
Would not recommend this as an alternative software but I would recommend this to new artists who's still learning how to use digital art softwares. Conclusion: don’t believe people saying that FireAlpaca is a good alternative to SAI. You may try it if you need some free light tool that manages basic artist features. panda-buttz Draw your circle and go to Draw Selection Border, and pick the size of the pixel border you want. I mean like I know you can turn the rectangle into a circle then fill it, but I want a thick outline. If you're into using this program for graphic design like making infographics or posters, you can utilize the tools i guess? but fair warning that the tools/interface can be VERY restricting. FireAlpaca has some nice options (it manages CYMK) but, to be honest, I think there is no reason to prefer it to the other softwares. everythingfirealpaca posted this Is there any way to do just an outline of a circle. But strangely enough, it does offer a preview button and you can make simple gif animation on their official site. Instead, you'd have to export your individual frames and import it to any editing software you have to animate it. If you're thinking of installing this for animating or something close to that, it can feel a tad time consuming since you can't really animate here. It offers layer effects like what you would see in Photoshop but unlike the latter, albeit it does have some cool brushes installed, you can't fully customize the brush or canvas texture here. White (R: 255 G: 255 B:255) becomes transparent, and black (R: 0 G: 0 B: 0) becomes the selected layer color.As far as free drawing software goes, FireAlpaca is user-friendly, as in it has a vv basic tools and functionalities. You can use "Edge Pen" on both 8bit layer and 1bit layer. Diagram:Connected edges and unconnected edges What if using "Edge Pen" on 8bit layer.? You can draw connected edges by holding down "Ctrl" for Windows and "Command" for Mac. Diagram:Use Edge Pen Color of "Edge Pen"ĭiagram:Change Edge Pen Colors Connect edges

You can set up line width, stroke pressure, opacity, and other options same as a regular Pen. Diagram:Create Edge Pen Draw a line with "Edge Pen"

Set up a name, width, and other options however you like. Please note that the example pictures required me to mess around with the color and hue settings.

Then import it into FireAlpaca/Medibang and adjust your settings to look like the ones given in the 'Starry Brush Settings' file. Once "Edit Brush" Window pop up, select "Edge Pen" for type. To download, press the download link to the side and then save it to a place that you can easily find it. Create "Edge Pen"Ĭlick on "Add Brush" at left-bottom of Brush Window. "Edge Pen" is one of pen tools such as "Pen" and "AirBrush", and it creates an outlined line.
