Touch Gestures
On iPad and iPhone you drive BLNG with touch and Apple Pencil instead of a keyboard. Navigation is a two-finger job, which leaves a single finger or the Pencil free to draw.
Navigating the canvas
These gestures work anywhere on the canvas, whichever tool is active.
| Gesture | What it does |
|---|---|
| Two-finger drag | Pan around the canvas. |
| Pinch (two fingers) | Zoom in and out. |
| Two-finger rotate | Rotate your view of the canvas. |
Drawing & Apple Pencil
- One finger or Apple Pencil: draw, paint, and erase directly on the canvas when the Brush or Eraser tool is active.
- Apple Pencil gives you precise, pressure-aware strokes, and it is the recommended way to sketch on iPad. See Apple Pencil (iOS).
- Long-press the canvas to pick up the color under your finger: a magnifier follows your touch, and the color you land on becomes the brush color.
- Two-finger tap undoes and three-finger tap redoes, from anywhere on the canvas.
- The on-screen toolbar holds the tools and the undo and redo buttons, and its controls change with the tool you pick.
Working with objects
Tapping an object selects it and puts a transform box around it. The rest of these gestures act on what is inside that box.
| Gesture | What it does |
|---|---|
| Tap | Select an object or layer. |
| Drag (one finger) | Move the selected object. |
| Drag a handle | Resize or rotate the selection. |
| Double-tap | Edit the selected object in place, for example to start editing a text layer. |
3D models
When a 3D model is on the canvas, the viewport responds to its own gestures:
| Gesture | What it does |
|---|---|
| One-finger drag | Orbit around the model. |
| Two-finger drag | Pan the model. |
| Pinch | Zoom the model in and out. |
| Two-finger rotate | Roll the camera. |
| Tap | Toggle the model's bounding box to move, scale, or rotate it on the canvas. |
In the Quad 3D view, a central lock button keeps the four panes synced so they orbit and zoom together; unlock it to adjust one pane independently. As you orbit, the camera snaps to the cardinal angles (front, side, top) with a light haptic tick.
Comparison views
Tap a generated result to open it in the Preview Pane over your canvas, then use the on-screen controls to switch between Split view, Side by side, and Stacked, dragging the splitter to adjust the divide. See Canvas & Views.
Dismissing the keyboard
The software keyboard covers part of the canvas while you type in Chat. Tap or drag anywhere outside the chat input to put it away.