Markers

Daniel Sandler

About this app

Markers is a simple, multitouch, pressure-sensitive drawing app. Some of its features include:

• Pressure sensitivity that works with most Android devices: As more of your finger or capacitive stylus touches the glass, Markers will draw a thicker line. NOTE: It may take a minute or two of continuous drawing for Markers to adjust to your device’s touch panel, so be patient! (If your device has an active stylus, like the Galaxy Note or HTC Flyer, the true stylus pressure will be used instead.)


• Multitouch painting: Two fingers make two lines, three make three, and so on, up to the limits of your device (typically 5 simultaneous touches for phones and 10 for tablets).


• Kid-friendly interface: Every pen size and color is on-screen; multitouch drawing means accidental touches (such as kid hands on the edges of the display) won't prevent any little fingers from painting.


• Plays well with others: Share your drawings to other apps, and share images into Markers to draw on top of them.


• [New in 1.2] Pan and zoom: By far the #1 most requested Markers feature! Tap the hand tool to switch into zoom mode; use one finger to scroll and two to zoom.


• [New in 1.2] Adjustable brushes: Longpress a brush and drag to adjust the minimum and maximum widths.


• [New in 1.2] Android 4.4 (KitKat) immersive mode: When you tap the Markers icon to hide the palettes, the status and navigation bars hide too; you can use the entire screen to draw. Tap the icon to show everything again.

Questions? Bugs? Ideas? Click “Email Developer” below.

Got a great drawing to share with the world? Share it with +Markers on Google+: http://dsandler.org/markers/+

Markers is open source software; the code is available here: http://dsandler.org/markers

Thanks for all your kind words and support! ♥

FAQ

• Why is my drawing all black when I save it to Gallery? — The drawing is actually on a transparent background, so you're seeing Gallery's black background through it. When you load it back into Markers or send it to another app, you'll see that the drawing is intact. If you'd prefer an opaque background, longpress on a color swatch in the palette to set the paper color.


• What's up with the pressure sensitivity on my device? — See http://code.google.com/p/markers-for-android/wiki/DeviceSupport for known issues about individual devices.

Ratings and reviews

This is a really awesome game, I love how they keep things simple with the tools. But the colors are very limited, and that makes things harder. A color wheel would be awsome, and an eyedropper even better. But this is other wise flawless! Edit: Feeling nostalgic, I decided to see if this still existed. I am so happy to find it here. This was my first experience with digital art, and it kickstarted an amazing three years of art development. Thank you so much for that.

Small..simple..no ads or BS...it works... truly one of the best apps I've found ever !.. makes cool see through icons....when I say see through I mean the image you draw is solid but there is no backround ....unless u draw it ... Not a super advanced drawing app but for about a half a Meg it's amazing to have just to load a photo to draw on some arrows or something real quickly... One of my all time favorite apps.. it's worked flawlessly for years

It's a simple concept but maybe too simple for older users. This app is mostly for kids and shouldn't be used by the more "professional" users who can't pay for a drawing tablet. This app does have "pressure sensitivity" however, all it's really doing is sensing how much of your finger is on the screen which is kind of neat. No layer option, no large color palate, bo stability, no redo, no good opacity change, etc. This app however, is really good for a young doodler or someone looking for something super basic. Its also WAY too eazy to save pictures because my 5 year old nephew pressed the button every time he added a line, filling up my storage.

What's new

[1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3]
• Fixes fullscreen mode on Jelly Bean devices.
• Adds support for Google TV.
• Fixes for Eclair, Froyo devices.