Switching tools with Paper
How to switch tools in the app Paper for iPad and iPhone.

New to Paper by FiftyThree and can’t seem to figure out how to switch tools? I have the short answer for you right here.
They may be subtle, but the white dots beneath the row of tools are a big clue to help solve this mystery. Similar to the dots you find at the bottom of your iOS device’s home screen, they indicate there are off-screen goodies to be had.
Tool switching (iPad)
Swipe across the row of Think Kit tools to reveal another set of five (Fountain Pen, Pencil, Marker, Fine Tip Ink Pen, and Watercolor Brush) to the right.
Tool switching (iPhone)
And for you iPhone Paper users there are three sets of tools you can swipe through.
I know what you’re thinking, “wow how could anyone miss this?” Well from the amount of emails I receive a month asking how to change tools… quite a lot.
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When you export Paper ideas to your camera roll they’re saved at the same resolution as your iPad’s screen — which varies on what model you have (Pro 12″, Air, Mini, etc.)
They also come out at 72 dpi I believe, so you’d need an app that can resample it to 300. On my Air 2 images are
2048 x 1536
which @ 300 dpi comes out to be 6.827 x 5.12 inches… more than enough to print a 4 x 6.You can certainly go larger, but there will likely be some image quality loss. I had one of my drawings blown up and printed at 40″ wide and it looks fine. It really depends on the image though.
Yes you can change the width of the tools by either using styli that are pressure sensitive like Apple Pencil, or varying the speed at width you draw/paint.
Here are all the styli I’ve used and my thoughts on them. If you have an iPad Pro I’d recommend Apple Pencil.
There is a new tool to the far right of the color wheel (you may need to swipe the tools to reveal it) called Canvas. Tap that and you can import a photo onto the canvas or use one of the included templates.
For additional reference see Paper’s support site.
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