
They are point-to-point so typically there’s a flat color, it’s not pixel-based. It is the same type of graphic as in Adobe Illustrator. Vector brushes use vectors to create brush strokes.This is simulating what the real medium could look like.

Live brushes are pixel-based oil and watercolor brushes. Live brushes have a mixing feature, you can take a watercolor brush in two different colors and it’ll mix them together.

Live brushes offer simulated properties of oil paint and watercolor.It is the same type of graphic as in Adobe Photoshop. Pixel brushes use pixels to create brush strokes.You can choose from three different brush tools: pixel brushes, live brushes, and vector brushes. It is similar to the Shift key when you’re working on a device with a keyboard. A touch shortcut is a circle (by default in the lower left corner of your interface) that acts as a modifier to the behavior of the current tool. If you are a Photoshop user, Fresco will feel very familiar.įresco’s toolbar includes different tools: three types of brushes (pixel brushes, live brushes and vector brushes), eraser tool, smudge brush, move & transform tool, selection tools, fill tool, shape tools (stencils), text tool, eyedropper, option to import image files, color chip which will show you the currently selected color. Although it is geared toward tablets (iPads, Mobile Studio Pros, and Surface Pros) it is also compatible with desktop computers.

All the new art related features are being added to Fresco and not Photoshop.įresco is built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Photoshop is an image editing app and not a dedicated art app. It brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes plus new live brushes that give realistic oil and watercolor effects, to deliver the most natural painting and drawing experience.Īdobe Fresco is named after “fresco” (meaning “fresh” in Italian) – a painting technique when artist uses a mixture of pigment and water to paint the image on wet plaster.Īdobe Fresco is essentially the art features in Adobe Photoshop in a dedicated app that is optimized for mobile touchscreen devices. Fresco is the app to use if you want the closest digital experience to illustrating with traditional media. It provides the most realistic digital painting experience on tablets. Adobe Fresco is a free app specially created for digital drawing and digital painting on mobile devices and desktop computers.
