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openCanvas
Developed by	Portalgraphics
Latest release	4.5.11E / plus E
OS	Microsoft Windows
Genre	Raster graphics editor
Website	portalgraphics.net

openCanvas, popularly abbreviated as oC, is an art program for Microsoft Windows popular among Japanese digital artists^{[citation needed]}. Portalgraphics, the company that created it, originally released it as freeware, but moved to a demo/retail model starting with version 2. Contrary to its name, it is not open source.

openCanvas is known for its unique blending style, something of a cross between Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. Unlike many similar programs, openCanvas is specifically designed for use with pressure-sensitive drawing tablets. It is designed from the bottom up to be a sketch program rather than a graphic design program.

While it does not compete in larger markets and lacks many of the graphic design features of programs like Adobe Photoshop, it has quite a community following and is capable of work comparable to its competitors despite its small footprint. Further, despite having a minimal set of system requirements, it is not officially supported on the Windows Vista operating system.^[1]

Up until the last free version, 1.1-b72, openCanvas also included network support, allowing artists to collaborate in real-time over the internet, using different layers of the same drawing. This feature was removed on the release of version 2.

As of September 1, 2007 openCanvas is distributed in English and Japanese language versions.

1 Feature list
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Feature list

openCanvas provides many artistic and functional features found in other graphic design software, like intelligent coloring, support for layers, filters, and the ability to read and write multiple file formats.^[2]