Artweaver vs GrafX2
Artweaver
artweaver.deGrafX2
grafx2.gitlab.ioSide by side
| Figure | Artweaver | GrafX2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 8.0 (#16) | 8.3 (#11) |
| Brushes | Its customizable brush system simulates natural painting tools and lets users save brush configurations as variants or custom categories. | The help includes brush picking, flipping, rotation, stretching, distortion, outlining, nibbling, and brush effects. |
| License | The Plus license is perpetual, can be installed on all computers owned by the license holder, and includes free updates within the same major version. | GrafX2 is free software distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2. |
| Purpose | Artweaver is digital painting software with realistic brushes and essential image editing capabilities for beginners and advanced users. | GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program specialized in 256-color drawing for pixel art, game graphics, and detailed graphics made with a mouse. |
| Support | Artweaver Plus includes technical support, and the maker offers a knowledge base and contact form for questions and bug reports. | The download page links to the project's bug tracker for reporting issues. |
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In their own words
Artweaver
Artweaver is digital painting software for beginners and advanced users, with customizable brushes and image-editing tools. Its brush system simulates natural painting tools, and brush settings can be saved as variants or custom categories. Users can clone colors from images, mirror a painting, and work with a 16-bit brush engine. Editing tools include gradients, cropping, filling, and selections, alongside layers, layer groups, blend modes, and transparency. Plugins can extend the software, and users can record a painting process as events to save and replay later. Artweaver runs on Windows and macOS: the Windows version requires Windows 10 64-bit version 21H2 or later, and the macOS version requires macOS 13.x or later. Artweaver Free costs nothing and is limited to non-commercial and academic use. Artweaver Plus has a perpetual license with no subscription, commercial use, and advanced features; the license works on all computers owned by its holder and includes free updates within the same major version. Without a license key, Plus runs as a time-limited trial, but no duration is stated.