Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio

Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio


Sketch, Draw and Paint Artwork


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5.4.1for iPhone, iPad
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Mar 14, 2024
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About Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio

Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app designed for digital artists. Built for iPad and iPhone, with Apple Pencil Compatibility, Fresco offers a wide variety of brushes and tools to help you create your next masterpiece.

Looking to take your artwork to the next level? Easily add motion with Fresco’s suite of animation and motion path tools. Paste in photos from your clipboard to add decorations or practice your form. Show off your process by exporting a time-lapse video of your piece. Explore hundreds of tutorials and inspiration pieces from the Fresco Community.

Adobe Fresco reimagines essential tools for illustrators, including modernized selection and masking with a flexible UI so you can draw faster and without distractions. Brushes and projects follow you across devices so you can work wherever and whenever inspiration strikes. Subscribe to the premium version of Fresco to access thousands of premium brushes and fonts.

FREE FEATURES
• Brush variety — Paint with 50+ Photoshop paint brushes, vector brushes, and exclusive Live Brushes. Use built-in smudge brushes for easy blending as well as a set of pixel and vector eraser brushes.
• Unlimited layers — Create like a pro and discover infinite possibilities with unlimited layers.
• Snap to shape – Hold down at the end of your stroke to snap a perfect circle, polygon, line, or arc into place.
• Paint inside mode – Speed up coloring by constraining your brush strokes to your line art.
• Color palettes – Fresco automatically creates a color palette when you import any artwork.
• Recolor your artwork — Photoshop-like adjustment layers allow you to easily test and apply changes to brightness, hue/saturation, and color balance.
• Multicolor eyedrop — Pick up the elements of any piece of artwork to paint with multiple colors at once using any pixel brush or Live Brush.
• Motion tools — Adding motion to your artwork is as easy as drawing a stroke. Create an animation using frame by frame or motion paths for a GIF or MP4 movie file.
• Time-lapse — Export a video that replays the creation of your artwork from start to finish.
• Magic wand, liquify and free transform — Easily select your artwork with the magic wand tool and use liquify and other free transform tools to alter any object.
• Learn content — Strengthen your skills with step-by-step tutorials and built-in video tutorials.
• Drawing aids — Trace along the edges of a ruler, circle, square or polygon with a brush or fill inside or outside of a shape with the Fill tool.
• Guides & grids — Align your artwork easily, create natural-looking perspective artwork or create perspective from an imported photo.
• Share your artwork — Export in popular formats like PNG, JPG and layered PSD files.
• Seamless integration with Photoshop and Illustrator — Open documents in either app without importing or exporting. Send your layered vector illustrations directly to Illustrator for desktop or iPad for those finishing touches.

PREMIUM FEATURES
• An expanded library of 1,000+ brushes
• Access to over 1,000+ premium fonts
• Seasonal brush releases from Illustration evangelist Kyle T. Webster
• Ability to import brushes (ABR files)
• Increased Creative Cloud storage

Terms & Conditions:
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.4.1

Last updated on Mar 14, 2024
Old Versions
NEW MOTION PATH CONTROL: Use the new Spin option to rotate your artwork by 360 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.

MOTION GIFS WITH TRANSPARENT BACKGROUNDS: Experience improved results with exported motion gifs that have a transparent background.

WINTER BRUSHES: Warm up your chilly drawing devices with the Winter 2024 brush set. This season’s set includes new painterly brushes with realistic paint buildup and textures, unique FX, inkers, foliage, and more!
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Version History
5.4.1
Mar 14, 2024
NEW MOTION PATH CONTROL: Use the new Spin option to rotate your artwork by 360 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.

MOTION GIFS WITH TRANSPARENT BACKGROUNDS: Experience improved results with exported motion gifs that have a transparent background.

WINTER BRUSHES: Warm up your chilly drawing devices with the Winter 2024 brush set. This season’s set includes new painterly brushes with realistic paint buildup and textures, unique FX, inkers, foliage, and more!
5.4.0
Feb 27, 2024
NEW MOTION PATH CONTROL: Use the new Spin option to rotate your artwork by 360 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.

MOTION GIFS WITH TRANSPARENT BACKGROUNDS: Experience improved results with exported motion gifs that have a transparent background.

WINTER BRUSHES: Warm up your chilly drawing devices with the Winter 2024 brush set. This season’s set includes new painterly brushes with realistic paint buildup and textures, unique FX, inkers, foliage, and more!
5.3.0
Jan 29, 2024
WINTER BRUSHES: Warm up your chilly drawing devices with the Winter 2024 brush set. This season’s set includes new painterly brushes with realistic paint buildup and textures, unique FX, inkers, foliage, and more!
5.2
Dec 5, 2023
HARMONIOUS COLOR SWATCHES: A new algorithm allows the order of color swatches that are generated from an imported image to be harmonious and aesthetically pleasing.
5.0.3
Nov 18, 2023
VERTICAL TEXT: There’s a new type tool in Fresco, Vertical type for creating vertical text layers with stacked character orientation. Select the Vertical type option from the Text tool. To access all relevant text layer properties, toggle on ”Enable East Asian type options” in App settings > General > Interface.

SET LOOP COUNT FOR MP4 MOTION FILES: Control the duration of your exported motion files by specifying the number of times the motion should loop in the exported video. This is very handy when posting to social media platforms that have a minimum duration requirement for video files.

FALL BRUSHES: Like the leaves, new colorful brushes are gently FALLING into your creative toolbox this season. Inks, textures, realistic paint, foliage, and patterns – all are brimming with personality and possibility. Get cozy and make art!
5.0.2
Nov 14, 2023
VERTICAL TEXT: There’s a new type tool in Fresco, Vertical type for creating vertical text layers with stacked character orientation. Select the Vertical type option from the Text tool. To access all relevant text layer properties, toggle on ”Enable East Asian type options” in App settings > General > Interface.

SET LOOP COUNT FOR MP4 MOTION FILES: Control the duration of your exported motion files by specifying the number of times the motion should loop in the exported video. This is very handy when posting to social media platforms that have a minimum duration requirement for video files.

FALL BRUSHES: Like the leaves, new colorful brushes are gently FALLING into your creative toolbox this season. Inks, textures, realistic paint, foliage, and patterns – all are brimming with personality and possibility. Get cozy and make art!
5.0.1
Oct 30, 2023
VERTICAL TEXT: There’s a new type tool in Fresco, Vertical type for creating vertical text layers with stacked character orientation. Select the Vertical type option from the Text tool. To access all relevant text layer properties, toggle on ”Enable East Asian type options” in App settings > General > Interface.

SET LOOP COUNT FOR MP4 MOTION FILES: Control the duration of your exported motion files by specifying the number of times the motion should loop in the exported video. This is very handy when posting to social media platforms that have a minimum duration requirement for video files.

FALL BRUSHES: Like the leaves, new colorful brushes are gently FALLING into your creative toolbox this season. Inks, textures, realistic paint, foliage, and patterns – all are brimming with personality and possibility. Get cozy and make art!
5.0.0
Sep 18, 2023
VERTICAL TEXT: There’s a new type tool in Fresco, Vertical type for creating vertical text layers with stacked character orientation. Select the Vertical type option from the Text tool. To access all relevant text layer properties, toggle on ”Enable East Asian type options” in App settings > General > Interface.

SET LOOP COUNT FOR MP4 MOTION FILES: Control the duration of your exported motion files by specifying the number of times the motion should loop in the exported video. This is very handy when posting to social media platforms that have a minimum duration requirement for video files.

FALL BRUSHES: Like the leaves, new colorful brushes are gently FALLING into your creative toolbox this season. Inks, textures, realistic paint, foliage, and patterns – all are brimming with personality and possibility. Get cozy and make art!
4.8.0
Aug 21, 2023
ADD MOTION PATH EFFECTS WITHOUT MOVING ALONG A PATH: Apply motion path effects such as grow and shrink, in place, without moving along a path.

MANAGE YOUR BRUSHES: You can now save a built-in or a library brush along with your custom settings in a library of your choice. Color can also be included along with the brush settings.

PAINT INSIDE: Toggle on “Paint Inside” in brush settings to effortlessly color your artwork by constraining strokes to boundaries.

MULTICOLOR BRUSHES: Paint with rainbows, leaves, stars and more in full color! Try the new default set of prismatic brushes created with multicolor swatches.

SPRING BRUSHES: Everything is in bloom and these brushes will help your art grow in new directions! Foliage, textures, rich color dynamics, an innovative approach to spatter, inks, and more are included in this well-rounded brush set.

SUMMER BRUSHES: The Summer 2023 brushes are some of the most experimental in the Adobe collection, with an assortment of weird and wonderful scribble and design brushes, some stylized foliage, new dynamic paints, and unique textures. Fun in the sun!
4.7.1
Jun 29, 2023
ADD MOTION PATH EFFECTS WITHOUT MOVING ALONG A PATH: Apply motion path effects such as grow and shrink, in place, without moving along a path.

MANAGE YOUR BRUSHES: You can now save a built-in or a library brush along with your custom settings in a library of your choice. Color can also be included along with the brush settings.

PAINT INSIDE: Toggle on “Paint Inside” in brush settings to effortlessly color your artwork by constraining strokes to boundaries.

MULTICOLOR BRUSHES: Paint with rainbows, leaves, stars and more in full color! Try the new default set of prismatic brushes created with multicolor swatches.

SPRING BRUSHES: Everything is in bloom and these brushes will help your art grow in new directions! Foliage, textures, rich color dynamics, an innovative approach to spatter, inks, and more are included in this well-rounded brush set.

SUMMER BRUSHES: The Summer 2023 brushes are some of the most experimental in the Adobe collection, with an assortment of weird and wonderful scribble and design brushes, some stylized foliage, new dynamic paints, and unique textures. Fun in the sun!
4.7.0
Jun 19, 2023
ADD MOTION PATH EFFECTS WITHOUT MOVING ALONG A PATH: Apply motion path effects such as grow and shrink, in place, without moving along a path.

MANAGE YOUR BRUSHES: You can now save a built-in or a library brush along with your custom settings in a library of your choice. Color can also be included along with the brush settings.

PAINT INSIDE: Toggle on “Paint Inside” in brush settings to effortlessly color your artwork by constraining strokes to boundaries.

MULTICOLOR BRUSHES: Paint with rainbows, leaves, stars and more in full color! Try the new default set of prismatic brushes created with multicolor swatches.

SPRING BRUSHES: Everything is in bloom and these brushes will help your art grow in new directions! Foliage, textures, rich color dynamics, an innovative approach to spatter, inks, and more are included in this well-rounded brush set.

SUMMER BRUSHES: The Summer 2023 brushes are some of the most experimental in the Adobe collection, with an assortment of weird and wonderful scribble and design brushes, some stylized foliage, new dynamic paints, and unique textures. Fun in the sun!
4.6.1
May 20, 2023
REFERENCE LAYERS AND FRAME BY FRAME ANIMATION: Speed up the coloring of your animation by setting your motion layer as a reference and applying fill to individual frames of your targeted fill layer.

NEW LEARN EXPERIENCE: In the Learn tab, search, filter and browse tutorials from the Adobe YouTube playlist.
4.6.0
May 8, 2023
REFERENCE LAYERS AND FRAME BY FRAME ANIMATION: Speed up the coloring of your animation by setting your motion layer as a reference and applying fill to individual frames of your targeted fill layer.

NEW LEARN EXPERIENCE: In the Learn tab, search, filter and browse tutorials from the Adobe YouTube playlist.
4.4.2
Apr 10, 2023
SNAP TO SHAPE: You can now draw refined shapes. Draw a rough shape, hold your stylus at the end of the stroke, and a refined shape will snap. You can drag to scale and rotate as needed.

MOTION ON CLIPPED LAYERS: You can now create even more dramatic animations by applying motion to clipped layers.

NON-CONTIGUOUS OPTION FOR MAGIC WAND AND FILL: Change the color of disconnected areas with the new “Contiguous” control in Fill and Magic Wand settings. We’ve enhanced the performance so you can now fill or select areas on pixel layers much faster.

NEW LEARN EXPERIENCE: In the Learn tab, filter, search and browse tutorials from the Adobe YouTube playlist and follow along with picture in picture play mode.

TIMELAPSE DURATION: Shorten the duration of your Timelapse videos for social posting.
4.4.1
Mar 16, 2023
SNAP TO SHAPE: You can now draw refined shapes. Draw a rough shape, hold your stylus at the end of the stroke, and a refined shape will snap. You can drag to scale and rotate as needed.

MOTION ON CLIPPED LAYERS: You can now create even more dramatic animations by applying motion to clipped layers.

NON-CONTIGUOUS OPTION FOR MAGIC WAND AND FILL: Change the color of disconnected areas with the new “Contiguous” control in Fill and Magic Wand settings. We’ve enhanced the performance so you can now fill or select areas on pixel layers much faster.

NEW LEARN EXPERIENCE: In the Learn tab, filter, search and browse tutorials from the Adobe YouTube playlist and follow along with picture in picture play mode.

TIMELAPSE DURATION: Shorten the duration of your Timelapse videos for social posting.
4.3.0
Feb 13, 2023
TIMELAPSE DURATION: Shorten the duration of your Timelapse videos for social posting.

FILL COLOR FOR OUTLINE BRUSHES: Create unique vector strokes with different colors for outline and fill with the new dual color chip in the toolbar.

WINTER 2023 BRUSH SET BY KYLE T. WEBSTER: Draw beautiful winter scenes in seconds with the aid of these 20 frost-bitten brushes. New inkers and rakes are also included.

POLYGONAL LASSO SELECTIONS: Create triangle or polygonal selections. Tap on Selection Tool > Polygon and adjust the number of sides (up to 8) via the +/- controls.
4.2.1
Dec 22, 2022
OIL BRUSH IMPROVEMENTS: Release your inner Van Gogh with thicker oil paint and an upgraded 'best' quality option in brush setting.
4.2.0
Dec 12, 2022
OIL BRUSH IMPROVEMENTS: Release your inner Van Gogh with thicker oil paint and an upgraded 'best' quality option in brush setting.
4.1.1
Dec 1, 2022
FALL 2022 BRUSH SET BY KYLE WEBSTER: The air turns cool and these brushes are even cooler! Textures galore, some dried grass, fall leaves, new mid-century Warhol-esque inkers, and more await you with 30 new brushes for this update.

If you're enjoying Fresco, please leave a review. It really helps other people discover the app!
4.1.0
Nov 15, 2022
FALL 2022 BRUSH SET BY KYLE WEBSTER: The air turns cool and these brushes are even cooler! Textures galore, some dried grass, fall leaves, new mid-century Warhol-esque inkers, and more await you with 30 new brushes for this update.

If you're enjoying Fresco, please leave a review. It really helps other people discover the app!
4.0.1
Oct 19, 2022
MOVE, COPY AND DELETE MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS AND FOLDERS: Keep your artwork organized with new capabilities to move, copy or delete multiple documents and folders at once. Look for the Select button next to sorting options in Your files.

NEW PENCIL BRUSHES: We’ve expanded the Sketching brush category under Pixel brushes to include 9 versatile new pencils to cover all of your sketching needs. These pencils offer the same tilt and shading as the original Fresco pencil.

LIQUIFY (iPhone): Make easy organic adjustments to your artwork with the new Liquify tool. Add bloat, twirl and warp effects to your artwork using these familiar tools from Photoshop. Find the Liquify tools in Transform mode.

If you're enjoying Fresco, please leave a review. It really helps other people discover the app!
4.0.0
Oct 16, 2022
MOVE, COPY AND DELETE MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS AND FOLDERS: Keep your artwork organized with new capabilities to move, copy or delete multiple documents and folders at once. Look for the Select button next to sorting options in Your files.

NEW PENCIL BRUSHES: We’ve expanded the Sketching brush category under Pixel brushes to include 9 versatile new pencils to cover all of your sketching needs. These pencils offer the same tilt and shading as the original Fresco pencil.

LIQUIFY (iPhone): Make easy organic adjustments to your artwork with the new Liquify tool. Add bloat, twirl and warp effects to your artwork using these familiar tools from Photoshop. Find the Liquify tools in Transform mode.

If you're enjoying Fresco, please leave a review. It really helps other people discover the app!
3.9.1
Sep 12, 2022
NEW BUILT-IN MULTICOLOR SWATCHES: Paint dramatic 3D strokes and lettering using an updated set of built-in multicolor swatches. You can find them in the Color panel under All > Fresco colors. Create infinite variations for any swatch by adjusting the hue slider.

NEW MOTION PATH CONTROLS: Use the new Grow/Shrink control to change the size of your artwork as it moves along its motion path. Use Sway to rotate your artwork back and forth along its axis.

If you're enjoying Fresco, please leave a review. It really helps other people discover the app!
3.8.0
Aug 16, 2022
FREE TRANSFORM TOOLS: Familiar Photoshop tools for skew, distort and perspective have now landed in Fresco! Free transform tools make it easy to adjust your artwork in large and subtle ways after drawing. Access skew, distort and perspective transform via the Transform tool.

NEW VECTOR OUTLINE BRUSHES: Up your hand-lettering game with new vector Outline brushes that allow you to create strokes with hollow interiors. We’ve included a new set of default Outline brushes to help get you started, but you can create your own variations using the Outline thickness slider in Shape dynamics.

KYLE WEBSTER’S SUMMER 2022 BRUSH PACK: This Summer brush set is truly a smorgasbord of goodies: an excellent grainy airbrush, two totally unique inkers, new watercolors, a pixelated blender tool, gridding brushes, new paints, and much more. Access them via the Add Brushes button in the Pixel brush panel.

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3.7.5
Jul 25, 2022
COLOR DYNAMICS FOR PIXEL BRUSHES: Expand brushing possibilities with new color dynamics capabilities for pixel brushes. Color dynamics allows you to control the color of the paint as you're drawing a stroke. You can adjust hue, saturation and brightness jitter settings independently.

CREATE COLOR PALETTES FROM IMPORTED IMAGES: Creating harmonious color palettes is as easy as placing an image. Fresco now automatically creates a 30-swatch color palette when importing images. If you want to create a color palette without adding an image to your canvas, simply drag and drop an image onto the color panel instead of the canvas.

IMPROVED PRECISION WITH UPDATED SLIDERS: Adjust your sliders with greater speed and precision throughout Fresco. Tap on either side of the slider thumb to increment/decrement by one. Set a precise value through the numeric keypad. Finally, double tap the slider thumb to reset the slider back to its default position.

If you're enjoying Fresco, please leave a review. It really helps other people discover the app!

Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio FAQ

Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
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Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio supports English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Fresco + Ps on iPad
$9.99
Fresco
$9.99
Adobe Design Mobile Bundle
$14.99
Fresco + Ps on iPad
$9.99
Fresco + Ps on iPad
$79.99
Adobe Design Mobile Bundle
$149.99
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iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.

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