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Graphite features

Everything Graphite includes, from the first sketch to the finished painting.

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Brushes and natural media

Every brush feels like the real thing.

  • PencilsFrom hard, fine lines to soft, smudgy shading.
  • Inks and pensCrisp lines that taper with pressure.
  • MarkersBold, layered color with soft overlaps.
  • WatercolorWashes that pool, bloom and dry at the edges.
  • Gouache and oilsThick, rich paint that blends on the canvas.
  • Charcoal and pastelsGrainy, expressive marks that catch the paper.
  • AirbrushSoft gradients and glows.
  • Lettering and comics brushesClean strokes for hand lettering and inking.
  • Texture and design brushesPatterns, grains and graphic effects.
  • One brush for every toolPaint, smudge and erase with the same brush.
  • Brush search and recentsFind any brush in a moment.
  • Brush setsOrganize, rename, duplicate and reorder your brushes.
  • Import and share brushesBring in brush sets and share your own.
  • Size memorySave favorite sizes on the slider and jump back to them.
  • SmudgeBlend colors as if with a fingertip.

Your own brushes

Design the brush, then draw with it.

  • Brush designerBuild a brush from scratch, or start from any brush you love.
  • Scratch padTest every change on a live drawing pad.
  • ShapeChoose the tip's shape, rotation, scatter and roundness.
  • GrainThe texture inside each stroke, fixed to the paper or moving with the brush.
  • SpacingFrom smooth lines to scattered dabs.
  • TaperHow a stroke fades in and out, by pressure or by length.
  • Pressure responseHow size, opacity and flow answer the pen, per brush.
  • Flow and glazingBuild color up gently, layer by layer.
  • Size and opacity limitsSet the smallest and largest a brush can go.
  • Smoothing per brushSteady lines for inking, loose ones for sketching.
  • Reset a brushGo back to the original settings at any time.

Pen, pressure and gestures

Lines that answer your hand.

  • PressureLines that swell and thin as you press.
  • TiltShade with the side of the pen, like a real pencil.
  • Pen angleFlat brushes that turn as your hand turns.
  • Pressure curveTune the response to your hand.
  • Stroke smoothingSteady, flowing lines from a shaky hand.
  • Pinch, twist and panZoom, rotate and move the canvas naturally.
  • Quick fitPinch quickly to fit the canvas to the screen.
  • Tap to undo and redoTwo fingers to undo, three to redo.
  • Hold to pick a colorTouch and hold anywhere to sample it.
  • Draw with a fingerOr keep fingers for gestures only.
  • Quick menuYour favorite actions in a radial menu.
  • Keyboard shortcutsEvery common action, with a list you can bring up any time.
  • Left or right handedPut the tools on the side that suits you.

Color

The right color, always within reach.

  • Color discHue and brightness in one easy wheel.
  • Classic pickerHue, saturation and brightness, precisely.
  • HarmoniesComplementary, analogous, triadic and more, worked out for you.
  • Values and exact codesType in any color exactly.
  • Color historyThe colors you've just used, ready again.
  • PalettesSave, reorder, share and import palettes.
  • Palette from a photoBuild a palette from any image.
  • EyedropperSample from the canvas or a reference image.
  • Drag to fillDrop a color into a shape and it fills to the line.
  • Fill thresholdDecide how closely the fill hugs the line.
  • Fill from a line layerKeep line art on one layer and color on another.
  • Wide colorRich, vivid color on screens that can show it.

Layers and blending

Paint in layers, freely.

  • LayersAdd, name, reorder, duplicate and delete.
  • GroupsFold layers into groups and flatten them when you're done.
  • Opacity and blend modesMultiply, screen, add, overlay and more.
  • Lock transparencyPaint only where there's already paint.
  • Clipping layersShade inside the layer below without going over the edge.
  • Layer masksHide and reveal without erasing.
  • Reference layerLine art that guides fills on other layers.
  • Merge and combinePinch layers together, or merge down.
  • Select and move manyMove, transform and group several layers at once.
  • Background colorA paper color you can change at any time.

Guides, shapes and smoothing

Perfect symmetry. True perspective.

  • Grid guideA square grid to keep proportions honest.
  • Isometric guideClean angles for technical and game art.
  • Perspective guidesOne, two and three vanishing points, placed on the canvas.
  • Drawing assistLines snap to the perspective as you draw.
  • SymmetryMirror vertically, horizontally, in quadrants or around a center.
  • Guide styleColor, opacity and thickness to suit the drawing.
  • Perfect shapesDraw and hold, and a rough line becomes a clean line, arc or ellipse.
  • Edit the shapeAdjust a snapped shape's points before you move on.
  • RulerLay down a straight edge and draw along it.
  • Snapping and magneticsMove and rotate in exact steps.

Vector drawing

Lines that stay sharp at any size.

  • Vector layersDraw strokes that stay crisp however far you zoom.
  • Vector brushesSmooth, clean brushes made for line art.
  • Pressure and speedVector strokes that taper with your hand.
  • Trim at intersectionsErase a stroke back to where it crosses another.
  • Shapes as vectorsClean circles, rectangles and polygons.
  • Fill vector shapesColor closed areas in a tap.

Selections, transform and adjustments

Change part of a drawing without starting again.

  • SelectionsAutomatic, freehand, rectangle and ellipse.
  • Add, remove and invertBuild the exact selection you need.
  • FeatherSoft edges for gentle changes.
  • Save and load selectionsCome back to a selection later.
  • Paint inside a selectionStay inside the lines, effortlessly.
  • TransformMove, scale and rotate, freely or in proportion.
  • Distort and warpBend a drawing onto a new shape.
  • FlipCheck your drawing with fresh eyes.
  • Hue, saturation and brightnessRecolor a layer or a selection.
  • Color balance and curvesShift the mood of a painting.
  • Gradient mapMap a painting's values onto a set of colors.
  • Blur and sharpenSoft depth or crisp focus.
  • Push and pullNudge features with a gentle warp brush.
  • CloneRepeat a part of the painting by hand.

Lettering and text

Hand lettering and type, side by side.

  • Add textType right on the canvas.
  • Fonts and stylesChoose a font, its weight and size, and import your own.
  • Kerning, tracking and leadingSpacing that looks designed.
  • Alignment and outlinesNeat paragraphs and outlined letters.
  • Turn text into paintRasterize type and paint into it.

Animation

Drawings that move.

  • Frame by frameEach layer becomes a frame on a timeline.
  • Onion skinsFaint copies of nearby frames to guide your drawing.
  • Frame rate and holdsSet the pace, and hold any frame longer.
  • Loop, once or back and forthChoose how the animation plays.
  • Background and foreground framesKeep a backdrop still while the action moves.
  • Duplicate and delete framesBuild cycles quickly.
  • Motion pathsGive a drawing a path to follow, with smooth easing.
  • Motion presetsGrow, shrink, sway, spin and fade in a tap.
  • Align to pathTurn a drawing to face the way it's moving.
  • Export animationsShare a loop or a film, with a clear background when you need it.

Canvas, time-lapse and sharing

From a blank page to the world.

  • Canvas presetsScreen, print and square sizes, or your own.
  • Crop and resizeChange the canvas at any time.
  • Gallery and stacksOrganize your drawings in piles.
  • Reference windowKeep a photo or the whole canvas in view while you draw.
  • Time-lapseEvery stroke recorded and replayed as a film.
  • Stroke replayWatch a drawing redraw itself, line by line.
  • Share images and layersThe finished piece, or every layer on its own.
  • Open layered filesBring in layered images from other apps and keep the layers.
  • Drag and dropMove images in and out of Graphite.

Lab Partner in Graphite

Your partner, never your hand.

  • Gather referencesYour AI collects poses, places and lighting to draw from.
  • Palette ideasHarmonies and palettes for the mood you describe.
  • Set up the guidesPerspective and symmetry placed for the scene you're drawing.
  • Tidy the layersNames, groups and order sorted out for you.
  • Explain any toolAsk how to do something, and it shows you.
  • Always yoursEvery change is reviewable, and you can undo it.
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