Changing your interface
The Lagoon tab
of the Preferences contains options
for changing not only the lagoon, but also marking menus has been
added. Create your own marking menus, populate the lagoon with the
options you use most frequently. If you never use a tool, take it
out and replace it with one you do. This tab gives you complete
control over these domains.
In addition to all this,
now when you’re working, you can right-click to access a virtual floating
lagoon. It uses the setting from the Lagoon Preferences.
These setting are saved to an .xml file,
so you can save them to a portable hard drive, take them with you
to use on any machine, and always have your custom setup.
Customizing lagoon icons
Click here to watch a demo.
Change
the icons displayed in the lagoon, using the top section of the
Lagoon Preferences.
- For PC users,
select Edit > Preferences.
For Mac users,
select SketchBook Pro > Preferences.
- Click the Lagoon tab.
- In the lagoon section, click an icon
on the lagoon.
- Click the icon you want in its place.
The icon changes.
Custom marking menus
You can also
customize the marking menu for an icon in the lagoon, adding tools
that you commonly use. Once done, you can use clutch keys or right-click
to access these custom marking menus without visiting the lagoon.
Lagoon position |
Mouse |
Stylus |
Hub menu |
Right-click and press 1 |
Press-hold 1 and pen-down |
|
Right-click and press 2 |
Press-hold 2 and pen-down |
|
Right-click and press 3 |
Press-hold 3 and pen-down |
|
Right-click and press 4 |
Press-hold 4 and pen-down |
|
Right-click and press 5 |
Press-hold 5 and pen-down |
|
Right-click and press 6 |
Press-hold 6 and pen-down |
In the Lagoon
Preferences, at the bottom of the Default
SketchBook Tools list, any Do-It-Yourself brushes
you have made will be listed. Now, you can add them to any custom marking
menu.
Changing a lagoon icon
marking menu
Click here to watch a demo.
- With an icon selected in the lagoon section
of the Lagoon Preferences, click a
tool in the Select Menu Location section.
This displays the name of the tool in the Default SketchBook Tools section.
- Scroll through the list of tools and
select one to replace the current tool.
- Click OK. The marking
menu updates, changing the tool icon displayed.
Resetting your preferences
Click
here to watch a demo.
At any time, you can reset your preferences
back to their original state.
- For PC users,
select Edit > Preferences.
For Mac users,
select SketchBook Pro > Preferences.
- Click the Lagoon tab.
- Click Reset.
- Click OK. This
changes your lagoon and marking menus back to their original state.
Associating file types
with Autodesk SketchBook Pro
For
PC users, by associating a program to a file type, you
can open files of that type into that program by default. For example,
if you double-click the files, the associated program opens them.
NoteThis
function is not available on the Mac.
To change these associations:
- Select Edit > Preferences.
- Click the System tab.
- Under Associated File Types,
select the image file types you want to associate to Autodesk SketchBook
Pro.