FocalPaint 4.0.5 - App Store

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About FocalPaint

FocalPaint's unique brush engine simulates thick paint and real pigment mixing with accurate physics models. Features: - Realistic color blending behaves like real paint! - Real canvas texture and paint thickness -...

FocalPaint's unique brush engine simulates thick paint and real pigment mixing with accurate physics models. Features: - Realistic color blending behaves like real paint! - Real canvas texture and paint thickness - Transparent Ink simulation - Open Source GPU shader code library for reference and customization - Write your own custom brush with Metal GPU or Javascript code - Write your own custom layer modes with Metal GPU code - Apple Pencil Pro support with hover - 16 channel "spectral" color model (256 bits per pixel) - Wide color gamut (P3) Please note: Apple A12 GPU or newer is required Terms of Use: https://www.focalpaint.com/p/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://www.focalpaint.com/p/privacy.html Special Thanks to: Scott Allen Burns Troy James Sobotka & Friends colour-science.org python library MyPaint painting software team Anna Timm (@anti-art)

Version History - added additional canvas textures - added preference option to disable brush cursor - updated slider style to more modern thumbless look 4.0.5 Apr 13 - per-layer custom shader code editor (make your own special FX or custom layer modes) - brush updates and fixes - removes donation links (removes in-app purchases) 4.0.4 Feb 16 Set a maximum canvas size of 25 megapixels, to avoid problems with excessive memory usage. 3.8 08/04/2025 Now you can adjust the size of tool windows; color wheel, palette mixer, and color editor. Just click the gear icon and slide the UI Scale slider to your personal preference 3.7 07/14/2025 Fixes bugs: - bristle count too high caused a crash - metalFX upscaling had a rendering artifact 3.5 12/16/2024 - Even more realistic brushes with variations on each bristle - New default oil brush - Bug fixes for saving modified brushes 3.4 12/09/2024 At last pinch/zoom/pan work as you might expect! 3.3 11/03/2024 - dedicated smudge brush mode to complement normal and eraser modes - fixes for brush lists odd behaviors 3.2 09/22/2024 Eraser Mode can use and remember a different brush than Painting Mode Apple Pencil Pro Squeeze support Palette Mixer panel can be color picked with a finger now while mid-stroke Brush Updates Fixes to the Travel Distant input Avoid crashing when picking color outside the canvas 3.1 09/09/2024 - Improve window resizing when rotating device or split view - Fixes a problem with zoom getting stuck 3.0.3 08/03/2024 - fixes brush preview cursor (don't use multiply mode) 3.0.2 07/11/2024 - Makes brush cursor turn into a regular cursor over other UI elements - Fixes a default brush - Disabled MetalFX Upscaling by default for better performance 3.0.1 07/11/2024 - Brush Cursor / Preview - This previews the brush shape and orientation, including barrel roll! - Makes using an external monitor more pleasant - Fixes for various display issues, Display Zoom, etc - Brush Updates 3.0.0 07/10/2024 New Brush Input! Barrel Rotation (Roll Angle), for Apple Pencil Pro on iOS 17.5 or newer! 2.7.0 05/12/2024 - Fixes an issue drawing near edges of the canvas - Make sliders easier to use - Fix a background texture/canvas loading issue - Import Photo as Layer now scales and rotates the image to fit the canvas 2.6.6 04/14/2024 - Maintenance updates for supporting new iOS versions - Fixed default brush eraser 2.6.3 03/03/2024 Update smudge paint algorithm for thickness Update brushes Add optional tip / contribution links to in-app purchases, so you can support FocalPaint if you enjoy it 2.6.2 02/18/2024 - fixes an issue where smudge erases at the beginning of strokes - new color picker UI based on color history - brush editor fix for special characters in brush name - brush updates, new custom brush to shift color/value 2.4.0 01/29/2024 - fix an incorrect calculation for Direction Changed brush input - updated brushes 2.3.4 12/16/2023 - New color picker square model (similar to HSV Square) - Adjust colors mid-stroke for smooth gradients and faster workflow - Revamped canvas rendering for larger canvas support and better performance - Updated brushes 2.3.0 12/15/2023 Fixes an issue with iOS 17 and non-m1/m2 iPads. MetalFX is not supported on these devices but was enabled automatically. Alternatively to updating, one can disable MetalFX in FocalPaint preferences 2.2.1 09/24/2023 - Background improvement, don't apply bump map to background image, which makes it look strange and lumpy - Reduce specular highlights more, avoid more halo artifacts 2.2.0 08/27/2023 Small fix to avoid halo artifact 2.1.2 08/23/2023 "Eugene Green" Edition -New default Dirty Brush -Eraser mode improvements (can adjust eraser setting when toggled on) -Brush Updates / improvements -Green Default Color ;-) 2.1.1 08/01/2023 - Fixes a serious issue that would cause extra storage space to be used for temporary files. When you launch this version it will clean up up any extra data and keep the storage usage much lower. 2.1.0 05/09/2023

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of FocalPaint since it was posted on our website on 2023-07-06 15:07:13. The latest version is 4.0.5 and it was updated on 2026-06-23 11:18:39. See below the changes in each version.

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