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Ruwa
Open-source painting software·accretion.pro
Ruwa is a free, open-source desktop painting application for Windows. It combines a responsive canvas, customizable brushes, layer-based editing, and a focused interface built to keep the creative process moving. It includes tools such as a Brush Editor, Smudge and Liquify, non-destructive layer effects, an infinite canvas, and a spectral color-mixing engine.
What it's for
Digital painting and drawingCustom brush creation and editingLayer-based image editingPhoto/image touch-up via Smudge and LiquifyReference organization via Board LayersAdding and editing text directly on canvas
Features 17
- Alpha masks, clipping layers, layer masks, blend modes, folders
- Autosave and .rwf project format
- Board Layers for reference images
- Brush Control for on-the-fly size/opacity adjustment
- Custom input curves for brush parameters
- Custom renderer with tiled processing and screen-space rendering
- Customizable brush editor (shape, texture, spacing, flow, dynamics)
- Fast, memory-efficient Undo/Redo
- Free Transform and Warp for layers
- Import/export of .rbf brushes and import of Photoshop .abr brushes
- Infinite/expandable canvas
- Interface customization (theme, welcome artwork, scale)
- Lasso Fill, Smart Fill tools
- Non-destructive layer effects
- Smudge and Liquify tools
- Spectral color mixing engine
- Text on Canvas editing tool
Pricing
Ruwa is entirely free with no paid tiers, subscriptions, or locked features.
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Ruwa is completely free for everyone.