Tracing Buddy is a drawing grid and anamorphic images creation tool.
Built for simplicity, Tracing Buddy allows you to easily transfer pictures to a drawing surface
Using the perspective distortion functionality, now you can enter the world of drawing illusions. First, apply the distortion to your images and then transfer them to a drawing surface with a grid
The app is optimized for both iPhone and iPad use, including Dark Mode support
Grid Features:
- Square divisions or choose the preferred aspect ratio
- Change color and transparency of grid lines
- Choose from four subdivision styles and change color and transparency as you wish
- Change the grid background color and the transparency of your image
- Change the scale and position of your image relative to the whole grid
- Save grid settings in projects
Image Features:
- Choose from a regular image, line art style, black & white values, or remove backgrounds with the person detection filter
-With the B&W and values filter you change your image to black & white, adjust shadows and highlights to you liking with the included tone curve and reduce the number of values in the picture to a more manageable amount. With the value selection tool you can inspect where values are placed in your image
- Use the person detection filter to remove the backgrounds of pictures with people in them, change to a transparent or solid color background instead
Anamorphic images:
- Add perspective distortion to your images choosing from two method: AR or using a picture
- In AR method let Tracing Buddy guide you through the whole process, you only need an iOS device equipped with AR capabilities
- If you need more control about the distortion, you can take a picture from your phone or with external camera and apply the distortion manually, for this method to be effective, you need to know the dimensions of the surface you want to transfer your picture to
Premium Features Add-on (either by subscription or lifetime purchase) required for:
- Ad removal
- Premium Image filters
- Multiple Project management
- PNG type export
Terms of use
https://lafappbrica.com/tracing-buddy-terms/
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In-Apps
Premium Features
$12.99
Yearly subscription
$3.99
Monthly Subscription
$0.49
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User Rating
4.57 out of 5
688 ratings
in United States
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I love this
This app is fantastic. I’ve had it on my phone for five minutes and i absolutely love it. If you’re looking for state-of-the-art, crazy modern, complex, super sophisticated, then it might not be for you. What I love about it is that it’s so well-designed — the concept is brilliant. I’ve been doing the grid technique, old-school, by hand, for four decades … And in one fell swoop this app has enabled me to skip all that and do it directly, digitally, right on the photo on my phone. Bravo!!
Grid painter
This is the worst app I ever got. The instructions to use it are almost non-existent, and when I tried to get help they sent me videos that were not based on the screens I had. Terrible.
Great app for watercolor
This is an awesome app for pencil drawing for watercolor…and the price is awesome. I would actually pay a little more for the lifetime ($20?), but really appreciate that is affordable.
My favorite feature is the ability to tap of a square and isolate it for drawing. THIS IS AWESOME and sets the app apart from all the rest. I think my mind tries to fill in if I’m looking at the whole picture. For a long time I didn’t understand how to get back to the whole grid, so I thing a back arrow would be helpful. I finally figured out you just swipe.
I would like the ability to crop the photo inside the app so I don’t have to go into Photos and crop the original. That would be a great feature.
I do think getting a photo into the program and starting a new drawing is more difficult than it could be. Look at how Sketchbook and Procreate handle this with a gallery (and all other drawing programs). Maybe use icons instead of the words and plus sign…they run together and it’s hard to tap the right one on a phone. Maybe add a quick tutorial on that for now? I just wiped out a previous drawing by importing a photo over it.
That said, this is hands-down the best app out there.
Restore account on new iPhone
I lost my old iPhone, and just got a new one, so had to manually download all my old apps and subscriptions. I’m paid up for a year so I just am looking to sign in, but the only prompts I can find involve me buying again. Is there a way I can just sign in on my new phone that has the same number as the old?
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Love It!
I just purchased the lifetime value because I was so pleased with the ‘freebie’ portion. There is a small learning curve but worth the few minutes.
Tracing buddy
Doesn’t makes sense. The grid color doesn’t work. Wants me to make payment
Good artist’s tool
As both a traditional and digital artist I have found Tracing Buddy a very helpful tool in my work. Thank you for this app!
OG
Love using the grid in this app for helping with my proportions when drawing!!!
