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MyPaint's strongest asset is its USP - the ability to immediately jump into the program and start painting. Its minimal interface makes for a non-intrusive layout - windows only appear if you want them to, and can be docked or left floating, or closed at will. The focus is very much on the canvas, and what you are painting. In this sense MyPaint is truly made for artists - traditional artists making their first steps into digital art will find MyPaint an ideal starting point.
The default brushes are designed to emulate real-life media - charcoal, paint, dry brushes, etc. They have a unique 'feel' to them that I can't quite describe - something Photoshop can't emulate. There are plenty of different settings to customise should you want to make your own brushes. A nice surprise I found was the 'delay' setting, which makes painting lineart so much easier to do, if, like me, you own a regular graphics tablet rather than a Cintiq. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The cross-platform installation. While Windows users have executable files to easily install the program, the lack of Mac developers on the MyPaint team means that Mac users have to learn to use package-manager MacPorts in order to install it from the terminal, along with a lot of other software dependencies. Even then, there have been reports of the install not going smoothly. This will likely put off a lot of non-technical Mac users.
There are some shortcuts that I miss from Photoshop as well, such as being able to create stamp-like brushes, or the Clone tool. I'm also a 3D artist and because of some of these limitations, I don't feel that MyPaint is suitable for texturing 3D characters at this time (though I don't think this is what the software was designed for anyway). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
37 out of 38 Total Reviews for MyPaint
• Can draw a Picture on the computer. When drawing can do encolouring and regulation. How you want to design, can delete and do again. I like creating new projects, new designs, and adding Pictures. Good job on the change available on Picture. Doing all of the operations is easy. It is useful and easy. Can completing the geometrical drawing, writing on the Picture is entertaining activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
• Software is slow and working badly. The interface should be improved. It should be more varied and colorful. Done shapes should seem clear. Shapes should not seem intermittent and can be an automatic regulation system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
This is a very useful tool for making quick drawings and edits to pictures and shapes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing in particular as this is an improved application of the older paint application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that it is easy to use and has a large choice of different brushes and colors. I always find the right pencil or brush for any types of drawing that I am trying to make. The possibilities are endless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The brush that moves with your mouse tends to be quite sensitive, so, for beginners, there is a learning curve before being able to do precise drawings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is a large variety of brush options tools that you can use which gives you a better ability to achieve the style you are searching for to creative. With the range of options you are able to create a more natural painterly style if that is what you would like to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There are many features to the program which is an asset to have, although the issue may become that it takes a while to understand all the features provided before it becomes easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The application has infinite canvases, configurable brushes, support for graphic tablets and a full screen mode without distractions, in addition to a simple GTK + 3 interface. It uses Open Raster as the default file format, but it also supports saving images in PNG or JPEG. Besides that it is a free tool and you can use it without having any problem with the payment you can attach it to your digitizing tablet to have a better control of the design of your designs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It has no negative point. This software is actually very useful at all times. It allows you to create drawings and put them into effect in the way you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Open source, lots of brushes, simple GUI, easy to use, brush smoothing, symmetry tool and the high quality of the lines using the line tools and mouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The default hotkeys are different from the standard, but this is simple to fix. Sometimes a bug occurs, and I'm unable to perform any action, but the program still recognizes hotkeys and this happens quite often. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It`s lightweight, has native stabilization, a wide selection of brushes, you can use both "Line and Curves" and "Inking" to create line art, cheap drawing tablet works fine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Undo feature needs a little more improvement, when selecting brushes sometimes the GUI glitches and you can't draw until you press ESC, rapid motions with drawing tablet create sharp lines instead of smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Large selection of brushes and pencils, native stabilization, Lines and Curves tool works fantastic with a mouse; you can preview in real time the Pressure Variation for Lines and Curves, the GUI doesn't take unnecessary space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes when I try to change the brush using the bottom right corner while using a drawing tablet, I can't interact with the program until I press a key, usually ESC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
