Vara
Drawing and digital painting application with pressure-sensitive brushes. Works on GNU/Linux and Windows.
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Release history
Latest unstable release: 0.1.241113 2024-11-13
What Vara isn't
Vara is not an image editor, unlike GIMP or Photoshop. It probably isn't a kindergarten drawing program either, unlike TuxPaint. It belongs to the group of drawing applications like Krita and MyPaint, but with a limited number of features.
Features
- 32-bit High Dynamic Range, Linear RGB internals
- Dynamics: Pressure-for-size, Stroke smoothing
- Layers, Undo/Redo, HSL
- Brush presets, Quick palette, Keyboard shortcuts, Zooming
- Pencil, Brush, Eraser, Eyedropper (Colour Picker), Bucket Fill (basic)
- Save and open XCF, export PNG
- Runs on GNU/Linux and Windows
In the pipeline
- Advanced Bucket Fill, Selections/Masking
- Pressure-for-opacity, Size and opacity based on velocity, etc.
- Hand tool for navigation, Buffer area, Canvas rotation
- Export JPEG, OpenEXR
- macOS support, better packaging for Windows