Carbo for iOS digitizes your sketches and handwritten notes

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Carbo is the handwritten note-taking assistant in the digital age. Its hybrid algorithms turn photographs of works into vector-raster electronic copies, and its editing tools provide basic post-processing capabilities of the results obtained.

Although we live in the digital era, the tablet and stylus bundle is noticeably lagging behind the usual notebook and pencil in terms of convenience and aesthetic sensations. Nevertheless, specialized web services and portfolio sites filled the niche of posting user work or taking notes. This twofold situation inspired the developers to create Carbo, an application that eliminates the need to store high-quality photographs of their drawings.

First of all, it is a matter of disk space. The average JPEG image taken with your smartphone's camera takes 2.5 MB, while the size of the saved sketch in Carbo is 400 KB. Despite six times less space, if necessary, you can export an image in a resolution of 1200 DPI, which is more than enough even for professional tasks.

The mechanism for importing a note or sketch into an application is simple. All that is required is to take a photo of the drawing, and Carbo will automatically perform all the necessary transformations. The developers claim that the new hybrid algorithms work with a format that represents something in between raster and vector.

In addition to tools for transferring work to the application, Carbo also provides sorting mechanisms. Tags and annotations help with this. The latter are useful when searching for keywords.

Also, the new product is tightly integrated with popular cloud storage. This means that scans of drawings or notes can be stored in iCloud, Evernote or Dropbox and can be accessed at any time from iPhone or iPad.

Not the least important feature of the novelty is the editing tools. They are represented by the usual "Lasso", with which you can grab an element, and then move, delete or scale, "Eraser" and adjust the thickness of the lines. At the same time, objects behave like vector objects, which means that changes do not affect quality.

Carbo will appeal to those who like to draw, lead reflections on paper or write familiar notes, but who see the need for an electronic collection of works. The app is paid, costs $ 4 and is available for download in the App Store.