14 advanced mobile apps crafted for designers

Editor’s note: The increasingly powerful smartphones sometimes make our computers look inferior. Perhaps some large and complex design projects have to be completed on computers, but many daily, simple and even professional design work will be more convenient on mobile phones than on computers. So what are some powerful, easy-to-use, professional mobile apps that designers should buy? Read on, you will know

Mobile apps have become an integral part of our lives. Powerful smart phones and various mobile applications have become a bridge connecting us to the world. Complete services and apps with different functions are embedded in every aspect of our life like wedges. For designers, there are many excellent apps on mobile phones that can bring convenience to work.

Out of all the design tools out there, there are always some great and useful apps to recommend, and here are 14 apps that can help designers in different ways.

1. Adobe Illustrator Draw

Illustrator Draw isn’t The first mobile image-editing app from design giant Adobe, but it’s the one that most closely follows Adobe’s design philosophy. The app comes with five built-in vector brushes, which, when used properly, can help you create stunning effects during your drawing process. Illustrator Draw also supports Adobe Ink, Adobe’s graphics-aid hardware, as well as Adonit Jot Touch and the Apple Pencil. Illustrator Draw also works with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator on the desktop.

2. ArtFlow

ArtFlow is an app that turns your phone’s screen into an electronic sketchbook, but there are plenty of such tools. The special feature of ArtFlow is that it gives full play to its professionalism. With more than 70 tools, you can surprise and complete the drawing work in place. For experienced professional designers, the possibilities are almost infinite. Importantly, ArtFlow, as an APP, can support pressure sensitive drawing hardware.

3. AutoCAD 360

The name AutoCAD has enough gimmicks. As AutoDesk’s most famous design tool, AutoCAD is another core design tool that is different from PS. This AutoCAD 360 is the mobile version of AutoCAD on the desktop. The advantage of it is that architectural and industrial designers can throw away their laptops and take their phones with them to 2D and 3D cad. AutoCAD 360 has almost all the features and features of the desktop. With CADEdit, users can efficiently edit shapes using gestures, and accurately measure, annotate, and mark shapes.

4. Behance

Adobe’s Behance is currently the most influential designer creative community, and its official app takes full advantage of the platform, featuring advertising, architecture, fashion, art, industrial design, photography and other design works. Most of the web’s functions are realized on mobile.

5. Camera MX

Camera MX is the only app in the store that can dynamically improve the quality of photo taking. The app’s “Live Shot” mode saves the last few seconds before you take a Shot, which allows you to find interesting shots, pick the right ones, or even create motion pictures. However, these features aren’t exactly flashy, and there are other apps with similar features, and they’re not essential for designers. What really makes it on this list is its graphic effects and processing power.

This photography app can provide a lot of special effects, Lomo, HDR, and so on. Tint adjustment, contrast adjustment, dressing, intelligent image processing are also available, and its detail processing ability is comparable to desktop software. What’s more, all of these features are also free!

6. Color Pop

The whole background elements are black and white, and only the objects or people in the visual focus are colored. This style of image is full of impact, and is also loved by people. Movies like Sin City even use this style for whole films. There are many image processing software to make such pictures, but only ColorPop is the most professional and fastest in processing such pictures, because it is born for this purpose. From matting to detail, from saturation to color correction, it’s a master (iOS, Android).

7. Color Harmonizer

Color Harmonizer is a Color matching software that allows you to create a Color scheme directly from an image or scene. All you need to do is capture the colors directly from the current landscape from your gallery or call the camera and generate the color scheme. In this respect, it is as good as any other color matching software of its kind, but it does more than that. Since it generates the color scheme, it can also manage the color scheme well and share it with colleagues or friends. In addition, it has a built-in color wheel, which allows you to generate color schemes directly from the color wheel, just like traditional color matching methods. Color Harmonizer is a one-stop tool for matching colors.

8. Font Candy

Font designers and typographic designers are definitely hot jobs for today’s web design. Whether it’s articles or blogs, the most influential works need a font designer to create a Banner or cover with a unique style. At the same time, for designers, master the skills of font design is also quite urgent demand. Font Candy, designed by Eaxy Tiger Apps, is designed to do just that, and it makes Font design fun.

9. Fontli

Fontli is a platform for typographic designers. Fontli allows designers to share their typography with their peers around the world, and in fact the vast majority of users are sharing-oriented. This makes Fontli almost the largest font library in the world, and simple sharing seems to be the least utilized method.

For designers, these excellent font design cases can serve as a source of inspiration for font design and lay a good foundation for the next design. The sharing function of the platform can serve as a channel for font design sharing and collaboration within the design team, and can also share their collections of design works in real time.

10. Fuzel Collage

Fuzel Collage is an award-winning product that can be very useful as a Collage tool for designers. So why recommend Fuzel Collage when app stores are full of similar apps? Simple, the app is packed with hundreds of interesting themes and photo galleries, giving you the freedom to be creative and create beautiful collages that fit your needs. The app’s developers also provide a wealth of special effects, styles, patterns, labels and frames to help you refine the details of your collage, and with weekly events, this app is perfect for collage design.

11. Pixlr Express

Pixlr Express, from PixLR-O-Matic, takes a professional and comprehensive approach to photoshop. The built-in effects, tools, and covering layers can create over 2 million combinations, and the interface is designed to allow you to photoshop like an expert. The biggest advantage of the whole app is mobile optimization. The interface hosts these tools and effects well, making them easy to call and quick to get started.

12. Sketchbook Express

SketchBook Express, like AutoCAD 360, is from giant AutoDesk and is a drawing software designed for phones and tablets with large screens. The built-in 15 different brushes and advanced color wheel are enough to get you started, and combined with the pressure-sensitive stylus for gradients, fades, and other effects, you can easily implement your ideas. Sketchbook Express is a great tool if you are a designer who is good at drawing by hand. If you’re a user of DeviantART, you can also use the built-in gallery to access the community and get inspired (iOS, Android).

13. Sketchworthy

Sketchworthy is a versatile APP for managing notes, sketches, illustrations, and annotations. Intuitive interface design greatly improves overall efficiency, and universal design allows you to annotate almost any type of notes, from maps to images, from text to sketches. In order to facilitate different types of users to take notes, there are many types of built-in “manuscript paper”, such as music paper, tables, blueprints and so on. The flexible detail design allows you to organize information and data efficiently and is highly customizable, making it almost the most professional application of its kind on the market.

14. Infinite Design

Infinite Design is the last push-plus application in the list, and it is also required. The app also has some of the best design features to date. It is the only app that has the flexibility to create 3D images freely, with a customizable integrated environment, unlimited undo, a high degree of freedom palette, and an easy-to-use import and export tool. Borderless sketchpad, shape detection and powerful shape adjustment tools make it easy to create almost any shape.