Zoom/Pan in Focus Mode
One of the great things about drawing digitally on a screen tablet or iPad-like device is the ability to work in whatever scale feels best. The physicality of drawing is particularly important when one is drawing all day, every day. Some artists work zoomed out when drawing rough and then go in tight for filling in details, for example. For storyboarding, I actually like drawing small (smaller than your Focus mode) because it naturally limits the detail, and allows me to concentrate on composition.
Focus Mode should allow the artist to zoom/pan freely, preferably via hand gestures, because anyone with an iPad and ProCreate or Photoshop, etc. is already used to pinching and stretching and panning with two fingers.
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ShotGlide
Jul 5
Thanks for the thoughtful suggestion. One note that may help frame ShotGlide’s direction: ShotGlide includes drawing tools so artists can storyboard quickly and comfortably, but it isn’t meant to be a full drawing app or a replacement for dedicated illustration tools.
It’s a focused storyboarding tool, built around speed, shot planning, composition, reordering, and export. For that reason, Focus Mode intentionally uses a simple fixed drawing scale rather than free zoom and pan. Adding every advanced drawing feature would make the app heavier, less focused, and less reliable as a storyboarding tool.
We really appreciate the workflow and format suggestions, but for the drawing surface itself, we’re intentionally keeping it simple. Thanks for your feedback.
tekkonkinkreet
Jul 5
Thank you for considering this. Actually, I really like that your app is a streamlined, lightweight way to storyboard, and only storyboard. I certainly do not want a storyboard app that is also a screenplay editor or an animation platform or a video editor 😂
At the same time, I want the storyboarding itself to be a fluid, intuitive process, where the software is not an obstacle to getting the ideas on paper. Zooming/panning into and around the rostrum is pretty basic functionally that can really make a positive difference for someone storyboarding. And it’s something kind of unique to a digital storyboarding environment — one actually can’t do it working on paper (some of us still do).