toolset
Tool inventory.
Click any tool in the toolbar below to explore it. Four groups: Paint, Select, Warp & Retouch, Utility.
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Paint
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Select
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Warp
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Utility
Your workspace
A workspace that fits the way you edit.
Luminous icons give PaintFE a fresh look, with Classic icons and custom packs available in Preferences. Compact Color controls, a resizable Palette and a History timeline keep everyday editing close to hand.
Arrange panels with optional edge and alignment snapping, save named layouts, and tune motion, theme geometry and numeric controls. For pixel art, use the Pixel Art preset, stepped zoom and a clearer, configurable pixel grid. Read the workspace guide →
extras
Shapes, Blend Modes & Brush Tips
Shape Library
Built-in vector presets plus custom shapes you add to the library. Shapes are anti-aliased and rasterized on commit, with outline, fill, or both.
EllipseRectangleRounded Rect
DiamondParallelogramTriangle
Right TriangleHexagonOctagon
Heart
25 Blend Modes
Every layer can use Normal or one of 24 creative modes, with per-layer opacity from 0–100%.
NormalMultiplyScreen
AdditiveReflectGlow
Color BurnColor DodgeOverlay
DifferenceNegationLighten
DarkenXorOverwrite
Hard LightSoft LightExclusion
SubtractDivideLinear Burn
Vivid LightLinear LightPin Light
Hard Mix
Brush Tip Library
Built-in tips plus custom tips you add to the library. Size, opacity, spacing, and eraser behaviour remain shared brush controls.
Basic
DiamondSquare
Artistic
ChalkCharcoalDry Brush
SprayWatercolor
Vegetation
FernGrassMaple
Texture
BlobHatching
Tools / at a glance.
Free, open source, with portable releases for desktop platforms.