Rebelle Reviews & Product Details

No other painting program offers the same tools for simulating, or capturing, the feel of traditional painting in a digital workflow.

The UI/UX is quite intuitive and well organized. There’s a strong selection of tools, quite expansive personalization options for brushes and similar, and it includes everything I’d expect from a painting program, especially one focused on traditional painting.

The price is a bit high for a hobbyist, but for what you get, I still think it’s well worth it. I also appreciate the clause on AI, and that Escape Motions doesn’t use or sell your art to train AI.

Performance has been excellent overall. It runs fairly smoothly, and the water simulation in particular feels especially smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not really a major issue, but there isn’t an option to have the canvas "pop out" into a separate window. You’re confined to working within the program. I’d really like a feature like that, since I usually use my tablet as the painting area while keeping the rest of the interface on my main screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rebelle's digital tools mimic real-world painting better than any other digital painting software I've used. The UI is intuitive without a bunch of visual bloat. I love that the brush categories are represented visually as the tools themselves (a pencil for pencils, a pastel stick for the pastels, and ink nib pen for inks, etc.). The default art brush selection is also robust. They offer the ability to easily paint with different mediums without having to go search elsewhere for third-party brushes.

The base papers are incredible. They hand-make them, then scan them and their texture height maps. Your digital paint interacts with the actual digital paper fibers, making all your strokes feel more unique.

I've used Rebelle for years through multiple versions, and I've always felt like it's been worth the cost. I've been able to utilize it in a number of my professional projects and commissions.

It also allows you to work within smaller art files and export at larger dimensions for printing with their nano-pixel export capabilities. If you're a Photoshop user, there's also a plugin extension that allows an "export to Photoshop" connection.

Their version updates are always thoughtful and useful, I think in part because they really pay attention to community feedback and requests in their support forums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Something I find myself missing in Rebelle is the ability to turn on top and side rulers to help me easily add visual guides right where I want them. I prep print files that need bleed and margins, so I like to have a visual full-document ruler to quickly check those measurements. They have a ruler tool, which you can draw lines with and measure specific sections, but I'd love a static, full-document ruler I could toggle on and off, which I don't think is an option in my current version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The watercolor engine and oil brushwork are fantastic but my favorite feature is the nanopixel exporter for high quality rendering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it will drag when using various brushes in the system, however it's oddly inconsistent with this. Also, when there is a major update it will take a few days for the new bugs to get ironed out so I always wait a while before updating. Updating is also clunky still. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really enjoy all the features in the software. Rebelle is very good for mixing paint on digital papers. I like using transparency in watercolors as it makes the results very pleasing. The company is friendly and offers good tech support. The initial setup was very easy and comfortable. I was recommended Rebelle by a friend and bought it on a discount; it instantly felt right at home with it. I would rate Rebelle a 10 out of 10. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I tried animating on Rebelle some time ago, and it was a bit glitchy. So I'm hoping that the more recent versions are smoother. And, of course, I have a new Apple Macintosh. I have a Mac mini, so the processor is faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The simulation and realism of the painting mediums are exceptional. The reference guides are also an exceptionally useful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The incredible and exceptional simulation of watercolors, unfortunately, cannot utilize all CPU cores (as seen in Windows Task Manager), and it seems not to use the GPU, reducing the performance and immense potential of this feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the variety of brush mediums available, such as Express Oils, Watercolors, and Inks. The level of customization you get with the brush creator is truly amazing, and it feels like there are endless possibilities when creating in Rebelle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I kind of dislike that the ruler feature feels lacking. When I’m trying to scale up a sketch from paper to digital, I end up having to manually draw a grid to keep everything in proportion. That said, I guess working this way does help me retain the skill of scaling up drawings the traditional way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a lover of sketches, clean lines, and graphite pencils, I think this is the best program available today. What I love most are its papers, textures, and how everything feels when I’m drawing. I discovered it by chance in mid-2024 while looking for drawing software that felt natural, and it’s amazing how it has evolved—the sharpness provided by Nanoxipel technology, the way colors blend—all of these are major strengths of this program. I recommend it to anyone who loves traditional art; it feels really good to draw in this program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing is that it doesn't have multi-window support yet; I hope they'll be able to implement it someday. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The textured canvasses and the oil and watercolor brushes (plus others, but mainly these ones) gives a new feel and finish to digital painting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one thing I would love is a proper path pen like in photoshop. There are 'stencils' and things included that function as paths, but no tool to actually make your own from scratch. Similarly, a pen tool with bezier handles to create selections would also be a godsend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rebelle perfectly simulates the feel of traditional painting, offering a simple, intuitive, and very well-organized interface. The realistic brush and paint physics, ray tracing, and various other tools make the experience very complete. In addition, it integrates with PS, which greatly speeds up the finishing of projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There hasn’t been anything about the product that I haven’t liked; so far, I consider it the best on the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Made drawing on my screen fun again. Fantastic brushes. Easy to transition to as a photoshop user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Zooming in on my track pad doesn't work well, but using the remote for my drawing tablet works perfectly. I just have to remember not to use the trackpad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.