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View Andrew Allen's remix on Mix

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Show some RED on Mix.

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Stare.

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Stunted.

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Political cycle every 4 years.

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Tiny Leonie. #FiftyThree

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You don't have to be an artist to be creative. #FiftyThree

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Privacy. #FiftyThree

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MIX. CREATE TOGETHER.

The English inventor Sir Isaac Newton famously said, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.*” This notion, that collaboration is the heart that drives creative thinking is what inspired us to create Mix, an open platform for creativity, built right into Paper.

Learn more on FiftyThree News or jump right in and join the Mix.

*Newton’s famous quote was itself a remix of an idea attributed to Bernard of Chartres in the 12th c.

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FIFTYTHREE SDK. GET CREATIVE.

Today we’re thrilled to announce the FiftyThree SDK, the simplest way for app developers to integrate Pencil’s powerful creative features into their own apps.

We built Pencil to make creating on the iPad simple and natural with features like blend, erase, adaptive palm rejection, and the simplest Bluetooth pairing with Kiss-to-Pair™. Now with the release of our SDK, app developers anywhere can bring the Pencil experience to new platforms for creativity whether it’s games, document editors, music, or even museum installations.

Developers are already discovering new ways of using Pencil to bring the power of natural creativity to their apps, starting with our partners:

Procreate, an award-winning digital illustration app now has its three key features, Paint, Smudge, and Erase, combined into one intuitive tool. Noteshelf, the best note-taking app, just got better with Pencil’s leading palm rejection technology for easy handwriting. And Squiggle (coming soon), a popular music app that has been exhibited at MoMA, that will let you draw musical strings with Pencil, pluck them with your fingers, and cut them with the eraser.

We’ve worked hard to create an SDK to give developers access to all the powerful expressive technologies in Pencil from touch classifiers to palm rejection to Surface Pressure (coming with iOS 8).

To everyone in the FiftyThree community, we hope you enjoy using Pencil with our partners, and to developers worldwide, sign up today for access to our SDK. At FiftyThree, we build tools to remove barriers to creation, and we’d love to further this mission in collaboration with you.

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SURFACE PRESSURE FOR PENCIL. COMING THIS FALL.

Pencil, called “the best iPad stylus” by Wired and The Verge, is about to get better. Today we’re excited to announce Surface Pressure, a new feature that uses Pencil’s uniquely-designed tip. Surface Pressure comes to Pencil with the release of iOS 8 this Fall.

Same Pencil, More Expressive

Pencil’s tapered tip was inspired by the expressive richness of real pencil points, which allow creators to change the character of the line with the angle of the tip. With Surface Pressure you’ll be able to control the lines you create based on how much of Pencil’s tip or eraser is in contact with your iPad. Use the point for fine details or the angled edge for broad strokes. Surface Pressure unlocks new capabilities for each of Paper's tools—fill faster as you draw, shade as you sketch, or carve away in varying widths as you erase.

Stay in the flow and change drawing styles simply by changing the way you hold Pencil—no stopping to fuss with the settings menu. This new feature is unique to Pencil and will be unlocked for all existing Pencil users with an update to Paper this Fall.

Commitment to Customers Old and New

We’re committed to always improving the products we build—not only for new creators, but for everyone who’ve been with us since day one. Pencil launched last November with palm rejection, flip-to-erase, and blend as core features. Surface Pressure builds on Pencil’s simplicity by unlocking a new spectrum of expressive possibilities.

Surface Pressure will come as a free software upgrade to the original Pencil this Fall with the release of iOS 8. U.S. and Canada customers can buy Pencil now on our online Store and on Amazon. We’re working hard to bring Pencil to international customers, too. Sign up to be notified when it’s available near you.