There are seemingly some issues with Ibis Paint, but also a few tips I would like to share as well.
Troubles
Ibis Paint 1 Hour Limit?
For the PC version of Ibis Paint, there is an hour a day limit for drawing without having to pay for the pro version. This is ridiculous, especially considering the mobile app version of Ibis Paint doesn’t have a time-limit.
Ibis Paint Free?
There is a free version of Ibis Paint called Ibis Paint X. I personally have used this version of Ibis. The full version/regular Ibis Paint has more features and brushes, but currently I’m fine with the features and brushes that I have in Ibis Paint X.
Ibis Paint Cost?
Ibis Paint X is free, but the full Ibis Paint app is $14.99. There is also a remove ads ad-on for $14.99, and a Prime Membership for $27.99 per year or $2.99 per month. Isn’t that a bit much with additional purchases, Ibis?
Ibis Paint Layer Limit
Ibis Paint and Ibis Paint X don’t have a layer limit, but if too many layers exist the app might start to run slowly because of memory usage.
Ibis Paint Not Drawing
This could be due to multiple issues. Check the opacity of your brush, and make sure the opacity isn’t super low or at zero. Sometimes on certain devices Ibis can be finicky and not let you draw when the layers menu is open, for some reason. So keep the layers menu closed as a precaution. Be sure to check the settings as well. If they look strange, reset them to defaults. Check the selection layer as well, to see if there’s alt selection left over. If there’s a selection, such as from a lasso tool, it won’t let you draw outside of that selection. Be sure to go to the selection layer and clear it, just in case that’s causing the problem.
Tips
Ibis Paint Duplicate Layer
Open the Layers menu, go to the “Add Special Layer” icon and tap it. A few options should pop up. Tap duplicate layer.
Ibis Paint Export
In the Gallery, when you select a specific artwork there is a share option. Tap it, and it gives you a few options. Exporting as an image (a PNG or JPEG), a time-lapse video (a MOV), an IbisPaint Artwork file (IPV), a Clip Studio Paint file (a CLIP) a Photoshop file (a PSD) with preserved layers, and a PSD without preserved layers.
Ibis Paint Eyedropper
The eyedropper in Ibis Paint can be used to colorpick from what is already on the canvas. There is an eyedropper option within the tools, but you can also press and hold to get the same function.
The eyedropper looks like this in the menu.
However, when in use, the eyedropper looks like this.
Ibis Paint Import Image
In Ibis you can import an image through two different ways. 1. Importing a picture from your camera roll when creating a new canvas. 2. When in a file, clicking or tapping the camera icon in the layers menu, this allows you to import an image from your photo library. When importing an image when creating a canvas, the resulting canvas is typically the same size as the image. When importing an image within an existing canvas, you get to resize and transform the image.
Here’s an example of an image being imported in a pre-existing canvas. The example image I used is an old drawing of a previous design of Orbal.
Ibis Paint Undo
In Ibis Paint there are two ways to undo. There is an undo button, an arrow that curves to the left. There is also the two-finger tap undo gesture. To redo, there is the redo button, a curved arrow that points to the right, or a three-fingered tap.
I hope this helps you!