At IBC, we heard about Krita, an open-source paint tool for PCs. Adobe has bided its time and harnessed Sensei to mount its challenge.

Corel Painter has been a strong choice for artists and offers a huge collection of brushes, which can also be used in Photoshop. The professional artists are going to love Fresco, but also its availability on iPad will encourage anyone who likes to draw and doodle to try it. The paid version is available for $9.99 per month. A free version is available from Apple store but with limited access to some professional tools. (Source: Adobe)įresco is available immediately for Creative Cloud subscribers. Fresco allows users to combine raster and vector tools and work can be opened in Illustrator or Photoshop to take advantage of all the tools in those programs. Fresco takes advantage of Apple Pencil, and provides new, Live Brushes, powered by Sensei, which can recreate the experience of painting with oils or watercolors. He joined Adobe in 2017 as an evangelist and helped build Adobe Fresco, along with a group of illustrators with diverse styles and backgrounds. He is also a well-known creator of custom brushes, which he marketed as.

Webster’s work as an illustrator and design has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Atlantic, and ads for Nike, Microsoft, Target, and Wrangler. In the Adobe blog post, announcing the launch of the app, illustrator Kyle Webster said that one of Fresco’s fundamental strengths is the variety of brushes one can use. That way, beginners can experiment with materials, undo the unexpected outcomes, and start afresh! A few tutorials are available here to get you started. The app provides flexible environment and freedom to use different kinds of media and different techniques. Designed for Apple Pencil and touch devices, Adobe Fresco lets a user paint with brushes that give the feeling of reality. (Source: Adobe)Īdobe has launched a new app, Adobe Fresco (announced as Project Gemini last year at Adobe Max) for artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who enjoys drawing and painting. The latest addition to Creative Cloud works well with Adobe Photoshop, Capture, and Illustrator.

Fresco painting app