Quark DesignPad2.5.1 - App Store

Design on the Go with Quark DesignPad

Design on your iPad wherever you are with DesignPad, the iPad app that puts grid-based design control in the palm of your hand. No need to own InDesign or QuarkXPress.

Using an entirely new approach to design, you can quickly experiment with different layouts concepts and create anything such as a poster, postcard, advertisement, invitation, brochure, business card or newsletter right on your iPad then share it on Twitter, Facebook, by email, print it or if you have it available further develop it in QuarkXPress.

Pro Feature Pack

Unlock the new Pro Feature Pack and gain access to professional output and new sharing capabilities. Save and share print-quality PDFs or save PNG and Adobe PDF versions to DropBox for immediate access anywhere or directly print out your design via the new AirPrint support.

Bring your creativity to life!

With DesignPad you can:

Create stunning designs in minutes, in a meeting or on the go, directly on your iPad

Develop concepts interactively and share them instantly with your colleagues, clients and friends

For ultimate control, turn your DesignPad layout into a completed design by opening it in QuarkXPress* our award-winning premier professional design and layout software

Professional power and ease of use:

Choose from grid-based pre-defined layout types such as posters, brochures and advertisements, create your own customized size and layout combinations or start from scratch with a blank document

Designate US or international document sizes with selectable units of measure

Let the iPad do the hard work with the randomize layouts button

Use easy slider controls to adjust all aspects of your layout grid or input exact values

Customize the number of columns and rows, text and picture areas, caption positions and more

Save custom layouts for future reuse

Control box-level text attributes including: font, size, outline, color, and inset position

Control color and opacity on boxes and frames

Insert your pictures directly from your iPad, including Photo Stream photos, or choose from the free stock photos provided*

Easily create unique shapes such as boxes with rounded corners, speech bubbles, stars, polygons, ovals and more

Position, crop and resize pictures with a swipe and a pinch or use the nudge control for precise positioning including rotation

Add background images as well as floating text and image boxes

Copy and paste text directly into your layout

Turn guides on and off

Tweet, post to Facebook or email your layout to clients directly from your iPad

Open your layout in QuarkXPress to polish your design

PDF export (Pro Feature Pack only)

Use a third party tool to convert PDFs into editable Adobe InDesign documents

Dropbox support (Pro Feature Pack only)

AirPrint support (Pro Feature Pack only)

Shadow colors

New wave shapes for boxes opens up thousands of possibilities (Pro Feature Pack only)

Undo/Redo

Remove watermarks (Pro Feature Pack only)

Nudge controls for precise placement

Slider stabilization technology

Dynamic grids that let you change grid parameters on live documents (fluid layouts) (Pro Feature Pack only)

Stroked text

Requires iOS 7.1 or later. Compatible with iPad.