Drawing with Apple Pencil

Written By ShotGlide

Last updated About 2 months 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 area of the top toolbar.

Tap the Pencil+ icon to open the pencil panel:

  • 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).

Tap the Color Dot icon to open the color panel:

  • Preset Colors β€” the two columns on the right provide quick access to grayscale values and common sketching or annotation colors.

  • Color Wheel β€” choose any custom color. The currently selected color appears in the upper-right swatch.

  • History β€” the bottom row shows your recently used custom colors for fast reuse. Tap Clear to remove the color history.

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.