The feature-packed ibisPaint drawing software program has grow to be the most-downloaded cellular app from a Japanese firm, with additional enhancements deliberate to increase its attain.
ibisPaint has been downloaded about 250 million instances since its 2011 launch. Nagoya-based developer Ibis is focusing on 500 million by 2025. It boasts brushes whose texture can resemble pencil sketches or paintbrush strokes. There is even a characteristic so as to add shadows.
The app affords a wide selection of fonts and patterns, plus such particular results as an animated rain filter. The drawing course of itself might be captured on video to avoid wasting. A social media characteristic permits sharing of this footage.
ibisPaint is now accessible in 19 languages, together with English, French, Chinese and Arabic. Ninety % of customers reside outdoors Japan, and 70% are below age 25.
The app was downloaded 93 million instances in 2021 alone, in line with Ibis. U.S. analytics agency information.ai, previously App Annie, says it’s the high app from Japan.
To add much more options, Ibis plans to extend its ibisPaint engineers to 50 from the present 20 by the tip of 2025. First within the pipeline is artificial-intelligence-assisted artwork correction.
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