You can customize the interface by positioning or docking pallet windows however you like. OpenCanvas is compatible to PSD(Photoshop) format. Perspective ruler helps you to draw background scene and buildings. Ruler lets you easily draw parallel lines, concentric circle, and concentrated lines. You can see the illustration from the beginning to the end as if someone is drawing right at this moment.
Smoother and more stabilized brush stroke is available.ĭisplay control tools (move/rotate/scale) are concentrated in one spot, therefore it is more convenient than ever.Įvent function records the drawing procedure and replays it. The lag caused by Sharpen Level has been improved by algorithmic correction. The editable Text Layer enables you to design various texts. Transform is used not only to scale and rotate but also to skew and distort an illustration freely.Ģ2 types of Layer Mode let you express an unlimited possibility. You can easily apply effects to an illustration by using a filter.
Multifunction filter enables to visualize a complicated expression by hand. I wasn’t able to turn up many screenshots but the.
There are various brush types, such as a pen gives a hard line, a watercolor brush mixes colors, and many more. Observations: Another close cousin of FireAlpaca, MediBang Paint and MangaLabo (not featured here because it was last updated in 2012), openCanvas seems fairly modern but at the price and with very few tablet PC friendly attributes, it’s hard to come up with a reason to look into it. Enjoy creating an illustration with openCanvas! Various functions and excellent performance of openCanvas strongly support visualizing your creativity. Equipped with analog-like brush strokes and functional yet user-friendly interface, openCanvas has the higher basic performance and the unique “Event” function that enables to record and replay the drawing procedure.
Enjoyĭescription: openCanvas is a painting software dedicated to Windows Operating System, that is suitable to beginners to advanced users. I don't really want a Photoshop replacement - I just want something really good to use with the Bamboo, but compatibility with Adobe stuff would make later processing easier.P2p group has released the newest build of “OpenCanvas” for windows.
Because I don't read Japanese it's impossible for me to even find a download for a legal trial! Anyone know anything about that? Is it a contender? Which would you suggest, or should I just get both?Īlso, just now doing a 'paint tool sai compare open canvas' search on Goggle I found a reference to something called Illust Studio. Both can load and sad to Photoshop formats, they'd also work well with my webcomics as well. That being the case it's important that it be legal, which is one reason I'm buying them (there are so many cracks and ripped downloads out there). Whichever I pick is going to be installed on all my home desktops and my uni laptop (which the university gave me for my masters), where I'll probably use it to do stuff in-between researching at the uni library. I was just going to go with PTS, but came across a reference to Open Canvas (which I had thought was defunct) and gave it a try, with this result:Īnd OC has some other features which caught my eye, like better Swatch management and the ability to import/export Adobe swatches.
Initially I tested PTS with stuff like the image below (of the 2nd Doctor):Īpart from general drawing, I want something that gives crisp and clean line-art that I can later do a live trace on in Illustrator (in which colours and other details will be added in) and Paint Tool SAI seemed pretty good with that. I already have a student version of Adobe CS5 (including Photoshop and Illustrator) but I've found both programs to be much easier and more fun to use with the Bamboo. I'm looking at buying an extra drawing program to use with my Bamboo, and so far narrowed the choice to either Paint Tool Sai or Open Canvas.