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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 native Windows painting app with pen pressure and tilt, layers, and optional 4K timelapse. Free during the beta.
- Clip Studio Paint alternativeA focused beta alternative to Clip Studio Paint on Windows: 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 preview Vector, Animation, and Book workflows.
- Photoshop drawing alternativeA focused Photoshop alternative for drawing and painting on Windows. Limner exchanges supported layered PSD data, 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.
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 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.
Features, files, and hardware
- 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 imports and exports a supported layered-raster PSD subset on Windows, up to 8192 by 8192 pixels. Keep originals for Photoshop-only features.
- 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.