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Pogo Sketch turns your MacBook Pro trackpad into a drawing surface
#101 | 3:00 |
Monday March 29, 2010
Gadget TV
Monday March 29, 2010
While it won't replace your Wacom tablet for serious drawing, sketching and inking, the Pogo Sketch combined with the Inklet application lets you draw easily on your notebook's trackpad. You can whip up a quick sketch,
sign a document or mark-up a PDF in your own hand
. In short, it's not of sufficient quality to replace a Wacom tablet for web comics like Penny Arcade, but you could probably whip up a Left-Handed Toons (by right-handed people) entry.Download this episode now
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Pogo Sketch
$14.95
Inklet application
$24.95
- Inklet software starts up with your Mac, if you let it, and sits in the menu bar.
- Includes several degrees of pressure sensitivity in applications that support that function.
- Hit Control + Option + i to launch the workspace.
- Tilde (~) allows you to temporarily escape the workspace to select brushes etc.
- The Pogo Sketch stylus adds a level of control to the brush that you can't get with your finger.
- Works with other capacitive touch devices like the iPhone, Zune HD etc.
$14.95
Inklet application
$24.95
- Inklet software starts up with your Mac, if you let it, and sits in the menu bar.
- Includes several degrees of pressure sensitivity in applications that support that function.
- Hit Control + Option + i to launch the workspace.
- Tilde (~) allows you to temporarily escape the workspace to select brushes etc.
- The Pogo Sketch stylus adds a level of control to the brush that you can't get with your finger.
- Works with other capacitive touch devices like the iPhone, Zune HD etc.
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