openCanvas 6

This program offers little advantages to free or cheaper alternatives such as FireAlpaca or Krita. Not only that, my CD key is being rejected by their activation system after a reinstall, so I can no longer make use of this product.
The brush configurations are rather limited and don't allow for lots for variation compared to Krita, there are no textures.. There is no symmetry function..
I will not be upgrading to OpenCanvas7 as the differences are superficial.

This one took drawing for fun to a next level for me

I am no so professional to be an artist, whether we choose to keep dreaming or it is time to wake up for reality.
I had no regret.

It's a very simple but reliable programme that's perfect for casual artists. I used to use Photoshop and while a lot of the features aren't available as this is a pretty basic digital painting programme I find it suited my needs perfectly as a non-professional. It's perfect if you like to play around with art online and enjoy digital sketching and painting. Its' simplified menus and interface make it less intimating for newcomers, or people like me who simply didn't need the pricey bells and whistles. Works fantastically with both my Wacom tablets, very responsive to the stylus.

I absolutely love OpenCanvas. While others were using Photoshop in middle and high school, I was using OC. I've been using it since the early 2000's and it's my go to for all my digital coloring needs. It's also super easy to use.

I havent actually been able to open this software in years. I've had many different computers that have all had better specs than the original laptop I ran this on. All of them have been windows.

I still have my product code so that's also not the issue.

I'd like to be able to get into this again and mess around but I already know my current computer wont run it.

I liked the program for what it was back when I initially tried it, but at this point, to save yourself the headache I'd reccomend just getting Clip Studio Paint if you want a reliable software in the same price range.

[Positive]
- RAM Friendly when no drawing
- Easy to using many tools
- I like many Pen Nibs

[Negative]
- Don't have Recovery files when the apps not responding or error issues like force closed and etc
- So many bugs. when I using Reference Window, the apps just not responding.

[Recommend ?]
NO. the apps have many bugs.

[Additional Note]
Just add Recovery files please. I hope when sometime my PC are crashed or BlueScreen can going to draw again while you not saved your art.

App just crashes hard on launch if I connect my tablet (Ugee M708), maybe because it fails to read the pressure sensitivity and gives me an 'Access Violation' error. However it works fine with my mouse though, yea it's incompatible with my tablet but I have tried many apps before and I never had this kind of problem. This is the only software it's incompatible with.

I tried the support but there is no working solution for it, because it looks like many have faced this problem way back when this software came to steam (2014) and they gave up on it and moved on to other applications because of lack of support. Sad to see that the devs are neglecting this. Also the main support forum is only available in Japanese at the moment and English forums are on the way but it will take time.

This might be a great application, without any subscription unlike majority of the similar apps out there, it's light in weight (6 MB lols), has neat set of tools at your disposal, but the lack of support from devs completely outweighs the pros. Once you buy this app, make sure it supports your tablet without any kind of incompatibilities, otherwise refund it asap.

The only reason I bought this on steam is because I really wanted to see how much time I will be investing in drawing stuff.

Even if it's not on sale I recommend that you buy it - if you are pissed by the high price of Photoshop and lack of functions of SAI.
However this is not really a picture editor like Photoshop. It is more a painter, so please keep that in mind.

P.S. Concerning compatibility problems, my specs are here for reference:
OS: Windows 10 x64 (16193 so far, perhaps rs2 or rs3, I don't really know or care)
Tablet: Wacom CTH-480

In fact all the problems I've encountered are all caused by Wacom's drivers.

Open Canvas 6 comes with all the essential and a few unique features for a digital art program!

- You can tweak your Brush settings, which gets the job done for sketches and line art, but when it comes to coloring/shading, the options included with the watercolor and air brush is fairly limited.
- The built in ruler and perspective is incredibly ergonomic, can be easily tweaked to suit your design.
- The workspace can be freely arranged
- Just like Photoshop, Open Canvas comes with a selection of filters and layer options.
- Pressure settings can be edited to your preference.
- The Pen nibs and Tone Editor are a pretty nice addition.
- The bucket tool detection sometimes has trouble detecting vertices in very fine line arts.
- 24 levels of stabilization for all the types of lines you’ll need!

Open Canvas is essentially Photoshop but suited more towards free form designs with a graphics tablet, if you already have Photoshop and any other digital art program, there is no need for Open Canvas.

As of now, I still mainly use Paint Tool Sai + Photoshop, but anything that requires perspective or if I’m lazy and can’t be bothered exporting from Sai to Photoshop, Open Canvas is used.

Oh yes the event system, now your friends not only laugh at your final product, they get to see your entire process up to your final disaster masterpiece.

Plz optimize the blur algorithm, the cursor dramatically slows down only on the blur tool at anything over 100px (as I find across multiple systems).

10/10 would violate my memory on a 32bit system again.

Ignore the hours Steam says I've used this, I've been using it well over 500+ offline.

You can rearrange the layout any way you want so you're not cluttering your workspace with 15 windows or crap you don't need. You can also "record" your strokes then play them back in 6 speeds so posting a speed paint or tutorial is much easier than capturing the entire process, speeding it up and editing the video afterwards. (Undo's won't appear though so no one has to know how many times you redrew that one part)

So I got this software because I had finally gotten my drawing tablet, and it had good reviews. I`ve figured I have logged in enough time to spread the word on this.

Pros:
- ENDLESS ammounts of things to learn and do (still finding things even now)
- You think of it, you can do it
- Easy for any type of artist, be it novice to the next Da Vinci
- LAYERS LAYERS OH SWEET GOD THE LAYERS
- All the diffrent changes you can make to the pens and layout to suit your style

Cons:
- The constant ammount of times an access violation occurs......
- Also the times that said violation can occur because of your tablet.....
- Depending on your computer, It`ll lock up and not save (rare occasions and an easy fix)
- (In my experience) the sheer lack of (understandable) tutorials

Other than the few cons, I would highly recommend this software! It`s a great peice if you`re looking about to work, have fun, or generally make fun of your constantly angry co-worker two desks away with cartoons of themselves. Alot of the errors and such that occur are really easy, yet sometimes very annoying, fixes.
I hope this helps you in your endevor to finding that software to help your imagine soar, and to get those annoying school projects more fun.

A decent art program for a reasonable price. The program size is relatively small, so it downloads and opens quickly. While not as powerful as photoshop and the like, it has the features for digital painting (e.g. tablet compactability and blending), and the event function is like watching a speedpaint, which is pretty cool. :)

I have gone easier to use OpenCanvas after purchasing a tablet

It provides a more comfortable work environment than working with a mouse

Are you a painter? don't hesitate to buy it

But be careful

If you will be very distressed without the tablet

This product is amazing. I just migrated here from Paint Tool SAI and I am very, very pleased.

First, having an illustrator is extremely useful in a steam library considering you do not have to renew your liscence incase the computer it's installed on finds a way to break. Cracks as well are extremely difficult to maneuver, as well as illegal and immoral, so it is nice having a secure program in my library and being legally clean.

Also, this program is about as lightweight as paint tool SAI, and much lighter than Photoshop and Corel Painter Pro. Its UI is very similar to photoshop's window layout, however, and has a very easy learning curve from anyone that's used adobe anything. It is way less complicated and more professional looking than GIMP, and way more useful than Paint Tool SAI.

This program is a must have. Some people have problems running this software however. I haven't, a lot of people also haven't, and it'll stay in your library if it doesn't work anyways, so I'm recommending it.

I have really good times using this software
Before I was using "unofficial" version of Paint Tool SAI and Adobe Photoshop
So I decided to get out of the grey area, and thank you Steam
Because I have no credit card, so Steam Wallet helped me bought this software

So,OpenCanvas 6 gives me what I need from SAI and Photoshop
And in my opinion it's lighter than SAI or PS
Haven't really tried the event function though
It seems has potential, but doesn't really need it for the time beings

So yeah, I'm going to stick with this software for now

I'm such an amateur with painting tools.
I don't have talent and I'm dumb.
But this software is so amazing. It's easy for people like me to use this.
More tutorials and I'm the happiest person in the world.

I would recommend again.

Even though i suck at drawing, OpenCanvas, new tablet and a bit of time made my silly dream come true. This programm is exactly what beginner or even advanced artist can use. Simple interface and a ton of instruments and tools that are very easy to learn. Just in 3 days i learned almost everything about this programm.

I dont regret even a penny that i paid for OpenCanvas.
Just 10/10.

Hi all.
I had this software on my wishlist for a while and I just grabbed Open Canvas 6 (OC6) during the 2014 Christmas sales on Steam.

I've been dabbling with it, experimenting and teaching myself how to use it.
Before I mainly used GIMP for doing graphic-editing (using GIMP feels more like work, but using OC6 I find is fun), so jumping into Open Canvas was fairly easy and intuitive to become familiar with it (though I'm still learning lots as I go).
Overall I'm quite impressed with OC6, it's many features and ease of use.

Checking out the main website at http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/ , and the Community section, I was quite impressed with some of the beautiful works-of-art I seen posted by some of the Artists there. Really, there's some great stuff there, and in part looking over the various art there inspired me to get OC6.

One of the features I also really liked is that for some art pieces there (in the PGN Community), that the event-file can be downloaded, open and played within OC6, so I can actually have a good idea of how some Artists approached and created their art, which can give me some new ideas and inspirations in making my own art-pieces too.

I look forward to being part of the Open Canvas Community.

* Dec.31.2014, a little update:
Just thought I'd mention that yesterday I picked up a Wacom drawing-tablet. Though it will take me more practice to become better and more comfortable at using it, I've been playing around with it for a while and so far it seems to work really good and responsive with Open Canvas.

If interested, you can take a look at a video I made of drawing in OC6 and of my first art-piece I did using a drawing-tablet (with my own music I composed playing in the background too): http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=367874303
I also like that the tablet is pressure-sensitive and that OC recognizes that as well so my pen-strokes also draw with a lighter or heavier line accordingly. I have a much finer level of control now (compared to using a mouse for drawing) and In a lot of ways it almost now feels like 'real' sketching or painting. I think having the drawing-tablet and using it with Open Canvas will help to more bring out my 'inner artist'. Cheers! :)

Before I write anything, this is the first digital art program I've ever used/bought.
Just like to put that out there.

I think everyone has seen at least one fanart right? It doesn't exactly matter if it's about a TV Show, Anime, a person, or whatever. I think we can agree some fanarts are pretty amazing. This program is definietly powerful enough to make your imaginations into a pictures. Simply put, this program is easy yet hard. It's easy to get into and learn what all the tools are and their various uses, but it's extremely hard to master. As I said before, this is the first program I've ever used, I'm not exactly artistic but playing with this makes me want to change that.

Pros:
-Easy to learn.
-Simple
-Nice Layout
-Tools are extremely well made.
-Extremely helpful community.

Cons:
-Somewhat new software, not many guides/videos.
-Maybe cost?

There may not be many guides but buying this will make the program more popular, more popularity equals more videos and guides and all that good stuff.

New to art? Better buy a 50$ software!
50 dollars may seem to be a lot but compared to Adobe's photoshop or any others which are in the hundreds 50 dollar doesn't seem as much. In my opinion it's worth every penny.

Definietly a great program. I reccomend it to just about everyone.

This is one of the greatest tools ever if you want to learn how to draw digitally!

I've already used many applications for drawing, including Photoshop. My biggest problem was that they were too complicated to use. openCanvas is everything you need packed with many functions, yet uses a simple Interface.

There are brushes like Pencils, calligraphy pens, air brush, and pastels. Also there are pen nibs for almost everything. You can, for example, change the brush size, Opacity and spacing.

However, if you don't have any experience in digital painting, you can download event files from portalgraphics.net and replay them. In that way you can learn from other people's drawing methods.

The first time drawing with a tablet might be difficult for most people who are used to traditional pens. But if you spend a decent amount of time, you will get better. Even if your first drawings are not very good, it's fun when your skills start to improve.

Dude, okay, so I've been using SAI for, like, ever, and I saw this the other day and I figured 'Hey, yeah, alright, it's on sale, I'll buy it. I kinda used the openCanvas LITE version I got with my tablet, and it was pretty swell'. I already absolutely love it and I've only used, like, 5 of the tools so far - I can't wait to explore the rest of it~ Next up, I'm gon' try that perspective feature~

Edit: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THIS PROGRAM MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I HAVE SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL

Warning! This is a Review of a hobby artist. I have no clue about professional programs.
The programs I used before are: GIMP, Photoshop CS6, Photoshop Elements, Paint Tool SAI

After playing around with the program for a couple of hours I have to say... It's simple. But really, the best program, I have ever used to draw.
It helps a lot, if you want to draw outlines. Especially with a graphics tablet. With the built in function to smoothen the lines, you will draw perfect lines around the second or the first time trying. In Photoshop, you have to make first a reaaally big picture and draw like this, so you can make it smaller afterwards to hide eventual wobbly lines.
Or in SAI, you may be confronted with vector based lines, which are perfect, if you want perfect quality outlines. In openCanvas however, all you need is a stroke with your pen or mouse, and it already looks great.

All the brushes are perfectly adjustable and easy to work with. I was really impressed by the kalligraphy pen, where it took less than a minute to adjust it to my needs, while in Photoshop, it took quite a while and didn't look good after all. Or maybe it was just my imagination. In fact, I was really impressed, how easy this little program works.

I wasn't very sure, what to expect with the filters, when I saw them advertised on the shop page. But they have some really nice little filters, which can twirl the image, make waves, pixelize(mosaic), diffuse in a very smooth way etc. etc.

The user interface is adjustable to the maximum. While it has similarities to how GIMP handles the many windows, it feels a lot more stable in handling and using.

Now one thing, I wasn't really sure if needed. But it came in handy when using. Perspectives. You can practically adjust for very impressive static structures and visual effects. It is for sure damn good to use when you are a beginner and don't draw in perfect perspectives from the beginning of your picture. But I could imagine it to be also really handy for professional artists too.
(I think, I will have much fun with it!)

Rotating the picture as you need while drawing makes hard to draw lines easier and you don't have to turn your tablet upside down. Really nice to have this implemented. It is a far nicer rotation tool than GIMP, Photoshop or SAI. Also it is more handy.

The last two things (And I am sorry to put the least good things in the end)
You can add text. Well, every other tool I know has this feature. I don't know, why it is worth mentioning. But okay.
And.. this is ACTUALLY really neat, if you think about it. The program itself takes up only 18MB. It makes it the smallest, but best program to draw, I own.

Sure, I feel really hyped about this and I will update the review in a few weeks with a speed art and a much more settled opinion. But I hope you liked this review and it helped you considering to buy it. It is worth every dollar/euro/septim/gold coin or whatever you like to buy stuff with.

Here are the prices of the porgrams compared:
GIMP - free
Photoshop CS6 Standard - 699$
Photoshop CS6 Extended - 999$
Paint Tool SAI - 5400 Yen (Around 50$ And no, it is NOT freeware)
openCanvas - 49,99$

If you have questions or want to correct me, just comment and I will try to answer it, correct it or add it to the review if important.

Edit #1:
As I am not sure, why my "play time" is so low, I was quite busy with it.
There are actually some bugs, you should be aware of.

- Your stylus may not be recognized after using the arrows to scroll on your drawing. This isn't really a big problem, but can be really annoying after a few hours. You can also solve it by either Alt+Tab out and in again, or by drawing a line with your normal mouse.

- Sometimes, you are not able to load up a .psd file. If you want to keep working on a picture, you have to copy every layer, save it as a separate picture and import it to OpenCanvas. This happened to me only once after switching very often between Photoshop and O.C.
Rather use .oci

If you find yourself having the same issues, consider reporting the bug.
End of Edit #1

Such an amazing digital painting tool. The perspective grid is pretty much what pushed me to buying this... the fact that you can manipulate and snap you lines to it is incredible.