KPT Pen Lab ADVANCED
Pen and vector tools
KPT Pen Lab ADVANCED
Everything in KPT Pen Lab Basic, plus the full Illustrator-style toolbox: curvature, shape builder, gradients, 3D extrude, image trace and more.
What ADVANCED adds
29 things beyond BASIC
Draw
- Curvature ToolClick points and the curve flows through them, with no handles to drag; double-click a point to switch it between smooth and corner.
- Rounded RectangleDraws rectangles with rounded corners that you can adjust.
- Polygon ToolDraws regular polygons with as many sides as you choose.
- Star ToolDraws stars with as many points as you choose.
Cut and combine
- Shape BuilderMerges, subtracts and splits overlapping shapes by dragging across their regions.
- ScissorsCuts a path at any point or anchor you click.
- KnifeCuts filled shapes into pieces along a stroke you draw.
Transform
- RotateTurns the selection around a point you choose, to an exact angle.
- ReflectMirrors the selection across an axis you choose.
- ScaleResizes the selection around a point you choose, evenly or by width and height.
- ShearSlants the selection along an axis you choose.
- ReshapeStretches part of a path smoothly when you drag a point or a segment.
- Free TransformScales, rotates, moves and distorts the selection, with perspective and free-distort handles.
- Puppet WarpBends your artwork around pins that you drag.
Fill and 3D
- GradientFills shapes with linear, radial, rectangular and path gradients that you edit directly on the shape.
- 3D ExtrudeTurns shapes into 3D solids, with perspective, depth and lighting.
Edit paths
- Edit on SlideOpens the shapes already on your slide, text included, so you can edit their points and handles.
- Add and Delete PointsAdds a point in the middle of every segment, or adds and deletes single points on a path.
- SimplifyRemoves every point a shape can do without.
- Smooth PointsTurns the points of a path into smooth points.
- Corner PointsTurns the points of a path into sharp corners, or converts one point at a time.
- Close and Open PathCloses an open path, or opens a closed one, on a shape already on the slide.
- Join PathsJoins two open paths into one at their nearest ends.
- Reverse DirectionRuns a path the other way, which matters for arrowheads.
Files and tracing
- Open and Insert FileOpens Illustrator, SVG, PDF and PowerPoint files in a window of their own, or inserts their drawings onto the layer.
- Save AsSaves your drawing as SVG, Illustrator, PDF, PowerPoint or PNG, in any folder.
- Image TraceTurns a picture, such as a logo or an icon, into editable shapes.
Workspace
- Side Panel and Pop-out WindowDraws beside the slide in a side panel, or in a window that you can size freely.
- Illustrator ShortcutsSwitches tools with V, A, P, M, L and the rest of Illustrator's keys, and adds its Cmd shortcuts for grouping, joining and more.
Looking for the free edition? Download KPT Pen Lab BASIC.
Coming soon
KPT Pen Lab ADVANCED is coming soon
We are not selling ADVANCED yet. Sales open once our UAE business licence is in place. Join the waitlist and we will email you the day it opens.