Vara Drawing and digital painting application with pressure-sensitive brushes. Works on GNU/Linux, BSD, and Windows.
Screenshot Release history Latest unstable release: 0.1.241208 2024-12-08
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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
Releases per year
2023 3 2024 17 
