Have you ever wished you could take all your design tools to a meeting or brainstorming session? Now you can! No more hauling PMS books, rulers, sketchpads, font books, calendars or a laptop for that matter. There are several great apps available for your iPhone and iPad that put all these tools right in your pocket. We have chosen just a few apps that would be helpful to both graphic designers and photographers. Visit the app store on iTunes for more information on these featured apps and many more.

Adobe Ideas 1.0 for iPad – Free
A digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas right there in the meeting. Forget the whiteboard — you can take these ideas with you!

• Simple vector-based drawing tools
• Zoom control
• Brushes
• Eraser
• Huge canvas
• Email ideas as pdf files
• Separate drawing or photo layers
• 50 level undo

Font Book for iPad – $4.99
A great app to see what your creative headlines or body copy will look like in different fonts.

• Install fonts in app via iTunes file sharing
• Preview all system fonts and installed fonts
• Adjust font size to preview
• Custom your sample text/preview text
• View font information

myPantone for iPhone – $9.99
A portable PMS color system in your pocket – Select color palettes right there in the meeting and email ase files to the team.

• Coated, uncoated, matte
• Pantone Goe, Pastels, Fashion, Home libraries
• RGB, HTML and Lab data
• Create color palettes
• Email color palettes as ase files for use in Adobe Creative Suite

Keynote for iPad – $9.99
Create amazing presentations of ideas, portfolios, photos and more.

• Drag and drop style
• Masking, Alpha channels
• Animated slide transitions
• 12 Apple designed templates
• Create tables and charts
• Export as Keynote or Powerpoint format

DesignRuler for iPhone – $.99
Use DesignRuler to measure lengths in inches, metric, pica, points and agate scales. Perfect tool for creating client logo/identity standards.

• Five scales
• E-Scale 6pt to 72 pt
• Leading gauge 6pt to 15pt
• Line weight scale – hairline to 12pt
• Fraction chart – 32nds to decimal, millimeter, pica and point equivalents

Font Combinations for iPhone – $1.99
Create over 2000 font combinations of serif and sans serif fonts. Formulate the perfect combo for your project.

• Graphic design history
• Beautifully typeset for maximum readability
• Single swipe motion to change heading and body fonts
• Learn names and visual identities of the most popular typefaces

iMockups for iPad – $9.99
Quickly draft website wireframes and layouts right there in the meeting and then demo the functionality.

• Create rapid mock-ups, layouts and wireframes
• Customizable navbars, tab panels, and auto fill Lorem Ipsum
• Easy to use interface
• Presentation mode for collaboration and discussion
• Multiple projects and pages

Hex-O-Matic for iPhone – $.99
Perfect companion for graphic and web designers for color reference. Show the client’s logo color variations in print and web.

• Easy to use interface
• Hex, CMYK and RGB breakouts

Things for iPad – $19.99
Task manager app great for keeping track of deadlines, meetings, milestones, appointments and more.

• To do lists
• Create links to files, web sites or email messages
• iCal Sync your to-dos
• Project scheduling
• Delegate to-dos to your coworkers and teammates
• Find your to-dos with Spotlight. Instantly preview them with Quick Look
• Available in English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish

Photogene for iPad – $3.99
A comprehensive set of professional photo editing tools that lets you demo your image ideas in seconds.

• Crop and straighten.
• Sharpen.
• Full set of color adjustments (including levels and curves). Correct underexposed photos and add a spark to washed-out ones.
• Apply one of our artistic filters such as sepia or posterize.
• Add text bubbles of different styles, colors and fonts.
• Add frames in various shapes and colors, including shadows and glows.
• Add special effects such as reflection or vignette.
• Multiple undo and redo.
• Resize your photo to a different resolution.
• Supports photos up to 2048*1536 (3Gs’ camera resolution).
• Upload your edited photo directly to Facebook or Twitter, mail it, or simply save it to your iPhone’s photo gallery.