Support for iOS 26 / Liquid Glass, redesigned transformation controls, the ability to skew ZipShapes, selections and text annotations, a new brush size hover state, crash fixes plus much more.

NEW FEATURES

- Linea's user interface has been updated for iOS 26 / Liquid Glass
- Apple Pencil shows the size of the selected drawing tool on hover
- Hardware support for the SonarPen 2 corded stylus

• ZipShapes / Transformation
  - Transformation handles have been redesigned for clarity
  - It's now more discoverable how to rotate / scale a selection
  - ZipShapes now support creating left, right and equilateral triangles
  - ZipSquare corner radius controls have greater flexibility & precision

• Skewing
  - Tap and drag the center side handles of a shape
  - Drag horizontally or vertically to skew along that axis
  - Skew ZipShapes, lassoed selections and even text annotations
  - Skew freely or in 15º increments when snapping is enabled/toggled

IMPROVEMENTS

- Importing from the photo library is now faster with fewer permissions
- Improvements to how Apple Pencil pressure & tilt render ZipLines and ZipShapes
- Apple Pencil double-tap actions are now disabled by default to avoid confusion
- Added "undo" as an option for Apple Pencil double-tap actions
- Added the ability to export debug logs to assist in troubleshooting
- Tapping a sketch from the Files app launches Linea & displays the sketch
- Added periodic reminders to subscribe and support development!
- 'Set Canvas as Default' now includes the canvas's size and orientation when saving, plus canvas info is listed and a confirmation dialog is presented to cancel if needed
- Added Settings > Canvas > New Sketch Defaults where you can see current canvas defaults and/or reset them

BUG & CRASH FIXES

- Bug fixes and improvements to the in-app purchasing system
- Several important iCloud bug fixes and improvements
- Fixed a bug causing an incorrect layer icon state to be displayed
- Fixed a bug where the share extension wouldn't work properly
- Fixed a rotation bug that always triggered snapping even when off
- Fixed incorrect rotation when importing a portrait image via the share sheet
- Fixed a bug where Apple Pencil Pro haptics would trigger incorrectly
- Fixed a problem causing incorrect canvas sizes on some devices
- Fixed a low memory crash in the smudge tool
- Fixed a crash when reordering collections
- Fixed a crash at launch with collections that had a cloud conflict
- Fixed a crash that could happen when iCloud Drive access changed
- Fixed a crash with file access errors when creating / deleting a project
- Fixed some crashes that could occur when picking colors
- Fixed crashes that could occur trying to create an impossible ZipShape
- Fixed a potential crash if a sketch was closed and re-opened quickly
- Fixed a crash when a shape or text was deselected mid-drag
- Fixed a potential ZipShape crash when creating ellipses
- Fixed a crash when reordering a project's sketches while syncing w/ iCloud
- Fixed a bug that allowed you to open two project folders at the same time if you tapped carefully and quickly enough
- Removed the "Show transform handles for ZipShape" setting

Fixes a bug where the app would get stuck "Loading" on first launch with iCloud turned on.

Linea's iCloud loading is greatly optimized so projects and sketches appear much faster on launch. Indicators also let you know the initial sync is in progress.

• Faster and more reliable loading of projects residing on iCloud, especially noticeable for large collections
• Visual notification of loading progress on launch
• New, adaptive Home Screen icons (light, dark & tinted)
• Fixed an issue with the aspect ratio of some pasted images
• Fixed a layout-related crash

Includes a bug fix when scaling a selection, improved speed and reliability of loading the main project view plus new dark mode and tinted app icons.

IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES

• Improved the speed of loading the project view, especially when using iCloud
• Fixed rendering problems when scaling a part of a drawing up or down
• New Dark mode and tintable app icons

Reverts a gesture tweak which was intended to improve recognition of the two finger tap for undo, but caused some users to have trouble pinch zooming.

Support for the Apple Pencil Pro's squeeze actions and haptic feedback. Quickly change tool sizes, toggle clear ink and more by squeezing. Other improvements and bug fixes.

NEW FEATURES

• Apple Pencil Pro Squeeze Actions
 - Handy shortcut actions when you squeeze the Apple Pencil Pro
 - Toggle Clear Ink, Switch to Previous Tool, Next Tool Size, Undo and more
 - Set shortcut actions in Linea Settings > Apple Pencil > Pencil Squeeze

• Apple Pencil Pro Haptic Feedback
 - When ZipShapes are created, snapped to a rotation angle, or snapped to a size
 - When ZipLines are created or snapped to set rotation angles
 - When transforming selections (rotation angle, scaling, etc)
 - Turn haptic feedback OFF in Linea Settings > Pencil Haptics

IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES

• Annotations now stay in place when the keyboard appears.  If the keyboard covers up your annotation, scroll the canvas so that you can see/edit it
• ZipShape and transform handles can now be dismissed with a pencil tap outside their bounds
• Eliminated visual stutter when holding a selection in place during a move (especially when zoomed in)
• Layer icons should no longer get stuck in an incorrect dimmed state
• Restored a missing animation that highlighted a selected color chip
• Fixed crashes that could occur when loading sketches and/or deleting projects

Change the custom background of your drawing by sampling any color on the canvas with the new eyedropper tool. Fixed iPhone bugs, time-lapse issues, and more.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Custom Background Colors:
 - Use the eyedropper tool to quickly select and set a custom background color
 - Expanded the running list of recent background colors from 5 to 6
 - Improved the Custom Background Color panel when used in dark mode
 - Improved scrolling behavior of the layer texture selector

BUG FIXES

• Fixed rendering problems with the pen tool when used with Clear Ink and varying opacity
• Fixed a bug that caused layer and tool options to break on the iPhone when Full Keyboard Access is turned on in iOS's Accessibility settings
• Fixed a bug that could cause portions of time-lapse recordings to go missing
• Fixed a bug that could cause delays in the final frames of a time-lapse recording
• Selecting a pre-existing color no longer causes Linea to switch color palettes
• Fixed the appearance of the Layer Options when first opened
• Fixed a bug where the selected pixels of a layer would be erased if that layer had been excluded from the lasso selection and that layer was the merge destination

What's New - Linea Sketch 4.3.1
Fixed a number of bugs dealing with imported, pasted or transformed content on documents in different orientations and more.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug causing copied content to import / paste at the wrong aspect ratio
• Copied selections now respect the orientation of the sketch when pasted
• Copying semi-transparent content across multiple layers respects its opacity when pasting or merging that content into a new layer
• Transformed selections no longer shift position when merging to a new layer
• Fixed visual glitches in the project view when moving or reordering sketches
• Fixed an animation glitch that could affect the closing of zoomed sketches

Draw with a variety of seamless textures, change the cropping and aspect ratio of existing sketches, customize a sketch's thumbnail in the Project View, and more.

NEW FEATURES

• Textures: Draw with a variety of pre-defined seamless textures
 - Open Layer options > tap the Textures icon (dot grid) to activate
 - Quickly select from a wide range of useful textures:
   - Abstract patterns (waves, scales, fur)
   - Architectural Materials (wood, stone, etc.)
   - Halftone dots (various screen densities)
   - Hatchings (crosshatching, angled, broken, etc.)
   - Stipples (light, medium, heavy)
 - Also works with Clear Ink as a stencil to erase patterns from your drawing
 - Use in tandem with Transparency Masking to confine textures to a specific area of your sketch

• Canvas Resizing:
 - Change the overall size and aspect ratio of existing sketches
 - Tap More Actions (⋯) > Edit Canvas Size from within a sketch
 - Adjust the canvas based on screen size, aspect ratio, or custom settings
 - Quickly change aspect ratios based on a list of existing presets
 - Use Freeform to manually adjust the canvas size as needed
 - Expand canvases of sketches created on iPhone quickly and easily

IMPROVEMENTS

• Thumbnail Framing:
 - Easily customize the appearance of a sketch's thumbnail in the Project view
 - Open an existing sketch and zoom in / pan to highlight a portion of the drawing
 - Once closed, the project view reflects the new framing for the sketch
 - Great for highlighting a particular portion of a sketch in the Project View

• Updated the Blending Tool to achieve a smoother result when blending

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug that could prevent autosaving of sketches while working
• Turning off "ZipLine polygon support" in Settings now works properly
• Fixed a bug that allowed zooming of the drawing view while an iCloud document was still loading.

Fixed a critical bug that caused some sketches to fail to save properly and fixed a small memory issue with time-lapse movies.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a critical bug that prevented sketches from autosaving under certain circumstances, causing potential loss of work
• Fixed a small memory leak that occurred while time-lapse movies were being generated in the background

BUG FIXES
⁕ ZipShapes no longer cause autosave to fail while drawing
⁕ Fixed a crash when duplicating the same lasso selection twice

Improvements for pixel-perfect rendering when lassoing, merging or transforming selections across layers. Plus, bug fixes and a link to follow us on Mastodon.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Pixel accuracy for transformed and merged floating selections:
 - Selections now merge as cleanly as possible into other layers
 - Selections move in pixel-sized steps for optimum display when re-positioning
 - Selections remain pixel-aligned when rotated in 90° increments or flipped horizontally or vertically

BUG FIXES

• The dynamic island no longer visually intrudes on the canvas on iPhone
• Info bezel displays the offset values in pixels when transforming selections
• Removed Twitter and added Follow us on Mastodon in Settings

Create textured strokes, shapes, and edges with Organic Ink. Design precisely with new templates. Import and export a wider array of file types, and much more.

NEW FEATURES

• Organic Ink:
  - New option for Pen and Fill tools
  - Create textured strokes with the Pen tool
  - Shade wide areas organically by tilting the Apple Pencil as you draw
  - Create enclosed shapes with rough, organic edges with the Fill tool

• Import & Export:
  - Project Menu > More Actions (⋯) to import / export a wider array of files
  - Import multiple files simultaneously
  - Import sketches from single and multi-page PDF files
  - Import images from PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and PSD files
  - Import pages from 53/WeTransfer Paper journals
  - Export Linea documents to iCloud, Dropbox, etc. via the Files App

IMPROVEMENTS

• ZipLine and ZipShape improvements:
  - ZipLines respond to variations in pressure from the Apple Pencil
  - Undoing a ZipShape restores the original stroke on the canvas
  - Undo restores each step of ZipShape transformations as long as the transformation controls are active
  - Undo of additional ZipLine segments keeps the ZipLine active for adding a different segment

• Sharing extension improvements:
  - Project names are now sorted
  - Trash folder is no longer shown
  - Last project selected is now the default

• Selection improvements:
  - Greater flexibility when undoing selections
  - Transformations can be undone back to their original state, where the set of layers to include in the selection can be changed
  - Improved the process for merging selected content into other layers

• Added a new Extra Large 1×1 Grid template
• Added a new App Design phone template with a Dynamic Island
• Locking via the Canvas Compass is now saved as a part of the sketch
• Selecting a layer now subtly flashes its contents for better visibility
• Images larger than the canvas are now scaled down when importing

BUG FIXES

• Painting with the watercolor brush now renders colors more accurately
• Repeated applications of Clear Ink now results in a more natural effect
• Sketches now appear correctly when shared via the Sketch action menu
• Fixed a crash when merging a selection into another layer
• Fixed a number of undo bugs with active selections
• Fixed undo issue after a selection was cleared or cut
• Screenshots on iOS 16 can now be shared with Linea

• Fixed crashes on iPhone

Organize projects into collections, turn any tool into a textured eraser with Clear Ink, draw inside elements with Transparency Masking, and explore a new video Help Library.

NEW FEATURES

• Project Collections: Organize your projects into handy groups
  - Arrange, name, and organize collections however you like
  - Drag and drop projects into collections to update
  - Assign custom thumbnails for quick reference
  - Collections sync across platforms via iCloud
  - Turn the Collection list on or off using Settings

• Transparency Masking: Draw inside or recolor existing canvas elements
  - Activate from layer options palette
  - The layer's transparent pixels are ignored while drawing
  - Use any tool inside to quickly shade, add texture, or recolor
  - Automatically "stays within the lines" on any layer

• Clear Ink: Draw or paint with transparency to "erase" areas of a sketch
   - Select the chip at the top of the color palette to activate
   - Turns any existing drawing tool into a "textured eraser"
   - Clear Ink knocks back existing color based on tool size and pressure
   - Blend areas of one layer into another to create textured effects easily

• Video Help Library: Learn how to get the most from Linea Sketch
   - Watch helpful, step-by-step tutorials
   - Explore in-depth walkthroughs of key features
   - Enjoy time-lapse drawings to see how other artists work
   - Picture-in-picture allows you to follow along while working in Linea

IMPROVEMENTS

• Project View:
  - New Trash container in the Project View safeguards your sketches
  - Deleted sketches are now placed in the Trash, not permanently deleted
  - Sketches stay in the Trash until emptied manually

• Apple Pencil Double-Tap Actions:
   - New Clear Ink action added in Preferences > Apple Pencil > Pencil Double-Tap
   - Quickly toggle between the currently selected color and Clear Ink

• Colors:
   - The hex values of custom color chips can now be copied as regular text
   - Visual improvements to custom color chips to identify them more quickly

• Templates:
   - New templates section for Games
   - Sports scoresheets for baseball & bowling
   - RPG Character Sheet
   - Tic-Tac-Toe
   - Improved clarity of the template icon

BUG FIXES

• Fixed theme-related interface bugs with custom color selection
• ZipSquares and Rectangles are now drawn with pixel-perfect edges

Use Annotations to add text to your sketches, paint organically with a Watercolor Brush, lock layers to protect your drawing, and enjoy enhancements for all tools!

NEW FEATURES

• Annotations: Add simple text labels and notes to your sketches
  - Tap the "Aa" icon to enter Annotation mode, then on the sketch to create a label
  - Edit Annotations with iOS Scribble or tap with a finger to use the keyboard
  - Choose from a variety of fonts & save your favorite as a Canvas Default
  - Easily adjust Annotation text alignment, color, rotation, and size
  - Merge Annotations to a layer to add additional effects

• Watercolor Brush: Paint and fill your sketch with organic pigment
  - Three brush sizes that vary with pressure of Apple Pencil
  - Choose between three modes:
    - Simple - Textured, painterly strokes
    - Wet - Watery strokes with pooled pigment at edges
    - Cloud - Textured splats & speckles for skies, landscapes, or backgrounds

• Lockable Layers: Prevent changes and secure your work
  - Tap on lock icon in Layer palette to lock or unlock
  - Locked layers cannot be edited, merged, or selected with the lasso
  - Layers can still be rearranged, toggled, and sampled with the eyedropper

IMPROVEMENTS

• General:
  - Compatibility with iOS and iPadOS 15
  - Updated tool palettes for the new iPad mini
  - New video tutorials: Settings > More Linea Sketch Tips

• Tools & Backgrounds:
  - New Cotton paper background
  - New larger tool sizes for the Technical Pencil, Art Pencil, and Marker
  - Improved paging for additional brush sizes

• Colors:
  - Reorganize custom color chips by tapping, holding, then dragging
  - Drag colors from other apps (like Pastel) into Linea's custom color sets

• ZipShape Radius Control:
  - Adjust the corner radius of square or rectangular ZipShapes
  - Change all four corners simultaneously with a tap on any green control
  - Tap and hold on a green control to adjust a single corner

• Information Bezel & Transforms:
  - Bezel is now easier to read when transforming selections or ZipShapes
  - Corner radii displayed for ZipShape rectangles & squares
  - Element being adjusted is highlighted in the bezel
  - Transforms snap to sizes (100%, 200%, etc.) & aspect ratios (1:1, 3:4, 2:1, etc.)
  - QuickToggle for snapping: hold down finger while dragging with Apple Pencil

• Time-lapse:
  - Exported time-lapse movies now hold the final frame for five seconds
  - Improvements to time-lapse reliability and playback
  - iPhone can now export 30 second clips

BUG FIXES

• Time-lapse movies can now be exported even after recording is toggled off
• Fixed appearance of eyedropper icon in Recent Colors
• Help & feature videos no longer stop music from playing

• Improved accessibility when drawing with VoiceOver
• Fixed an issue when flipping the canvas

New universal app for iPad & iPhone, record your creative process with Time-Lapse, QuickToggle options when drawing, new app themes, adjustable template intensity & more.

NOTE: Linea Sketch v3 is now a free download. Subscribing removes banners, periodic reminders to support development and watermarks on exported artwork. Customers who purchased Linea Sketch v2 in 2019-20 get one year free!

NEW FEATURES

• Universal app for iPad & iPhone

• Time-Lapse: Record your creative process as a time-lapse movie as you sketch!
 - Access Time-Lapse settings & playback via (...) > Present Sketch menu
 - Export a compressed 30 second version or full length
 - Export the entire canvas as a Time-Lapse or just a portion via Crop & Export
 - Pause and re-start Time-Lapse recording at any time
 - Sketches containing Time-Lapses are badged in the Project View for reference
 - Option to turn off Time-Lapse (saves storage space) for new sketches in Settings

• QuickToggle: Put a finger down while drawing on iPad for additional control
 - ZipLine snapping - ZipLines temporarily snap to isometric & oblique angles
 - Pencil tilt - Temporarily turn off tilt when sketching with the pencil tools

• Custom background colors
 - Choose a custom color to use as a canvas background
 - Select custom colors via the picker, recently used or hex values
 - Toggle paper texture on / off to apply over your custom color

• App themes and alternate home screen icons
 - Customize your Linea home screen app icon & interface theme via Settings

IMPROVEMENTS

• Templates: adjustable intensity (light/medium/strong)
• New checkerboard (transparent) canvas background
• Re-organized & improved Settings panel for clarity

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that caused lagging when drawing with the Pen Tool

Performance improvements for ZipShapes, a new sorting option for multi-page PDF, the ability to turn off tilt when drawing with Apple Pencil, and more.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Preference to turn off tilt support when sketching with Apple Pencil
• Ability to sort multi-page PDF output by newest or oldest sketches first
• Export as PDF is now available on project folders when no sketches are selected
• Better performance with ZipShapes drawn using the Art Pencil & Felt Tip Pen

BUG FIXES

• Sketches & imported images are no longer blurry when pasted onto the canvas
• Overlay in Crop & Export... is now visible on sketches with dark backgrounds
• Fixed a contrast issue with the button used to close a project
• Fixed a contrast issue with the 3x2 App Icon template
• Fixed a rendering problem with the hexagonal grid

NOTE

• The "Paper Grain" background was re-named to "White Bond" for clarity

This release is a tune-up for Apple's latest OS and includes new features and improvements many have been asking for!

NEW FEATURES

• Added full support for Dark Mode in newest version of iOS and iPadOS
• Export an an entire project or selected sketches as a multi-page PDF
• Added Set as Default in sketch action menu (⋯)  to save your current grid and paper settings when creating new documents

IMPROVEMENTS

• Angles now snap to 0°, 45°, and 90° with ZipLine: can be disabled in Settings
• Larger Pen sizes - swipe the tool's size indicator to page between three sets

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bug in color palette hues with Swift 5.1
• Fixed navigation issues on iOS 13
• Fixed an in issue with UI on iOS 11

This release is a tune-up for Apple's latest OS and includes new features and improvements many have been asking for!

NEW FEATURES

• Added full support for Dark Mode in newest version of iOS and iPadOS
• Export an an entire project or selected sketches as a multi-page PDF
• Added Set as Default in sketch action menu (⋯)  to save your current grid and paper settings when creating new documents

IMPROVEMENTS

• Angles now snap to 0°, 45°, and 90° with ZipLine: can be disabled in Settings
• Larger Pen sizes - swipe the tool's size indicator to page between three sets

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bug in color palette hues with Swift 5.1
• Fixed navigation issues on iOS 13

Additional work towards support iOS 13 and bug fixes.

Security update as we prepare to support iOS 13.

NEW FEATURES

Stroke Widths: The Pen and Marker tools now support strokes that are set to a specific width or that vary with pressure. Fixed width lines are great for lettering, cartoon outlining, and graphing. Variable pen widths create a more organic feel and are perfect for inking comics, illustrations, and more.

New Templates: Circular grids, sheet music staves, and Apple Watch user interfaces were added to grids & templates. Whether you're drawing mandalas, writing your next hit, or working on a wearable app, these portrait and landscape layouts will be helpful!

Includes:
- Sheet Music
- Watch UI design
- Circular (for Mandalas, symmetric drawing, graphing, etc.)
- Reticle and Large Dot grids
- Desktop Web Design

Aspect Ratios: Crop and Export is now easier to use with presets for popular formats like 4:3, 16:9, and square. Your settings are also saved, making multiple exports simpler.

Other changes include the ability to merge selections into a specific layer, improved selection undo, better placement of images dropped into Linea, and more.

IMPROVEMENTS

- PSD export now writes compressed layer data. This reduces file size and works around a bug in Procreate so it handles the transparency correctly.
- Support for exporting as a PDF from the Crop & Export panel.
- When pasting or importing an image into a layer while there's a selection, the new content is centered. Can be used while doing copy/paste to another layer to make a duplicate that's in the same place as the original.
- Reworked early templates to future proof them.
- When undoing after a transform, the selection is no longer dropped.
- Added headers to template groups for improved clarity and organization
- New keyboard shortcuts for selection mode commands: Cut, Copy, Paste & Duplicate
- ReplayKit Recording has been re-enabled thanks to a bug fix in iOS 12.1.3 or later

BUG FIXES

- Drag-and-dropped images are now dropped in the correct place on the canvas
- Fixed orientation of imported images of certain types (indexed PNG, for example)
- When importing multiple images in succession, each one gets its own undo state
- After merging layers, empty ones are now correctly saved to the document file
- Layer checkmarks now reset to being all-checked between selections
- A document in iPad sidebar multitasking mode no longer displays the Preview bezel without its text visible
- Selected templates are now scrolled into view on the popover list no matter the length

• Fixed incorrect undos of some operations

2.5.1:
• Fixed memory issue that caused a crash in tools
• Blend tool now works on a smaller area when zoomed in

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This major update includes new Fill and Blending tools, double-tap actions for the 2018 iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, ZipShapes that convert rough gestures into perfect shapes, and more. Linea’s tool set is better than ever to help you bring your ideas and creations to life.

NEW FEATURES

Fill Tool - The paint roller fills large areas with color quickly and easily:
- Tap to instantly flood-fill an area on the selected layer
- Uses all currently-visible layers, including templates/grids, for the fill boundary
- Draw a shape with the fill tool to enclose a free-form area
- Supports opaque and additive ink settings

Blending Tool - The blending stick softens a portion of your sketch or smudges it:
- The effect uses both brush size and pressure
- Blur mode - Soften hard edges and lines; create pleasing gradients
- Smudge mode - Push or pull strokes to create free-flowing shapes and effects
- Finger blending - Set your finger to blend instead of erase in Settings

ZipShapes - Draw rough shapes and hold at the end to create a perfect version:
- Recognizes circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, triangles, and polygons
- Transform handles let you modify the shape - move, scale, stretch to get exactly what you want
- ZipShapes work with the pencil, pen, marker, and fill tools

Versions - Revert a sketch from a previous version to fix a mistake or take a different creative direction:
- In the Project view tap Select, pick a sketch, then use Versions from the Actions (⋯) menu
- Revert to a specific version or create a new sketch out of a selected version
- Versions is only available when iCloud is enabled in Settings

IMPROVEMENTS

- There is now a setting for what your finger does while an Apple Pencil is in use: erase, blend, draw, move the canvas, or ignore.
- New paper background: Mulberry
- Double-tap on the new Apple Pencil can be configured to switch tools, change interface state, enter selection mode, or modify tool sizes
- New template for full-screen tablet that matches 11" iPad Pro aspect ratio
- When recording or broadcasting your sketch, the record indicator and popup are no longer captured
- Refined user interface elements