Sketch 39 Mac OS X
Sketch 39 | MacOSX | 19.4 MB
Sketch: graphic design for a digital world. Powerful tools and an elegant interface, in a single award-winning package. Because making beautiful things should be a joy, not a burden. Sketch supports multiple fills, borders and shadows per layer; has powerful non-destructive boolean operations; smart pixel alignment; and makes exporting a breeze with automatic slicing and multiple resolution export.
Vector tools and basic shapes are the foundation; whether you are designing icons, websites, interfaces or anything else. Combine these into complex shapes with non-destructive boolean operations, leaving you free to edit them in the future, then apply advanced layer style options like multiple shadows, fills, gradients, noise, blending, background blurring, and more.
Sketch doesn't just do shapes, of course. Imported images can be rotated, scaled, cropped and masked. The best-in-class text tool lets you add beautiful typography to your designs, using native font rendering, so you can be sure that text always looks 100% accurate!
Brand new to Sketch 3, Symbols allow you to reuse entire groups of content in multiple places in your design. Think of interface elements such as buttons, headers and footers. Change them once, and they update everywhere in your document.
Built for the Mac, Sketch supports OS X’s Versions and Auto Save, letting you focus on your work instead of hitting CMD+S. Keep your work safely in sync across multiple Mac computers with iCloud. And take Sketch full screen to maximise the size of your canvas. All this power is deliciously baked into Sketch’s single-window interface. Everything is there, tucked away until you need it. A simple interface with powerful tools.
NEW IN VERSION 3:
- Symbols, for reusing elements in your design
- Text Styles and Layer Styles, redesigned and unified for a better experience
- Redesigned inspector, giving you quicker access to everything
- Automatic Slices, export layers directly, without needing to set up manual slices
- Export multiple resolutions from a single slice, at any scale
- Improved PDF, EPS and SVG importing and exporting
- Speed, bug fixes and polish all around
- Presentation Mode, go full screen and hide all controls, perfect for showing off designs
- Improved bitmap editing with Magic Wand, Crop, Invert and Vectorize tools
FEATURES:
- Simple but powerful interface, built from the ground up for OS X
- Optimized for Retina and non-Retina displays
- Powerful styling: multiple shadows, multiple fills, gradients, blending, blur, noise and more…
- Flexible boolean operations to combine simple shapes into complex shapes
- Artboards and Slices for exporting multiple images out of a single document
- Automatic export for multiple resolutions at the same time
- Unique Color (with RGB and HSB modes) and Font pickers
- Beautiful native text rendering and text styles
- Vector and pixel zoom; zoom in with infinite vector precision or see individual pixels
- Multi-stop and radial gradients editing right in the canvas. Powerful WYSIWYG rendering
- Shared Layer Styles that automatically update all associated layers
- Shared Text Styles for sharing font and paragraph info between text layers
- Powerful, easy-to-use Vector Tool
- A growing community of designers with fantastic resources available on the web
New in Sketch 39
• You can now define how layers within groups and Symbols should move/resize when the user resizes a group or Symbol
• Introducing the first version of Sketch Cloud (Beta) — a free service that lets you upload Sketch documents and share them with the world
Other Enhancements
• Adds the ability to right-click any layer to replace it with an instance of an existing Symbol
• Adds the ability to quickly switch between Artboards using the fn+left/right arrow keys
• Adds the ability to specify the scale origin in the Scale sheet, whereas previously it always scaled from the center
• Detaching Symbol instances now avoids creating unwanted nested groups
• When exporting Artboards to PDF, Sketch now exports Artboards in a left-to-right Canvas order. Check the Preferences to adjust this
• Inserting PDFs via Insert > Image… now respects the preference for whether they should be parsed as a bitmap or vector
• Image fills on layers can now be set to “Fit”
• Simplifies how Sketch deals with text layers; resizing from the bottom no longer increases the font size and when resizing text in a group, the font size is no longer scaled up
• Text pasted into a Sketch text layer, or on the Canvas, is now always stripped of whatever styling it contained
• Right-aligned text layers in Symbols with overrides now also move their trailing layers to make room for the overrides
• Improves setting opacity via the keyboard. You can now specify values like '96' whereas previously this would have resulted in first 90% and then 60% opacity
• Improves appearance of right-aligned Text Styles in the Inspector
• Minor improvements to SVG Export, specifically to font recognition
• The Hex field now has key focus when opening the color picker
• Option-dragging to duplicate a layer now puts the layers in the expected order; the duplicate is moved and the original is left where it was
• Outlining a stroke now merges overlapping points in the new paths
• Layer selection now ignores parts of a layer that are hidden by another mask
• It is now easier to select overlapping Slice layers using the Command key
• Automatic click-through is applied to all groups when the Layer List is set to show Slices only
• When moving the cursor over the Canvas, the modifier highlight instantly appears when holding Option, Command etc.
• The Arrange menus are now smarter in that they move content forward/backward even if some of the layers are already at the front
• When rotating a layer, the X and Y values in the Inspector are now updated immediately
• Reduce File Size will now compress the size of images, resulting in a smaller file size
• Trailing layers will no longer move when locked, if the text override value is edited
Performance
• General improvements to the rendering performance
• Improves performance when using Layout Grids
• Improves performance when opening documents
• Improves performance when editing documents with large images
• Improves performance when editing documents containing many blend modes
• Reduces memory usage when editing complex documents
Scripting
• Scripts can now store info on the document itself, as they can already per layer
• Long deprecated Scripting-API methods have been removed from the code
Bug Fixes
• Fixes a bug where copying nested Symbols with override values could lose those overrides when pasting
• Fixes a bug where copying a Symbol could crash Sketch in rare cases
• Fixes a bug where Sketch would consume too much memory when running for a long time
• Fixes a bug where text underlines could in some cases unexpectedly become dashed
• Fixes a bug where the bounds of a rotated path wouldn’t be correct after editing
• Fixes a bug where Layer List previews for combined shapes were too thin
• Fixes a bug where the Connect to Mirror menu item would be disabled
• Fixes a bug where the Inspector could get cut off when the color picker was opened and closed on a small screen
• Fixes a bug where giving a Layer a mask would not reload the Layer List to display the change
• Fixes a bug where the Canvas would flash white after running some plug-ins
• Fixes a rare bug where the Shape tool’s selected points would not match the Inspector’s
• Fixes a bug where Sketch would refuse to save a document when a shape had a blank image fill set
• Fixes a bug where double-clicking a text layer whilst editing another text layer would prevent you from editing the new text layer
• Fixes a bug where auto-width text layers could wrap on files created by different users
• Fixes a bug where pasted text layers could end up with no name
• Fixes a bug where pasting new Symbols could immediately show the new Symbols page in the Pages List
• Fixes a bug where PDF import could crash in some specific cases
• Fixes a bug where shadows for layers with hanging glyphs could be clipped
• Fixes a bug where tabbing text fields in the color picker could modify the current Hex value
• Fixes a bug where popovers could stick outside the visible screen area
• Fixes a bug where text layers with long overrides in nested symbols could be clipped
• Fixes a bug where the bottom-right corner of Sketch’s window would in some cases not be rounded
• Fixes a bug where removing a Shared Style from a layer would not immediately update the preview in the Layer List
• Fixes a bug where an invalid value could be entered when creating a custom Artboard preset
• Fixes a bug where aligning an even-height layer in an odd-height Artboard would make the layer jump a pixel up or down
• Fixes a bug where dragging layers from the Layer List to the Finder would not apply the proper suffix
• Fixes a bug when undoing text color changes during text editing
• Fixes a bug where drawing horizontal lines with the Pencil could make the layer disappear after edit
• Fixes a rendering bug where the Canvas could fail to refresh when moving objects in complex documents
• Fixes a bug where Smart Guides would not take sub-pixels into account
• Fixes a bug where Shift-dragging a layer could inadvertently snap to nearby objects opposed to the one you wanted
• Fixes a bug where the resize handles would not hide after moving a layer for a while
• Fixes a bug where when making an Artboard fit around its content, Sketch would not update the Inspector to show its new frame
• Fixes a bug where resizing an Artboard to fit would not take rotated layers into account
• Fixes various other crashers
• You can now define how layers within groups and Symbols should move/resize when the user resizes a group or Symbol
• Introducing the first version of Sketch Cloud (Beta) — a free service that lets you upload Sketch documents and share them with the world
Other Enhancements
• Adds the ability to right-click any layer to replace it with an instance of an existing Symbol
• Adds the ability to quickly switch between Artboards using the fn+left/right arrow keys
• Adds the ability to specify the scale origin in the Scale sheet, whereas previously it always scaled from the center
• Detaching Symbol instances now avoids creating unwanted nested groups
• When exporting Artboards to PDF, Sketch now exports Artboards in a left-to-right Canvas order. Check the Preferences to adjust this
• Inserting PDFs via Insert > Image… now respects the preference for whether they should be parsed as a bitmap or vector
• Image fills on layers can now be set to “Fit”
• Simplifies how Sketch deals with text layers; resizing from the bottom no longer increases the font size and when resizing text in a group, the font size is no longer scaled up
• Text pasted into a Sketch text layer, or on the Canvas, is now always stripped of whatever styling it contained
• Right-aligned text layers in Symbols with overrides now also move their trailing layers to make room for the overrides
• Improves setting opacity via the keyboard. You can now specify values like '96' whereas previously this would have resulted in first 90% and then 60% opacity
• Improves appearance of right-aligned Text Styles in the Inspector
• Minor improvements to SVG Export, specifically to font recognition
• The Hex field now has key focus when opening the color picker
• Option-dragging to duplicate a layer now puts the layers in the expected order; the duplicate is moved and the original is left where it was
• Outlining a stroke now merges overlapping points in the new paths
• Layer selection now ignores parts of a layer that are hidden by another mask
• It is now easier to select overlapping Slice layers using the Command key
• Automatic click-through is applied to all groups when the Layer List is set to show Slices only
• When moving the cursor over the Canvas, the modifier highlight instantly appears when holding Option, Command etc.
• The Arrange menus are now smarter in that they move content forward/backward even if some of the layers are already at the front
• When rotating a layer, the X and Y values in the Inspector are now updated immediately
• Reduce File Size will now compress the size of images, resulting in a smaller file size
• Trailing layers will no longer move when locked, if the text override value is edited
Performance
• General improvements to the rendering performance
• Improves performance when using Layout Grids
• Improves performance when opening documents
• Improves performance when editing documents with large images
• Improves performance when editing documents containing many blend modes
• Reduces memory usage when editing complex documents
Scripting
• Scripts can now store info on the document itself, as they can already per layer
• Long deprecated Scripting-API methods have been removed from the code
Bug Fixes
• Fixes a bug where copying nested Symbols with override values could lose those overrides when pasting
• Fixes a bug where copying a Symbol could crash Sketch in rare cases
• Fixes a bug where Sketch would consume too much memory when running for a long time
• Fixes a bug where text underlines could in some cases unexpectedly become dashed
• Fixes a bug where the bounds of a rotated path wouldn’t be correct after editing
• Fixes a bug where Layer List previews for combined shapes were too thin
• Fixes a bug where the Connect to Mirror menu item would be disabled
• Fixes a bug where the Inspector could get cut off when the color picker was opened and closed on a small screen
• Fixes a bug where giving a Layer a mask would not reload the Layer List to display the change
• Fixes a bug where the Canvas would flash white after running some plug-ins
• Fixes a rare bug where the Shape tool’s selected points would not match the Inspector’s
• Fixes a bug where Sketch would refuse to save a document when a shape had a blank image fill set
• Fixes a bug where double-clicking a text layer whilst editing another text layer would prevent you from editing the new text layer
• Fixes a bug where auto-width text layers could wrap on files created by different users
• Fixes a bug where pasted text layers could end up with no name
• Fixes a bug where pasting new Symbols could immediately show the new Symbols page in the Pages List
• Fixes a bug where PDF import could crash in some specific cases
• Fixes a bug where shadows for layers with hanging glyphs could be clipped
• Fixes a bug where tabbing text fields in the color picker could modify the current Hex value
• Fixes a bug where popovers could stick outside the visible screen area
• Fixes a bug where text layers with long overrides in nested symbols could be clipped
• Fixes a bug where the bottom-right corner of Sketch’s window would in some cases not be rounded
• Fixes a bug where removing a Shared Style from a layer would not immediately update the preview in the Layer List
• Fixes a bug where an invalid value could be entered when creating a custom Artboard preset
• Fixes a bug where aligning an even-height layer in an odd-height Artboard would make the layer jump a pixel up or down
• Fixes a bug where dragging layers from the Layer List to the Finder would not apply the proper suffix
• Fixes a bug when undoing text color changes during text editing
• Fixes a bug where drawing horizontal lines with the Pencil could make the layer disappear after edit
• Fixes a rendering bug where the Canvas could fail to refresh when moving objects in complex documents
• Fixes a bug where Smart Guides would not take sub-pixels into account
• Fixes a bug where Shift-dragging a layer could inadvertently snap to nearby objects opposed to the one you wanted
• Fixes a bug where the resize handles would not hide after moving a layer for a while
• Fixes a bug where when making an Artboard fit around its content, Sketch would not update the Inspector to show its new frame
• Fixes a bug where resizing an Artboard to fit would not take rotated layers into account
• Fixes various other crashers
System requirements: OS X 10.10 or later, 64-bit processor
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