Color Puck
      • Using the Color Picker
      • Turning a brush into an eraser (Transparent Color)
    • Customizing colors
      • Creating custom colors
      • Color Palettes
      • Randomizing color
  • Layers
    • Introduction to Layers
      • Layers in Sketchbook
      • Introduction to the Layer Editor
      • The Layer Menu
      • Using the Background layer
      • Adding layers
      • Deleting layers
    • Manipulating layers
      • Cutting and pasting
      • Copying content and layers
      • Duplicating layers
      • Merging layers
      • Flipping and mirroring layers
      • Clearing content and layers
      • Locking layers
    • Organizing layers
      • Reordering layers
      • Grouping layers
      • Visually organizing layers
      • Showing and hiding layers
      • Renaming layers
    • Blending and masking
      • Blending layers
      • Clipping masks
      • Mask blend modes
      • Making color adjustments to a layer
      • Changing layer opacity
      • Creating an alpha channel
      • Locking transparency
  • Gallery
    • Gallery in Sketchbook
    • Using Gallery folders
    • Exporting PDF files from the Gallery
    • Scanning sketches
  • Animation
    • Introduction to Flipbook
      • Animation in Sketchbook Pro
      • What's new in Flipbook
      • Using the timeline
      • Creating Flipbooks
      • Saving and exporting Flipbooks
      • Layer Editor in Flipbook
    • Flipbook 201
      • Onion Skinning (Ghosting)
      • Importing image sequences
      • Using Flipbook for storyboarding
      • Using Flipbook for paint-over iterations
  • Preferences
    • Preferences in Sketchbook
    • Backing up Preferences
    • Resetting Preferences
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Getting Started

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