Drawing with Apple Pencil

Written By ShotGlide

Last updated 10 days ago

ShotGlide uses native iPad drawing, with full support for Apple Pencil. Pressure and tilt behave as expected, and strokes remain consistent across all views

While in Board View, use Apple Pencil directly on any frame to draw.

Undo and Redo

You can use standard iPad gestures while drawing:

  • Two-finger tap to Undo

  • Three-finger tap to Redo

Your last 100 drawing steps stay available while you scroll, drag frames, or switch views.

When you start drawing on another frame, ShotGlide starts a new undo history.

Tools

The drawing tools are in the upper-right corner of the top toolbar.

Tap the Pencil+ icon to open the drawing panel:

  • Color β€” choose from a palette of preset colors for sketching and annotating. Use different colors to separate elements within your scene.

  • Thickness β€” sets the base line weight (independent of pressure sensitivity). Choose Light, Normal, Bold, or Heavy.

  • Brush β€” choose Pencil (natural sketching feel), Pen (clean precise lines), or Marker (thick highlights).

  • Default β€” resets to the standard sketching setup in one tap: Black / Normal / Pencil.

Other toolbar tools:

  • Eraser β€” remove parts of your drawing.

  • Clear Frame β€” clears all strokes from the current frame.

Transform drawings

Drawings can be moved, scaled, and rotated.

Long-press a frame to access transform controls.