When saving, select the Adobe Photoshop PSD file type option. Saving your sketch as an Adobe® Photoshop® file The format you select determines whether the image is saved with all its layers or if it is flattened. SketchBook supports TIFF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, png, and PSD. When saving your work, you can save out an alpha channel and choose the file format. If it would just kill you to lose your work, back it up! Saving in SketchBook Pro Desktop The mobile versions have options for exporting to Dropbox, etc. No matter where your drawings are stored, we highly recommend you back them up. If you're on an iOS device, we highly recommend checking out the section on saving to the cloud to protect your work. Since this isn't the ideal solution, we've added the iCloud storage option. If the app is ever deleted, your files are deleted, as well. If you are using SketchBook Pro Mobile on iOS, the files are saved within the Gallery, which is part of the app. This means if the app is ever deleted, your sketches still exist elsewhere. Sketchbook Pro includes more tools than Procreate, another professional-level creation app, though not as many options for canvas-size and resolution.Some versions of SketchBook save your files on the device or machine in a separate folder for the app. It would be nice to see a few improvements (such as a select tool, and for the Android version, a smudge tool), but all in all, it's an excellent tool. Teens can pin their most-used tools to their canvas and reset them easily in the settings, making pinning tools for specific projects easy. The options for tools, pens, and stamps are outstanding.

The app does offer an option for pen only, which lets artists use the stylus without hand pressure registering on the screen, so teens can draw with precision.

The controls are exhaustive and intuitive, and maneuvering with both fingers and a stylus offers some ease in creation. Teens familiar with the desktop version of Sketchbook Pro will pick up the tablet version with no problems, but others will require some instruction and exploration to get comfortable. The app offers tools available in the desktop version with the ease of a sketchbook on the tablet. It is an excellent, professional-caliber tool designed by Autodesk, developers with a history of well-regarded apps for designers, engineers, and architects. Sketchbook Pro is a serious digital art tool not to be mistaken for the many simple drawing apps available.

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