Designing an attractive, resolution independent user interface is hard, especially if you have to program your drawing code. PaintCode is a simple vector drawing app that instantly generates resolution-independent Objective-C and C#/MonoTouch drawing code.
You no longer have to tweak and recompile your drawing code over and over again to achieve the desired result. With PaintCode, a graphic designer with no programming experience can draw beautiful controls, icons and other user interface elements, and the app automatically generates code that is equally beautiful.
Features
• Prepared for the world of high resolution displays
• Drawing canvas can be switched to a "Retina display" mode with a single click
Basic shapes
• Rectangles, rounded rectangles, ovals, béziers, polygons, stars and texts
• Boolean operations
Live Code Generation
• Generates OS X, iOS and C#/MonoTouch drawing code instantly
• The generated code is simple, readable and straightforward
• The generated code uses Quartz and Core Graphics APIs
• Maintains dynamic relationships between colors, gradients and shadows
• Syntax highlighting
Dynamic shapes
• Shape coordinates and dimensions can be dynamically linked to user-defined frames
• You can define resizing behavior for each Bezier control point separately
Dynamic Colors, Gradients and Shadows
• Colors, shadows and gradients can be reused in your document
• They can be adjusted at any time, and all affected shapes are updated instantly
Import
• SVG import
• PSD import (module available as an in-app purchase) allows you to import layer graphics, paths, texts and groups from Adobe Photoshop documents.
Colors
• Basic and derived colors
• New colors can be derived from the existing ones by changing their opacity, hue, brightness, etc.
• Relationships between colors are dynamic
• All derived colors are updated automatically when their basic color changes
Gradients
• Multistep color gradients
• Easy to use editor
• Linear and circular gradients
Shadows
• Inner and outer shadows
Images
• Retina and non-Retina versions
• Can be used to fill shapes
Smart groups
• Custom resizing behavior of group content
• Blend Modes and clips
• Group shadow and opacity
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