... ArtDeck 1.1 is now available on iPhone, iPad and Mac! Perspective study was one of the missing pieces in the Toolbox. The new Perspective tool lets you place vanishing points and horizon lines over an image, video or GIF. You can also trace two edges in the reference, and ArtDeck

... While building ArtDeck, I ran into a broader problem: a board saved in one reference app usually cannot be opened in another. Exporting a flattened image preserves its appearance, but loses the layout, original media, notes, groups, links, and editability. I have published an experimental proposal called the Open Reference Board Format, or ORBF. It defines a portable package containing JSON board data and its media. The current draft covers images, animated images, video, text, URLs, drawings, groups, transforms ... ... files can be extracted directly. Even if no compatible editor is available years later, the user is not locked out of the material stored in the board. Applications can keep their native formats and store app-specific behavior separately. ArtDeck

... personal game project. My references were in PureRef, my links were in Notion, I was checking things in Photoshop and painting in Procreate. Two devices, three screens, four different tools for what was really one activity. So I built ArtDeck: one native reference board for images, video, GIFs, links, notes and PDFs. It works offline and syncs through your own iCloud across iPhone, iPad and Mac. The part I wanted most wasn t another place to collect things ...

... Alexandre, a solo developer and artist from France. I joined while preparing to launch ArtDeck, a native reference board for iPhone, iPad and Mac that I originally built for my own drawing workflow. I m new here, so I m looking forward to discovering what everyone is building and learning how things work around here. What are you working ...