Alias today announced the release of SketchBook Pro 2, the latest version of its award-winning paint and drawing software application. Available for both Windows and Mac platforms, the package can be purchased globally from the Alias web site and authorized Alias resellers.
Alias says it has improved the power and potential of digital creations with toolset updates that include fast, reactive pencils, markers and brushes; pen-driven layers; background templates; a 75-brushstroke undo/redo option and unique tools for move/scale/rotate and pan/zoom.
New features include enhanced brush controls that allow users to resize each default brush or create and store up to 28 custom brushes; an unlimited number of image layers with marking menus; the ability to read and write BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG files in addition to layered TIFF images; lasso select for arbitrary shapes that can also be scaled and rotated using a modified version of the pan/zoom tool; interactive brush resize; image and canvas resize; and undo/redo capability.
Alias SketchBook Pro 2 is priced at $199.00. Current users can upgrade to version 2 at a special upgrade price of $99, or download the upgrade version at www.alias.com/sketchbookpro for $79.00.