MyPaint
 | |
 MyPaint 1.1.0 | |
| Original author | Martin Renold[1][2][3] |
|---|---|
| Developer | MyPaint Contributors |
| Initial release | March 12, 2005[4][5] |
| Stable release | 2.0.1 
/ 29 May 2020 |
| Preview release | 2.0.2-alpha
/ 29 May 2020 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, C++ and Python (GTK) |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Platform | IA-32 and x64[6] |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later[7] |
| Website | mypaint |
MyPaint is a free and open-source raster graphics editor for digital painting. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.[8]
History
[edit]MyPaint versions up to 1.00 and bug/issue tracking were hosted by Gna!.[9]
MyPaint uses graphical control elements from GTK and, since 1.2.0, uses GTK 3.[10]
In 2020 MyPaint 2.0.0 release succeeds MyPaint 1.2, released back in 2017, and brings a stack of new features and improved tools with it.[11]
Features
[edit]Among MyPaint's capabilities are:
- Pressure-sensitive graphics tablet support[citation needed]
- Dynamic brush library, standalone for integration into third-party applications[citation needed]
- Layer management
- Simple interface
- Gamut masking color wheel
- "Unlimited" canvas not requiring predetermination of image size
- Symmetry Modes
- Python 3 support
- Integrated bug reporting
- Supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and similar devices
libmypaint
[edit]| libmypaint | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Martin Renold[1][2][3] |
| Developer | libmypaint Contributors |
| Initial release | November 23, 2008[12] |
| Stable release | 1.6.1
/ May 12, 2020[13] |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Type | Brush library |
| License | ISC[14] |
| Website | mypaint |
MyPaint has a custom procedural brush engine optimized for use with pressure-sensitive graphics tablets. In later MyPaint versions, the engine was broken out into the separately maintained libmypaint library to make it easier to integrate into other applications.[15]
MyPaint's brush library is available as a Krita plugin, and also GIMP has support for MyPaint brushes by default.[16]
Media attention
[edit]MyPaint was used by David Revoy, the art director of Sintel (the third computer-animated film by the Blender Foundation).[17]
Native file format
[edit]The Adobe PSD file format changed its license in 2006, and it is now only permitted to develop applications using it in order to interact with Adobe software.[18] As a result, a comprehensive graphics design format, OpenRaster, was developed based on the Open Document format. MyPaint uses Open Raster as its default format, but also supports saving images to PNG or JPEG.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MyPaint meetup, attending LGM2010 Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, 2010-05-09, Jon Nordby, Grapikslabor, In Zürich I also meet up with Martin Renold, the creator of MyPaint.
- ^ a b About >> Martin Renold's Linkpage Archived 2019-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, MyPaint painting application that I have initially written
- ^ a b MyPaint: mixing Python and C Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, Martin Renold is one of the MyPaint maintainers. He created the program in 2004 while studying, - 13th LSM from 7 to 12 July 2012, Libre Software Meeting
- ^ Developer Monologue: Short History of MyPaint Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2009-06-18 - Martin Renold's log2
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Download". mypaint.org/downloads/. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
- ^ "COPYING". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ "Downloads". mypaint.info. MyPaint. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ "MyPaint - Summary". Gna!. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ "MyPaint 1.2.0 release note". Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ "MyPaint v2.0.0 Released". Archived from the original on 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ brushlib splitoff (moved some code from lib into brushlib), 2008-11-23, First libmypaint commit
- ^ a b "Latest libmypaint releases". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
- ^ "COPYING(from libmypaint)". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Brushlib/libmypaint is now a separate module". Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
- ^ Wilber (27 April 2018). "GIMP - GIMP 2.10.0 Released". www.gimp.org. Archived from the original on 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ Prokoudine, Alexandre (2010-09-30). "Interview with Sintel's art director David Revoy". Libre Arts. Archived from the original on 2025-03-19. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ Willis, Nathan (2006-07-07). "Debate arises over an open raster graphics format". Linux.com Archive. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Basic usage Tutorial: Saving and exporting your work". MyPaint (official site). 2010. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
External links
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