If you're nostalgic for good old pen and paper or a sketchbook, Bamboo Paper does a good job of recreating the feeling on a screen.

It's also too easy to accidentally swipe pages when writing - it would be nice to be able to deactivate this to prevent pages suddenly flipping while writing or sketching. However, you can of course share via social media instead. There's no way to either import PDFs and annotate them or export notes and documents that you've saved as a PDF to send to someone else. There's also a frustrating lack of PDF support both importing and exporting. Wacom has just announced a new stylus that is compatible with all Microsoft Computers that have Windows Ink. If you're a serious artist or writer, it's essential to use Bamboo Paper on a tablet with stylus (it's optimized for both Bamboo and Wacom tablets) as it's hard to be accurate with fine details and curves without one.

The overall look and feel of Bamboo Paper is a very well designed app that's aesthetically pleasing to use but also helps you organize notes and drawings. This enables you to create a surprisingly realistic oil and pastel painting effect although many are designed for styluses with different tip types.

You can add pictures and photos to your notes, and export to online storage sites such as DropBox and Evernote and share via Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.įor drawing and sketching, Bamboo Paper also allows you to choose different pens and brushes. You can choose from a number of different notebook styles or themes, with various paper types, colors and textures.

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