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Mike Thompson

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(and several awards) with its novel approach. While other graphics programs might let you apply ‘digital ink’ in forms that suggest a pen or a brush stroke, Rebelle instead reproduces the quality and behaviors of real-world brushes, paper, and paint. To appreciate the difference, just check out Rebelle’s watercolors. This tool allows users to ‘paint’ with translucent color that dynamically interacts with itself, with other media, and with the program’s realistically textured papers. It spreads, splatters, drips, and dries, just like the real thing! If that’s not impressive enough, Escape Motions just released Rebelle 4 with a new oil painting tool, this one reproducing oil’s characteristic mixing profile, impasto depth, glossiness, and texture. To be sure, experiencing these simulations in real-time can be mesmerizing, but it’s not just a spectacle. The physics are consistent and the results entirely believable. Liquids flow based on the angle of the tablet or according to user settings, if preferred. Drips and spread can be redirected with puffs of virtual air (using a ‘Blow’ tool) or by adjusting the

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