ArtRage Vitae vs FireAlpaca
ArtRage Vitae
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| Figure | ArtRage Vitae | FireAlpaca |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 8.5 (#8) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Spec score · Design tools | 8.0 (#79) | 9.0 (#22) |
| Spec score · Graphic Design Software | 8.0 (#82) | 9.0 (#23) |
| Company | Ambient Design is a New Zealand-based software development company focused on creative products for consumers and professionals. | PGN Inc. is a privately held software-development company focused on illustration and image-processing software. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | New Zealand | PGN Inc. lists CIOS Iwamoto-cho Building 3F, 1-13-3 Iwamoto-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0032, Japan. |
| Purpose | ArtRage Vitae is a digital painting studio with natural-media tools including oils, watercolours, pencils and pastels. | FireAlpaca is a free digital painting tool for creating illustrations and images. |
| Support | Technical support requests are answered by email during office hours, Monday to Friday New Zealand time (GMT + 12). | The SE page directs users to the FireAlpaca manual website for questions about basic operation and tools. |
Plans
ArtRage Vitae
- ArtRage Vitae Desktop$80 a month
- ArtRage Vitae Mobile$4.99 a month
- ArtRage Vitae Desktop$80, paid once
FireAlpaca
- FreeFree
- FireAlpacaFree
- FireAlpaca standardFree
- FireAlpaca SE$39.99, paid once
- FireAlpaca SE$39.99, paid once
In their own words
ArtRage Vitae
ArtRage Vitae has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
FireAlpaca
FireAlpaca is a digital painting program for making illustrations and images, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its listed tools include animation, mesh deformation, gradient maps, lasso fill, CMYK display, text, halftone, 3D perspective, tone curves, and reference windows. The standard software supports 10 languages, and the maker distributes original brushes weekly in styles including pencil, watercolor, motifs, patterns, and effects. Brush customization, layers, pressure sensitivity, and stroke stabilization are supported; color management is described as basic. The free edition permits individual and commercial use without a license fee. Its separate FireAlpaca SE edition adds onion-skin animation with GIF or APNG export, a store with more than 300 brush types, a liquify tool, and layer masks. SE costs 39.99 USD once. Listed downloads are version 2.16.3 or later requirements: Windows 10 or later, macOS 12 or later, and Linux distributions including Ubuntu 23.04, Fedora 36, and Debian 12 or later.