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Guides and comparisons

Honest comparisons with other Windows art tools, and short guides to what Limner does. Every page says where a rival is stronger, too.

Compare Limner to another app

• Procreate alternative on WindowsProcreate is iPad only. Limner is a fast, native Windows painting app with pen pressure and tilt, layers, and a buy-once license. Free during the beta.
• Clip Studio Paint alternativeA lighter, buy-once alternative to Clip Studio Paint on Windows: raster painting, inking, vector lines, animation, and comics in one native app. Free to start.
• Krita alternativePrefer a different feel than Krita? Limner is a native Windows art studio with painting, vector, animation, and comics in one document, plus 4K timelapse. Free to start.
• Photoshop drawing alternativeA buy-once Photoshop alternative for drawing and painting on Windows. Limner opens your PSDs and imports .abr brushes, with no subscription. Free to start.
• 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.

By what you want 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 projects, panels, a page manager, and paint, ink, vector, and animation in one native app. Free to start.
• 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.

Features, files, and hardware

• Buy-once art softwareLimner is a buy-once art studio for Windows: paint, ink, vector, animate, and make comics with no subscription. Free during the beta; Limner Plus is a one-time purchase.
• Drawing app for Surface ProLimner is a native drawing app for the Surface Pro and Surface Pen: pressure and tilt through Windows Ink, and it runs well on integrated graphics. Free to start.
• 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 layered PSD files on Windows with each layer intact, and exports layered PSD too. A native, buy-once art studio. Free to start.
• 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.