iPastels

iPastels for PC and Mac

Published by Norbyte on 2023-12-21

  • Compatibility: Available on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7 & MacOS 10, 11, 12.0
  • Category: Graphics & Design
  • Licence: Free
  • Software version: 5.6.3
  • File size: 18.26 MB


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iPastels Overview

What is iPastels? The app is a painting tool suitable for both experienced and novice artists. It allows users to create beautiful works of art or quick sketches, try out ideas and compositions, and refine their skills without the added cost of art supplies. The app features live-calculated brushes and strokes, realistic paper/canvas textures, precise color blending, and fingertip stroke size adjustment. It also supports left-handed users, allows for live parameter changes, and has a universal purchase option for Pro features. The app is based on Metal and developed entirely using Swift, with Apple Pencil support, full-screen painting, seamless pattern editing mode, dark mode, landscape and portrait modes, wide color, multiple layers, and photo tracing mode (Pro feature).


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iPastels Features and Description

1. When painting, especially with soft pastels, use Smudge or the Cotton Swab to blend and smoothen the colors right on the paper, as you would in real life.

2. Painting tools include soft pastels, oil pastels, pastel pencils, smudge tool, and more.

3. You can also try out ideas and compositions before starting on a new painting in real life, or practise and refine your skills, all without the added cost of art supplies.

4. With oil pastels, in addition to smudging, the blending is often done by the pastel sticks themselves (for best results, reduce the force or use a similar or lighter color).

5. When creating a new picture, a unique, non-repeating paper texture is generated that will interact in real-time with the live-calculated strokes you paint.

6. Use any buttons or controls to change/adjust color, size, force, simultaneously while painting.

7. The app features live-calculated brushes and strokes, making a realistic pastel simulation possible.

8. A painting app for all artists, whether you’re experienced or just starting out.

9. When you paint, the app measures how much of your finger is touching the screen and changes the stroke size accordingly.

10. Perfect for creating beautiful works of art or a quick sketch whenever and wherever you have a burst of inspiration.

11. The engine is based on Metal, with 128-bit color and floating-point arithmetic.



Pros:

  • - Very intuitive
  • - No dust
  • - Quickly upgraded to Pro version
  • - Simplicity is wonderful
  • - Creative choices
  • - Size changing based on size of finger or amount of area touched
  • - Lack of pressure necessary for watercolors
  • - Fun of crayons/ accessibility of iOS

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Installation Requirements

PC Compactibility/Requirements for Installation

Compactible OS list:
  1. Windows 11
  2. Windows 10
  3. Windows 8.1
  4. Windows 7
  5. Windows Vista

Requirements for MacOS Installation

Intel, 64-bit processor, OS X 10.7 or later.

Compactible OS list:
  1. macOS Ventura: 13.3
  2. macOS Monterey: 12.6.4
  3. macOS Big Sur: 11.7.5
  4. macOS Catalina: 10.15
  5. macOS Mojave: 10.14
  6. macOS High Sierra: 10.13

FAQs

iPastels - Is it safe to download?

Yes. The app is 100 percent (100%) safe to download and Install. Our download links are from safe sources and are frequently virus scanned to protect you

Software Reviews and Criticism


  • By McDbeginner

    Great feel and love the layout!

    Pastels are my favorite hands on medium...however, the dust bothers my eyes. This app is the closest thing to the real thing and NO DUST! I quickly upgraded to the Pro version...it is very good. I love the new layer feature layout with toggles and tracing too! The mountain, house, flower icons are brilliant. I also love and use the color feature that shows the complement of a selected color in the drop down menu; makes a painting pop! Thank you for the loving attention you've put into it. :)


  • By Msjdepon

    Awesome App!

    Very intuitive, haven’t used pastels in over 45 years since I was a teen. Which, I was concerned of at the time due to the possibility of inhaling some of the inevitable pigment dust. As soon as tried the free app I instantly did a portrait of my beautiful Havanese dog. Took me all of five minutes from download to finishing his beautiful, long silky hair and big brown eyes! Felt like the real thing on my iPad Pro with the paper like grit feel of pastel paper. Highly recommend this App!


  • By V viper

    This is better

    I was upset about the sliders because I’m dyspraxic and over flexible and my fingers bend backwards and my wrist twists too easily and I thought I’d rather have restricted size options than have to be so careful or so injured I couldn’t consentrate on the drawing but the size changing based on the size of finger or amount of area touched by any tool that can be used like a stylus rather than pressure is kinda brilliant for anyone who’s wanted to mix the lack of pressure necessary for watercolors with the fun of crayons/ the accessibility of ios.


  • By mmmaxie

    Easy learning curve

    Simplicity is wonderful. This app allowed me to load it and immediately start making art. The creative choices....size of stroke, blur, delete, colors....are simple and allow multiple dozens of options to fine tune your parameters before you make a stroke. I used a pencil with a capacitive tip, as I found my finger was too large to control placement of colors. Recommend.


  • By Megan Hyejin

    Wonderful app! One suggestion

    This app is wonderful and I am planning to use it professionally! Already purchased a pro version and love it! One thing I want is that select, cut and move. When I import my drawing I can’t move it to where I want it to be. If the developer sees this review, could you please add this function? Thank you very much!


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