They say that the best ideas have been captured on a bar napkin. It's 2010, think green! OK, that's a stretch. However, you do have that shinny NEW iPad with a nice large display and chances are you'll be sitting in a cafe, bar or other meeting and want sketch out some thoughts (ideas). That's where Adobe Ideas comes in. This FREE App allows you to take advantage of your iPad's larger display and using just your finger you can sketch out your ideas in multiple colors and best of all in a vector format.
Adobe Ideas, paper not included
Once you have your Ideas on the iPad you can then easily share them via email right from the App as PDFs. Those PDFs can be opened and edited in Adobe Illustrator as vector drawings. Although Adobe Ideas is vector at heart you can still do things like use an eraser right in the app. Another nice benefit is that you can grab colors from an existing photo in your Library. This is great for when you want to design something quick and you want to use an existing color scheme. It even has 50 levels of Undo and of course you can access a gallery of all your past drawings. The one thing I really like since I can't draw my way out of a paper bag, is the fact that you can bring up a photo as a layer and draw on the drawing layer over it and then turn off the photo layer to just have your sketch!
Adobe Ideas is FREE and you can get it here on the 
Hey, don't laugh it's at least as good of a drawing as I did in elementary school 
Adobe Ideas
Adobe Ideas let's you sketch out your ideas on your iPad and share them with anyone. The files can be opened and continued to be edited in Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Get on App Store
- Free
All info was collected on 5th April, 2010 when the app was reviewed.
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
Version 1.0.1 of Adobe Ideas is now available on the App Store, some nice improvements. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-ideas-1-0-for-ipad/id364617858
I love Adobe Ideas on my iPad. It is a great drawing application, plus it is free, which makes it a must download. Give it a serious try – I actually discover this app while looking on it more in depth while writing this review, and this is, now, one of my favorite apps! And don’t forget to zoom, while you are sketching, which for me was the key of success.
I have posted a full review on my blog:
http://ipad-app-review.blogspot.com/2010/06/adobe-ideas.html
Just looked this up and sadly no longer free – $9.99 in the US and £5.99 in the UK.
Iain, it’s totally worth the price if you use vector art. I use this app all the time. It’s simple and get the job done. I save a huge amount of time with this app.