There was no indication of how to create a triangle or any other object, so I resorted to asking the developer. Initially, the shape is a pentagon, which I thought was a bit odd. The next icon draws squares or rectangles, and the triangular icon is used for drawing multi-sided shapes. The circle icon is used to draw circles or ovals, which is accomplished by dragging a finger across the iPad screen until the circle is as large as you desire. The finger is used to select items, either singly (by tapping on them) or in groups (by dragging a box around more than one object). Along the left and top sides of the display are a set of icons: At this time, you cannot have items snap to the grid, so it exists only for manual alignment. There's a simple toggle button for turning on and off a grid. Launching Freeform brings you straight into a blank page. If this review piques your interest, you may wish to purchase the app soon, as the app price is currently listed as an "introductory price." Read on for more comments and screenshots of Freeform in action. I had the opportunity to try out Freeform, and while it's a good start at a powerful iPad drawing app, it still has some shortcomings that the developer is aware of and is planning on resolving. In other words, for creating a diagram of some sort, they work well - but they aren't the type of app that you'd want to use for freehand sketching. It's probably the best app of its type right now, and the developer is working on making changes to the app to make it even more useful to iPad users.įor those of you who aren't familiar with vector drawing applications, they are used to place and color shapes on a background, and usually provide a way to add text labels. Freeform (US$4.99), a vector drawing app for the iPad platform from Stunt Software, falls into this class of app. The interesting part of being a software reviewer in the early days of the iPad platform is that sometimes you test applications that show a lot of promise and are among the first of their genre in the App Store.
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