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Trace Studio

Your art over the live camera, locked to the page with printed markers.

Images you add stay on this iPad. Nothing is uploaded.

Trace Studio

Project

Export makes one file with the layers and placement, for moving a project to the other iPad.

Layers

Top of the list draws on top. Use the ‹ › buttons on the toolbar to step through them one at a time (pencil lines, then color map, then each paint stage).

White paper → see-through (line art)

Placement

Art width in height in

True size needs Lock (the markers tell the app how big an inch is). For an exact fit, use Corner pins on four pencil ticks.

View

Art opacity

Frame + corner ticks Outline markers

Grid × Grid color

Strobe speed

Camera & tracking

Camera detail

Steadiness

Marker scan width px Printed marker size mm

Markers & how-to

Print marker sheet

Print the marker sheet at 100% (no "fit to page"), cut out four markers.
Tape the paper to a board. Tape one marker near each corner, on the board, outside the paper. Don't move them during the piece.
Put the iPad on the tripod above the board so all four markers show.
Add your layers. Tap Place and move the art where you want it on the page.
Tap Lock and hold still for a second. The art is now pinned to the markers, so bumps don't matter.
Optional: turn on Frame + corner ticks and pencil the four corners. Next session, Corner pins snap the art back to those ticks exactly.
Hold a finger anywhere on the picture to hide the art while you look.
Pinch with two fingers to zoom into a detail (the lock keeps working). Double-tap, or tap the zoom chip, for the full view.