'Sketch' Style Option Still Coming to Image Playground [Updated]

When Image Playground was first introduced in June as one of the key Apple Intelligence features, Apple said that it would generate images in three styles: animation, illustration, and sketch.

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The version of Image Playground available in the iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 betas only offers animation and illustration as style options, but Apple is planning to add the sketch style to ‌Image Playground‌ in the future.

As of right now, sketch can be used as an option in Image Wand in the developer and public betas of iOS 18.2, but it does not appear that it is ready for ‌Image Playground‌ just yet. ‌Image Wand‌ is the feature that allows users to add a drawing to written notes, either by sketching out an idea or referencing words in the note.

Apple did recently remove sketch from the Image Playground app description, but that's just because it's not yet in the ‌Image Playground‌ app.

Sketch is described as a "highly detailed and academic" style that "produces gorgeous drawings on stark backgrounds." It is distinct from the illustration style that has strong outlines, bold colors, and simple shapes, and the animation style that has a "whimsical, 3D cartoon look."

‌Image Playground‌ and ‌Image Wand‌ will be released to the public in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 in December.

Update: This article has been updated to clarify that the sketch style has not been removed entirely and that it will be coming to ‌Image Playground‌ at a later time. The prior version of this article suggested that sketch had been entirely removed.

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PowerButton Avatar
5 weeks ago
Looks like their timeline is starting the scare them. Promise too much, so late to the game…
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antiprotest Avatar
5 weeks ago
Why does tech writing use "drop" with opposite meanings? It can mean either cancel or release. Apple drops AirPower (cancel). Apple drops new iPad Pros (release). I remember it didn't use to be this way...say, 20 years ago? Before that, it might be used in music, as in so-and-so just dropped a new single.

EDIT: Oh, at least ChatGPT thinks I am right: "This usage likely started in the hip-hop world, where "dropping a new track" had the energetic connotation of unleashing it onto the world. In tech, this dual meaning has gradually caught on, especially as tech companies and media increasingly adopt pop culture language."

EDIT 2: I have seen tech writing use "drop" and "release" to mean "announced" too. Apple "drops" XYZ, meaning they announced it today and will be available in 4 to 6 months. That's also annoying.
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DanteHicks79 Avatar
5 weeks ago

Why does tech writing use "drop" with opposite meanings? It can mean either cancel or release. Apple drops AirPower. Apple drops new iPad Pros. I remember it didn't use to be this way...say, 20 years ago? Before that, it might be used in music, as in so-and-so just dropped a new single.

EDIT: Oh, at least ChatGPT thinks I am right: "This usage likely started in the hip-hop world, where "dropping a new track" had the energetic connotation of unleashing it onto the world. In tech, this dual meaning has gradually caught on, especially as tech companies and media increasingly adopt pop culture language."
It's just like when MacRumors uses "record low prices" for devices that just came out less than six months ago. It's all cheap marketing buzz words.

It's also how like ANY news about anything now is "breaking" news, which was a concept that got widely adopted when news networks went 24/7.
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5 weeks ago
Sketch option is available with Image Wand
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5 weeks ago
I'm suing
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mattoruu Avatar
5 weeks ago
Outrageous!!! I had no clue about this feature until this very moment… but now I’m absolutely furious about its removal!!!

Tim Apple!!! You have one… hundred… more chances until I stop buying your products! You have officially been put on notice!
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