A First Look at Artboard

Artboard provides a clean user interface consisting of a drawing canvas, toolbar, and layer list.

Functions are accessed through the main menu located along the top of the screen. In the main window, the toolbar provides quick access to commonly used palettes and functions. The toolbar can be customized and function icons added or removed by clicking the Customize icon at the far right of the toolbar and dragging icons on or off. The layers list shows three default layers (Drawing Layer, Guides and Graph Paper) when opening a new empty drawing file. Additional layers can be added by the user.

Tools are used in combination with the Styles Inspector and Styles & Clip Art palette. Pick a tool, pick a style from the Styles & Clip Art palette, and begin drawing. To edit a style while drawing, use the Style inspector to 'Clone' it and make changes then continue drawing.

Drag-and-Drop Interface

Artboard makes extensive use of "drag-and-drop." Clip art, styles, images, and more use the drag-and-drop interface. If it looks like you might be able to drag-and-drop something, try it!

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