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A creative experience that doesn't compromise, an interface simple enough to use without hesitation, and a comfortable familiarity that grows the more you use it. ibisPaint keeps serving as an easy entry point for anyone to start \"drawing,\" while continually expanding what's possible — from a single illustration to frame-by-frame animation, and on to videos with background music and audio.\n\nThis app is the ad-free version of ibisPaint X. Unlocking all features additionally requires purchasing Premium Membership (an in-app purchase); in that case, downloading ibisPaint X and purchasing Premium Membership there works out cheaper.\n\nWith over 130,000 brushes, 30,000+ materials, 3,000+ fonts, 86 image filters, 46 screentones, 27 layer blending modes, vector tools, a reference window, radial and symmetry rulers, animated filters, and an AI Disturbance feature, ibisPaint packs in serious functionality that rivals PC illustration software. It's a one-stop app that goes beyond drawing illustrations — into animation production, and even recording and sharing your creative process as a time-lapse video. It's chosen by people of all ages, countries, and experience levels around the world.\n\n*Drawing Tutorial YouTube Channel\nWe post lots of videos on how to make the most of ibisPaint. Please subscribe!\nhttps://youtube.com/ibisPaint\n\n*Supported Digital Styluses\nhttps://ibispaint.com/stylus/supported_digital_stylus.jsp?platformType=1\n\n*About Purchase Plans\nhttps://ibispaint.com/lecture/index.jsp?no=26\n* If you do not cancel auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the free trial ends, you will be automatically charged upon renewal.\n\n*About App Access Permissions\nThis app may access various device features to provide the service and improve usability. No access permission is required to use this app — all of the following are optional. You may decline any of these optional permissions. Even if declined, the app's core features remain available, but some features that require the relevant permission may be limited.\n\n•Photos/videos in your photo library\n To import artwork files and images, and to save the artwork files, images, and videos you create\n\n•Microphone audio input\n To connect and communicate with supported peripherals such as digital styluses\n\n•Bluetooth communication\n To connect and communicate with supported peripherals such as digital styluses\n\n•Push notifications\n To deliver notifications related to your artwork, app update information, and important announcements\n\n*Questions & Bug Reports\nWe're unable to respond to questions or bug reports left in reviews. Please contact our support desk below instead.\nhttps://ssl.ibis.ne.jp/en/support/Entry?svid=25\n\n*ibisPaint Terms of Service\nhttps://ibispaint.com/agreement.jsp","facts":{"developer_id":300834419,"developer_url":"https://ibispaint.com/","first_released":"2011-06-21T16:16:05Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"14.1.2","release_notes":"Thank you for using ibisPaint!\nThe summary of this update is as follows.\n\n[Improvements, Changes]\n- Changed the orientation in which you place the Q6W tablet so that its keys are on the left when the screen is in portrait.\n\n[Fixed Bugs and Problems]\n- Fixed an issue where, when there was a Selection Area, a shape drawn with Smart Shape on a Vector Layer could be distorted after being applied.\n- Fixed an issue where the app could crash when returning to My Gallery with a keyboard shortcut while a tutorial was displayed.\n- Fixed an issue where Text Layers and Frame Layers were not changed correctly when changing the image resolution of an artwork containing them.\n- Fixed an issue where the message explaining why a command could not be run was not displayed for certain combinations of layer type and keyboard shortcut.\n- Fixed a bug where the app could crash when applying \"Translate Scale\" in the Transform tool on a vector layer while a selection was active.\n- Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when drawing after canceling a stroke with the Shape Tool and then turning the Shape Tool off.\n- Fixed an issue where turning on Cloud Sync while logged out did not redirect you to the login screen.\n- Fixed an issue where, while logged out, performing an operation on a cloud artwork that had not been downloaded did not redirect you to the login screen.\n- Fixed an issue where small kana such as \"っ\" and \"ゃ\" appeared too high in vertical text in the Text tool. 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