Guides & learning
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- Procreate alternative on WindowsProcreate runs on iPad and iPhone, not Windows. Limner is a native Windows painting app with pen pressure and tilt, layers, and optional 4K timelapse. Free during the beta.
- Clip Studio Paint alternativeA focused alternative to Clip Studio Paint on Windows, Mac, and iPad: raster painting, inking, vector lines, animation, Books, and optional 4K timelapse.
- Krita alternativePrefer a different feel than Krita? Limner is a focused native Windows painting app with optional 4K timelapse, plus Vector, Animation, and Book workflows.
- Photoshop drawing alternativeA focused Photoshop alternative for drawing and painting on Windows. Limner opens and writes layered PSD, imports .abr brush tips, and records 4K timelapse.
- PaintTool SAI alternativeLimner is a native Windows alternative to PaintTool SAI: smooth inking and lineart, editable vector, plus animation, comics, PSD, and .abr brush import. Free to start.
What would you like to make?
- Manga drawing softwareLimner is native Windows manga software: multi-page projects with panels, inking with correction, crisp lines for screentone work, and vector art. Free to start.
- Comic maker softwareMake comics on Windows with Limner: multi-page Book projects, panels, a Page Manager, and Illustration or Vector pages in one native app.
- Frame-by-frame animationLimner has a cel-based frame-by-frame animation workspace with onion skinning on Windows, in the same app you paint in. Export GIF and MP4. Free to start.
Tools, files, and devices
- Drawing app for Surface ProLimner is a native drawing app for Surface Pen on Windows, with pressure and tilt through Windows Ink and a tiled GPU pipeline designed for modern integrated graphics.
- Windows Ink pressure and tiltLimner is a native Windows drawing app with pen pressure and tilt through Windows Ink, a stabilizer, taper, and inking correction. Free to start.
- PSD import and exportLimner opens PSD and PSB files up to 16384 by 16384 pixels with layers, masks, text, effects and adjustment layers live, and writes layered PSD that Photoshop reopens.
- Import .abr brushesLimner imports Photoshop .abr brush files as new brush tips on Windows, so you keep using brushes you already have. Free to start.
- Vector and raster on one canvasLimner puts raster painting and editable vector line art in one Windows document. Switch modes and the tools change while your layers stay. Free to start.
- 4K timelapse recordingLimner records your whole drawing process as a timelapse at up to 4K, saved inside the file, with speed control, social crops, and MP4 export. Free to start.