Create new drawing Select Collection Collection Name Manage graphs Graphs preview
Duplicate selection Move selection Delete selection Select All drawings Exit Share selection Selected graphs
Add new Collection Edit Collection
Select a symmetry Once the + button is pressed to create a new graph the next step is to select a desired symmetry and canvas size. The available current symmetries are: 1. No symmetry 2. Mirror Import an image 3. 2-Mirror kaleidoscope 4. Rotation Symmetries 5. 3-Mirror kaleidoscope 6. Hexagons + Rotation (6) 7. Hexagons + Rotation (3) 8. Hexagons 9. Squares + Rotation (4) 10. Squares + Kaleidoscope 11. Tiles The number in the brackets shows how many times the rotation will be applied. Initialise a new graph www.amaziograph.com Change Canvas size 6
Predefined sizes
Import image You can import an image as a background by pressing camera button in new graph window. Amaziograph will import the selected photos in the canvas and the symmetry will be No symmetry. NOTE: Images The canvas will be resized in accordance to selected photo s size. Images above 4096x4096 px will be resized Images that do not fit in the proportions will not be imported Initialise a new graph www.amaziograph.com You can select an image from photos. 8
Stylus On/Off Return to Collections Bucket and settings Brush and settings Colour palette Eraser and settings Colour transparency Quick brush sizes Undo and Redo Brush softness Symmetry settings Graph canvas Symmetry grid Resize and Share
Brush properties Brush Properties Bucket Properties You can control: Eraser Properties Line width, opacity, softness and colour Line pattern: solid, dash and dots Change the symmetry Change the stylus settings The stylus settings are available when Apple Pencil or another supported stylus is connected. Colour Palette If you do not need to use pressure settings can tap on the icon and green dot will become white. Symmetries Active only fro Adonit Size or Opacity You can control the sensitivity level selecting: Low, Medium or High If the stylus has buttons you can assign functions. This is not available for Apple Pencil. You can select between brush Size or Opacity to be changed when pressure is applied. Drawing a graph www.amaziograph.com You can control brush properties by double tap on the brush icon. 10
Colour palette There are nine base colours and artist s custom colours palette. To mix a new colour drag a colour from a base or custom colour cell to a new cell and use mix gesture to get a new colour. If you repeat a mix gesture - moving left an right the stylus or finger the new colour will get more from the selected colour till get 100% of the selected colour. The info will show you animation hot to mixture the colours. To create a gradient colours between two colours in the custom palette, you have to select the colours by fingers and and move fingers towards each other. The cell in between will fill automatically with gradient colours. The colour palette is designed to have the same behaviour as natural colour mixing to support students in elementary schools, not to loosing a sense of mixing colours. When you holds the finger or stylus on the custom colour cell new menu will appear from where you can mix a new colour in RGB mixer or type a colour HEX code. From this menu you can pick a colour from the graph. Drawing a graph www.amaziograph.com The great artists have never used a computer colour wheel. The Amaziograph colour palette is unique with the colour mixing approach. 13
Adjust symmetry grid Tap on Symmetry settings button to: Turn On/Off the symmetry Turn On/Off the symmetry grid Change the symmetry Adjust the symmetry grid Decrease by one Slider for number of axis Increase by one When you select Adjust grid, Amaziograph will show options to change the grid in accordance of selected symmetry. To adjust symmetry grid tap and move one of the grid pins or change number of axis. Drawing a graph www.amaziograph.com Symmetry settings Of course as artist you need a flexibility to change summitries and adjust symmetry settings. 15
Smooth lines No zoom Lines with maximum smoothness Maximum zoom Lines without smoothness The Amaziograph app is a raster image drawing app and lines are project in a raster grid. This can cause a pixelation depending on canvas size an artist hands. To reduce this effect the you can use line softness. The line softness creates artificial softness the reduces pixelation effect. The pixelation effect can be reduced by using a bigger brush sizes. It is normal to see pixels ion in the most thin lines and when you have maximum zoom in. This effect can be seen in other similar apps and when the same line settings are used. Tricks and Tips www.amaziograph.com Lines without smoothness Lines with maximum smoothness 16
Canvas size 1024x1024 px Canvas size 2048x2048 px Canvas size 4096x4096 px
Share your artworks Every artist can share artworks. Tap on Resize and Share button (three dots). Select Share. You can include or not the symmetry grid or include transparency. When the Include transparency is OFF the file will be in JPG format and when is ON it will be in PNG format. Tap on Share button and select how to share the graph. NOTE: Use Save Image to sea the graph in Photos Use Print to print fro the ipad. To find the Amaziograph version, select About Amaziograph Clear button will clean the canvas Tips and Tricks www.amaziograph.com Resize and Share 18
Change the canvas size At any time the you can change the graph size. Tap on Resize and Share button (three dots). Select Change Canvas size. Define the new size. You can select to keep the proportions or to unlock the W/H ratio and change the proportions. The minimum size is 256 px and maximum is 4096 px. There are two options for resize the graph: Stretch and Expand. In the Expand you can select direction to expand the graph. You have to select where is the graph is anchored. Tap on Resize button to execute the resize. As result new graph will be created with the new size. Tips and Tricks www.amaziograph.com Resize and Share 19
Fill and change symmetry Symmetry settings Now one possible action is to change the colour of the expanded area of the graph. Select a colour Select fill bucket tool Tap anywhere in the expanded area Next step is to select a new symmetry. Tap on Symmetry settings and select a new symmetry. Tips and Tricks www.amaziograph.com Just to remember how to do it: 21
Presets
Presets
Use different brush opacity Tips and Tricks www.amaziograph.com Experiment with different colours, opacity and line softness. 25
Pick up colour from the graph Tap on the colour icon (colour circle) Hold on on the cell of the customised colours Wait to appear a window RGB mixing and Pick up colour. Select Pick colour Move the picker - the colour in a circle will change in accordance where is the left down corner of the picker To finish colour selection tap on Done Tips and Tricks www.amaziograph.com Now is time to pick up a colour form the graph. 26
Turn off the symmetry Select a brush without softens and colour that we picked up. Gently draw over the black corners To reduce the sharp edges, select medium opacity and maximum softness and go gently over the edges. You can also use pressure sensitivity of the stylus with option to control the opacity instead brush size. Tips and Tricks www.amaziograph.com Symmetry settings Only the way to remove the black corners is to turn off the symmetry from Symmetry Settings. 27
Select preferences
Organise graphs in Collections It will be possible to scroll over All Amaziograph, but the better way is to create Collections and group graphs in collections. In All Amaziograph you still be able to see all graphs. Be very careful of deleting files from All Amaziograph, because they will be deleted from the collection, too. It is a good idea you to keep only the most valuable artworks and as a backup to store them in Photos as a JPG or PNG. NOTE: Removing and reinstalling the app will delete all graphs from the ipad. Now is time for fun with Amaziograph Tips and Tricks www.amaziograph.com From the experience we know that Amaziograph app can be very addictive and very soon you will end up of hundreds of graphs. 29