Amadine: Vector Design and Art 4+

Until now I’ve generally been disappointed with vector graphics apps on iOS. Fine I’m sure on a big screen iPad Pro but on a 9.7” iPad the interface takes up most of the space and I for one don’t like drawing on postage stamps.

Amadine however is a powerful and under judged graphics application coming in at a slim size with minimal interface intrusion. I just get it. Which is more than can be said for several of the competitors in this important segment.

There are a few rough edges and things which just stop working for no reason but still It’s the best vector app out there. This is from someone who started on Illustrator on Mac and has been through and paid for most of the rest. Isometric grid would be useful along with some more keyboard shortcuts like Command-B for Bold, not seen an app without that one.

Give Amadine a try it’s a lot more powerful and intuitive than you might think. It’s also from Ukraine which needs all the help it can get.

Thanks for the detailed feedback.  

You can always write us an email with all the areas for improvement to the address support@belightsoft.com and we will be happy to receive your ideas on the Amadine development.

Thanks for supporting Ukraine!

I want to like this because it isn’t another one of 1000 “subscriptions” and is a one time purchase. Big fan of this, but the user experience is a huge let down. Palm detection is bad: there is seemingly no differentiation between pencil and finger, meaning simple stuff like scaling proportionally becomes a nightmare as the app tries to figure out if you’re zooming, panning, or doing all at once, leading it to freak out. God help you if you’re trying to move/select all the elements in a layer. I still won’t know how to do it.

There is also no way to create actual compound shapes. Booleans are a start, but they keep the masking/additive elements “alive” for you to randomly accidentally move. Frustrating.

I would steer clear to avoid tearing your hair out trying to do simple things.

Thanks for the feedback!

To navigate the Amadine app easier, you can choose an option 'Disable touch drawing' in the app Preferences. It will help remove palm detection and your Apple Pencil experience will improve. Groups/Clip groups/Boolean operations results must be dragged with the Move tool. The reason for that is the Selection tool grabs objects through the group. That is, it is not possible to select a group with Selection as a whole.

When you perform a Boolean operation, a smart object of a sort is created that does not break the original objects, and you can continue to change them independently of others. And if you want to get the final Boolean result, then it is necessary to expand after performing the Boolean operation. When working on iOS platform, turn on the Expand Boolean toggle.

You can send us the screenshots of every problem you face to support@belightsoft.com and we will define if there's an issue and correct it if the need be.

I find this app somewhat confusing, but I absolutely love it. This is great for when you’re creative. From an artist’s perspective-though I am not in anyway professional- this app is amazing and I highly recommend it.

Although I do not understand the controls yet, I know that I will in time. This would be perfect for aspiring young artists, or literally anyone. I spent a good amount of time on this and I give my applause to those pieces in this app’s references. I can tell you can make art like that, and even more too.

Again, I highly recommend this app, and although I don’t understand it well;; I know others will. Please check this out :)

Hello Devcast Ent.,

Thanks for all the kind words about Amadine. If you have any question as to the app use, please contact support@belightsoft.com. We'll be happy to help you with understanding controls and any features you needs any explanation to use effectively.

BeLight Software Support