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Dev tools · January 24, 2017

Sketch 42

Now with export presets, touch bar integration, and more

Sketch 42 launched on January 24, 2017 with 284 votes, #75 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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In plain words

Sketch 42 is a design tool for Mac that offers export presets and touch bar integration. Built for designers and developers, it enables the creation and editing of digital designs with enhanced workflow features. The software brings improvements to the export process and integrates with the Mac touch bar for quicker access to commonly used functions, making it suitable for teams working on user interface and user experience projects.

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From the sources

With Sketch 42, we’re making exports easier with presets, introducing Touch Bar support for the MacBook Pro and introducing a whole host of improvements and updates.

New in Sketch: Negative gaps and min-max sizing for stacks, expanded effects support, and more. Learn more New in Sketch: Negative gaps and min-max sizing for stacks, expanded effects support, and more. Learn more Happy 2017! We hope it’ll be a great year for you. 🎉 At Sketch we’re looking forward to unveil a long list of great updates throughout the year. We’re starting off with a nice set of improvements in Sketch 42. In a world dominated by screens, there are so many resolutions and pixel densities to account for. Take the iPhone for example — just over 10 years ago, the device that put a computer into millions of pockets had 163 pixels per inch. Today devices exist with two, three or…from sketch.com

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