OpenCanvas
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openCanvas is known for its unique blending style, something of a cross between Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. Unlike many similar programs, openCanvas is specifically designed for use with pressure-sensitive drawing tablets, like the popular Wacom's digitizing tablets. It is designed from the bottom up to be a sketch program rather than a graphic design program (a trial version is available, which 'runs out' after thirty days or after thirty uses; however, the way it is 'locked' means one can use it to draw then print the screen and paste it into another graphics editor).
While it does not compete in larger markets and lacks many of the graphic design features of (much more expensive) programs like Adobe Photoshop, it has quite a community following and is known for producing quite astounding work for its small footprint.
Perhaps most important of all is one feature which makes it stand apart from its competition: the ability to save sketches as an event file, a recording of the strokes of the artist, and replay them or export as a movie.
Up until the last free version, 1.1-b72, openCanvas also included network support, allowing artists to collaborate in real-time over the internet, using different layers of the same drawing. This feature was removed on the release of version 2.
openCanvas is currently available in English (v4) and Japanese (v4).
Feature List, taken from website
- Elegant lines and a smooth drawing touch
- Coloring as if actual watercolor painting is used
- The event file, which replays the drawing procedure
- Gradient function in which advanced customization is possible
- Tone function which can create an original tone (Plus only)
- 22 kinds of layer modes
- Filters which produce many colorful effects
- Saving and reading of PSD/PNG/JPG/BMP formats
See also
External links
- [openCanvas User Community]
- [Portalgraphics Web site, English]
- [Portalgraphics Web site, Japanese]
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