DrawPile
Drawpile is a drawing program that lets you share the canvas with other users in real time.
What is DrawPile?
Drawpile is a drawing program that lets you share the canvas with other users in real time.
Some feature highlights: Runs on Linux, Windows and OSX Shared canvas using the built-in server or a dedicated server Record, play back and export drawing sessions Simple animation support Layers and blending modes Text layers Supports pressure sensitive Wacom tablets Built-in chat Supports OpenRaster file format Encrypted connections using SSL Automatic port forwarding with UPnP
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DrawPile information
- Developed byCalle Laakkonen
- LicensingOpen Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
- Written in
- RatingAverage rating of 3.8
- Alternatives19 alternatives listed
Supported Languages
- English
GitHub repository
- 894 Stars
- 122 Forks
- 83 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
Tags
- Note-taking
- Image Editor
- collaboration
- drawer
Lists containing DrawPile
Collaborative drawing • Academia & Skills • Creative Suites • Drawing EssentialsRecent user activities on DrawPile
- namdx1987 liked DrawPilena
J0y added DrawPile as alternative(s) to Drawith.Me
mageral reviewed DrawPileDrawpile's public art rooms often include inappropriate content made by minors, or unprotected rooms by adults. It is a vulnerable environment for young artists. Rooms may be password protected and artists have the ability to curate a room for a select amount of users, fortunately leaving opportunity to create safe, family-friendly rooms for younger artists. My worry is that Drawpile may be enabling this behavior by both kids and adults.
Drawpile is a fantastic platform with many updates regularly.
Offering a secure drawing experience ranging up to 30+ users per canvas it can be a storm of ideas.
It's open source and with an active user base bugs are frequently addressed.
Having been a avid drawer for 25+ years I can say with confidence that it's well worth a try.
Can't recommend this one enough.
While it does what it says, being our staple-use for years, it has it's short-comings.
The main big cons I can bring out is: • With stabilization completely off, the line is jittery no matter what, making line stabilization (smoothing) absolutely worthless. • The color stretching and mixing implementation falls short by a huge range, to the point, where it's easier to just block things in with selecting in-between values and saturations, rather even trying to make a working brush. • While there are updates, there don't seem to be any significant progress (functionality-wise). • Certain functionality is obscured, or straight up confusing. For example, canvas rotation through key-input. Or selection rotation/scaling.
I'd tell you to look for another, but this is honestly the only usable thing, that we can restrict to our VLAN.
There is another in-browser one called "Magma Studio", which is worth a check.
Drawpile's public art rooms often include inappropriate content made by minors, or unprotected rooms by adults. It is a vulnerable environment for young artists. Rooms may be password protected and artists have the ability to curate a room for a select amount of users, fortunately leaving opportunity to create safe, family-friendly rooms for younger artists. My worry is that Drawpile may be enabling this behavior by both kids and adults.
very simple, powerful and free, great for education