This week Epic revealed Unreal Engine 5, demonstrating the game engine on an upcoming Sony PS5 console, and it looks like we’re in for some gorgeous games next year. (Link) Want to know even more about Unreal Engine 5? Gamesindustry.biz has an interview with Tim Sweeney, Kim Libreri, and Nick Penwarden of Epic that sheds...
Concepts: Where Ideas Take Shape [Sponsor]
Concepts is a powerful creative ally to help you think, explore, and sketch your ideas. Stretch your mind past the limits on an infinite canvas, using fluid pens and brushes in designer COPIC colors. Used by creative professionals for note-taking, mind mapping, drawing, storyboarding, graphic design, product iteration, and architectural planning, Concepts lets you sketch, communicate and present your ideas with a flexible, customizable workflow.
Built from the ground up for iPad’s touch interface, Concepts combines vector drawing with natural touch gestures to maximize your creativity. Everything you draw can be edited, moved, and reorganized, allowing you to interact with your ideas at a deeper level. Drag and drop images and objects for fast ideating and mood boards, use layers, and grid layouts to organize your work and apply shape guides, measurement, and scale features for more precision drawing.
Concepts comes with a free, built-in presentation mode that lets you connect via AirPlay or cable to a large display for graphic discussion and sharing during events. It works with apps like Zoom or Reflector for instant virtual whiteboarding too. Once final, export and share multiple file types (JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF, DXF, PSD) for flexible work between teams and apps.
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Download Concepts today for free and give it a try. To learn more about how Concepts can help you explore your ideas, visit concepts.app.
Our thanks to Concepts for sponsoring MacStories this week.
15% Off All MacStories Pixel Products for Club Members
Earlier this week, we announced that Club MacStories members can purchase all MacStories Pixel products for 15% off. Just use the promo code club15pixel2319 at checkout. We’ve also added the promo code to the webpage you see when you log into //www.macstories.net/club for future reference. If you haven’t checked out the MacStories Shortcuts Icons that...
In This Issue
Infuse, the MacStories team’s iPad Home screen widgets, a six-month check-in on TV+, an interview with Charty developer Rodrigo Araujo, Brian King’s Home screen, tons of App Debuts,plusWeekly Q&A, Links, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of MacStories podcasts....
Home Screen: Brian King
Twitter: @bkbkbk; Website: brianking.org. Brian King is a creative technologist and media producer in Redwood City, CA. A few years ago, I started pulling myself out of a bad mental place with a simple tweak to my Home screen. I deleted the Facebook app and replaced it with Day One Journal. Day One’s icon populated...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] Last weekend, we released a new episode of MacStories Unlugged, ‘Unwinding from Another Week at Home,’coveringour new show, MacStories Unwind and its origins, how we find interesting links for MacStories Weekly, how we use Twitter’s lists feature, and the ways in which so much has changed around us, while our day-to-day work lives have...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John consider where app design is going in light of Federico’s interview with Apple’s Craig Federighi. Today on Unwind, Federico and John recap the week at MacStories and share a TV show, album, and YouTube channel....
Interview: Rodrigo Araujo
Twitter: @rodrigoaraujo. Developer of Charty and ChatStats. What was the inspiration for Charty? Charty was born out of personal necessity. I’ve been wishing for a way to create charts on iOS for a long time. Be it for budget tracking, to stay on top of reading goals, or to guarantee I’d beat my Apple Watch...
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Refreshes the 13-inch MacBook Pro with a New Keyboard, More Storage, and Updated Processors and RAM Apple Announces WWDC Will Begin June 22 iPadOS and Pointer Support with Craig Federighi My 11-inch iPad Pro Experiment...