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FireAlpaca for Mac

FireAlpaca for Mac

  -  65.7 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    FireAlpaca 2.13.15 LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.7 or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    FireAlpaca Team / External Link

  • Filename

    FireAlpacaMac_2.13.15.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    2f8f8bfa7af52553118bdf12695b3069

FireAlpaca for Mac is the free paint software that is compatible with both Mac and Windows PC. Simple tools and controls let you draw an illustration easily.

Fire Alpaca for macOS is the free paint tool that is available in 10 languages and compatible with both Mac and Windows. Simple tools and controls let you draw an illustration easily.

New convenient tools will be added one after another!

Features

Clear&Crisp Stroke! Watercolor too!
Pen, Pencil, AirBrush, and Watercolor are ready to use in the default setting. You can customize your own pen too! Crisp stroke with pen and the soft-edged watercolor effect is the most popular brush types.

Simple and Easy!
The program is extremely simple! No need for the tricky control at all! Highly recommended for the paint tool beginners! And of course for the advanced users as well!!

Mac User Friendly too!
Free paint tool for Mac users has not been very common, but FireAlpaca is available for both Mac and Windows. And a file is exchangeable between Mac and Windows. Highly recommended for Mac users as well!

Free FOREVER!
It is a free paint tool. You just need a computer and Fire Alpaca to start drawing/doodling!

Light Performance!
Speedy even with an old computer. That’s Fire Alpaca!

Easy Concentration Lines and Perspective View!
Several comic templates are already equipped in the default setting.

Easy Original Brush
You can easily add various effect brushes with your own pattern or image! Symmetric brush and rotational symmetric pattern brush will create an unexpected pattern.

Comic Template
Several comic templates are already equipped in the default setting.

3D Perspective
You are able to snap to a 3D object, such as a cube, by using a 3D Perspective.

Animations
Create a GIF animation from PNG images with AlpacaDouga! Draw a framework for animation with the program. Simple and Easy! AlpacaDouga enables you to create a GIF animation not only from a gif file but also from jpg and png files.

How to Use

Launch the app and select canvas size or open an image

Use the Brush tool to start drawing on the canvas

Customize brushes and tools in the control panel

Use layers for non-destructive editing and organization

Save your work in .mdp or export to common formats like PNG/JPG

Access comic templates and 3D perspective tools from the menu

Use shortcut keys to speed up your workflow

Adjust settings under Preferences for custom behavior

Regularly update to access new features and fixes

System Requirements
  • macOS 10.7 Lion or later
  • Intel or Apple Silicon (Rosetta may be required)
  • 2 GB RAM minimum
  • 100 MB available disk space
  • Display resolution 1280x768 or higher
PROS
  • Lightweight and fast performance
  • Free with no ads or locked features
  • Easy to use for beginners and pros
  • Layer support with blending modes
  • Perspective and comic panel tools
CONS
  • Limited brush customization options
  • Lacks advanced photo editing features
  • No native PSD file support
  • Interface feels outdated to some users
  • No built-in animation timeline
Also Available: Download FireAlpaca for Windows

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What's new in this version:

FireAlpaca 2.13.15
- Fixed a canvas compositing issue with stencil layers
- The menu position of "Create new from clipboard" has been restored
- To help determine the cause of an application failing to start, a startup log will now be generated the next time the application is started


FireAlpaca 2.13.14
Added:
- Canvas Extensions to the Edit menu
- "Ungroup Layers" to the right-click menu of the layer list
- bs_bezier_svgpath command to brush script

Fixed:
- a bug that allowed drawing with polygonal brushes while transforming a layer
- a bug that caused layer transformations to occur while using the polygon brush


FireAlpaca 2.13.13
Fixed:
- a bug when transforming layer folders
- a bug when copying layer folders to the clipboard
- a bug when merging layer folders
- Undo bug when moving parts of a layer


FireAlpaca 2.13.12
- Fixed a bug with the Always show first frame option in animation mode


FireAlpaca 2.13.11
- Switching active layers in animation mode is now dramatically faster
- Autoplay display in animation mode has been dramatically sped up
- In the autoplay dialog in animation mode, you can now specify the frame to display using the slider


FireAlpaca 2.13.9
- Fixed some bugs when changing canvas size and canvas resolution
- Improved the speed of display updates when displaying the ruler


FireAlpaca 2.13.8
- You can now specify RGB values when specifying the background color


FireAlpaca 2.13.7
- Added support for undoing vertex operations when transforming layers. Added "Hard Mix" to layer blend.
- Fixed a bug in loading layer masks of PSD files (improved loading of PSD texture data used in VRChat)
- Fixed an issue with merging multiple selected layers
- Script brushes are now more responsive when using Wintab
- Fixed a bug where the "Emission" option was always enabled when layer blending "Add/Emission"
- (If you want to emphasize the light more with the layer blend "Addition/Emission", please enable the "Emission" option from the layer properties)


FireAlpaca 2.13.5
Fixed:
- a bug where the drawing position would shift when dragging towards the top left when using the shape brush "Perfect Circle"
- an issue where the display would collapse when a clipped layer folder was transformed


FireAlpaca 2.13.4
- Fixed a bug when adding a text layer to a layer folder


FireAlpaca 2.13.3
Fixed:
- Fixed a problem with canvas display when adding layer koma material
- Fixed an issue where the minimum width of the brush list could not be narrowed


FireAlpaca 2.13.2
Added:
- "layer selection" mode to operation tools
- "specified layer" to "reference" for buckets and automatic selection tools
- "Reference" option to the layer panel (designation of "specified layer" for use with buckets and automatic selection tools)
- "Koma Division" button to the options of the Divide tool

- Speed up canvas updates and brush processing when there are many layers
- Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when closing the gap in the bucket


FireAlpaca 2.13.1
- Font search is now available when editing a text layer
- Brushes can now be narrowed down
- Improved the speed of brush drawing and canvas display updates when there are a very large number of layers
- Improvements have been made to reduce brush list corruption
- Added menu and shortcut settings for displaying the Layer Properties dialog
- Fixed a bug in the brush edit dialog where “Restore original settings” did not work after changing the brush type


FireAlpaca 2.13.0
- Added "New from Template" (obtains template from FireAlpaca server) to the "File" menu
- Corrected an issue with display/hide switching of layers when there are frame materials in the layer