And, if you do decide to skip this chapter and later find yourself wondering, “Hey, what’s that doohickey do?”, you can always come back here to discover what it’s all about. Don’t skip over this chapter, as you’ll find many nuggets of information and fine details about OmniGraffle that you might otherwise miss. You’ll start out with an overview of OmniGraffle’s interface. This wonderful manual that you have before you (either in OmniGraffle itself, online, or in iBooks on your Mac or iOS device-or both) has been assembled in such a way that you’re provided with a complete tour of OmniGraffle. Stencils, for Mac and iOS versions of OmniGraffle. Stenciltown is where you can safely find and download new stencils for OmniGraffle. Layer blending gives you the flexibility to apply filters to a layer and then blend colors with other layers in the stack.Īnd finally, there’s a new place in Omni’s family: Stenciltown. If you have OmniGraffle Pro, you’ll find that we’ve added Layer blending modes to the Fill Inspector. For designers used to running on multiple displays, this is a huge boon as you’ll be able to keep the Inspectors on one screen while going into Full Screen mode on your big spiffy external display. More importantly, you can now detach the Inspectors from the main app window (yes, we’ve listened!). Each Inspector palette has been painstakingly redesigned to optimize space and function. The biggest improvement, however, can be found in the Inspectors. OmniGraffle has been optimized for OS X Yosemite, and the user interface has gone through a massive transformation to give OmniGraffle a nice, clean appearance. Since its initial release, OmniGraffle 6 has evolved into the precision drawing tool that designers around the world turn to for everything from creating simple flowcharts to prototyping apps-and their interactions-for Mac, iOS, and the web. Questions? Tweet send an email, or call: +1 80.OmniGraffle is packed with a ton of goodies, and received a total redesign for OS X Yosemite (v10.10). It’s available in our store right now, and coming soon for the Mac App Store. Update: go here for instructions on getting a discount via the Mac App Store We cannot offer upgrade pricing for Mac App Store licenses. Upgrade pricing depends on which version of 5 you’re using, but Standard to Standard is $49.99 Pro to Pro is $99.99. OmniGraffle 6 is $99.99 Professional for $199.99. During the trial, you can see which version you need by switching from one to the other, if you’d like, from the OmniGraffle Menu. Just plug in a Professional license to unlock additional features. The app has been improving our lives for quite some time internally, and we’re very excited that you can try it out now, too.Ĭheck out OmniGraffle 6, download a trial, and purchase if you’d like! To make things easier, we decided to bundle both Standard and Professional in the same app. OmniGraffle 6 is the culmination of many feature requests, customer feedback, and careful consideration. The Release Notes and in-app Help list all the new features and changes. Not to mention non-destructive shape combinations, some new artistic styles, text on a path, 6400% zoom, and more. When zoom is at 100%, choose between representing an Apple point, a PostScript point, or a pixel-for-pixel match. You’d like higher-resolution graphics and want accurate displays of size. For example, let’s say you’re building a website. OmniGraffle’s completely ready for Retina displays - especially when designing for them. You could place images before, but now you can edit and mask directly on the canvas. Kern individual pairs of characters, or set up tracking for the whole word. In the “Type” inspector, you’ll find some advanced tools, too. In the new Inspector sidebar, you can rearrange each pane up or down. We’ve integrated both the Inspector and Stencil window into the right side of the window - it works better on even the smallest of Apple’s displays, and inspectors that aren’t related to your selection stay out of your way. The biggest change everyone will notice is the brand new interface. The amount of underlying work to OmniGraffle’s core is vast, but you’ll also see a ton of new features.
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