Rebelle is the closest to a real media paint experience I've used yet-- specifically with the way you use your brush to pick up colors like real paint. It lets you pick up a dabs of color from anywhere on the canvas, raise your brush, and have it loaded with that color for your next brushstroke. I like that I can have dual-tone dabs and dirty brushes. And let's not forget the metallic paint, which is what lured me in this time to really sink my teeth into Rebelle 7 Pro and make serious progress despite bouncing off Rebelle 5 years ago. It doesn't completely replace Painter for me, but it doesn't need to-- although there is overlap, both programs really shine at different things. And did I mention those metallics? I'll be using digital gold leaf on everything for the next month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It guzzles RAM like a hobbit discovering pints, and the learning curve is the hardest I've encountered since playing Dwarf Fortress in ASCII. Yes, it's wonderful software, but that complexity and nuance is also what will slow you down at first. Be prepared to spend some real time getting to know and understand how to use it well, because your expectations from other software will probably work against you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I´m a traditional painter, never been good with computer programs, but Rebelle is so easy and addictive, learning the program just by exploring and playing has been wonderful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don´t know if there is already tutorials for it, I still have a lot to discover, but, for me it would be wonderful if there are video tutorials on how to export the pieces ready for instagram and other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm finally getting used to this software. It's simple enough to get started using it, but it's power is in the different paint settings and water dynamics. You can actually move paint around on the canvas by adding water and using the page tilt control! It's great for making abstract art digitally in a way that wasn't possible before. The realistic look of all the art tools is really impressive! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Depending on the user, it may be time consuming to learn like complex brush settings and how to work with the water dynamics. Also, there is a liquify setting in the smudge tool which seems rather slow and it doesn't look as natural as I'd like. This software could actually be the answer to digital liquid acylic paint pouring and other fluid art techniques but it's not quite there yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to create hand-painted is excellent! I was mesmerized by the way Rebelle imitates the experience of painting and gives us results identical to those done by hand. And now, with metallic paintings, the possibilities have been expanded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Still haven't found anything I have disliked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the diversity of tools and their customizations. It's the most fun digital painting a person can have. Nothing about it is a waste. You'll spend more money and have less fun trying to have the same experience with Adobe or similar products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A bit of a learning curve at first. It simply works different from the "industry standards", which poses the challenge of learning a unique software. That said, it doesn't take long to start figuring things out, plus there are good guides online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wanted a software that does oil paints and also water colours really really well, along with realistic pigment mixing. But add to that nanopixel tech and it makes Rebelle standout. I tried several apps for digital painting before deciding to choose Rebelle. They all have their pros and cons but none comes close to Rebelle for what its designed to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Perhaps some more performance improvements wouldn't hurt at all. At present Rebelle does require a fairly powerful processor for some of its features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How close to the traditional way it feels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The colour wheel can be sometimes confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything. The user-friendliness, the thoughtful menu organization, the way it emulates paint, the metallic paints... It is just fun and easy to use and get great results with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the snapping of the different tool menus can be a little bit fussy and buggy, but it is so minor that I can easily overlook it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the paper and micro texture tech used in Rebelle is unmatched. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's harder to find custom burses from other users/suppliers. But truth be told, sometimes you don't need 5000 different brushes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The treatment of colors, the versatility of brushes and papers and the stunning choice of tools are truely breathtaking.

You get predefined brushes for each of the various tools, namely 2 types of oil&acrylic, water color brush, pen, ink, pastel, marker and spray can.

Each brush can then be modified and added as yet another brush in your brushes palette. It will also use various modes, e.g. paint, paint&smudge, smudge only or liquify, Or stamp, or fill or erase or..

Among the standout features are watercolors and how they let you run the liquids across the canvas, interacting with the surface of the paper, the tilt and then blowing on it. Or adding more water. Or quick drying it.. - It brings a happy smile on my face each time I use it!

Obviously it works best with a graphics tablet and a pen, cintiq comes to mind but tablet computers will also give you the fun of directly seeing what you do.

Rebelle offers so many things I had not even dreamed of I am continuously amazed. There are many tutorials and just watching those can take hours..

That being said, one can still jump right in and start painting without spending the time to study each knob..

Escape Motion's support is quick and friendly and there is an active community providing more help; documentaton is pretty good but of course it can't completly hide the power i.e. the complexity of the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ways to influence all sort of things are overwhelming and maybe an assistant would help?

While Rebelle is clearly geared towards the painter/graphical artist it would be nice to get text on the canvas without outside software.

And it would be great if selections could be feathered.

I find it somethimes annoying that one or more of the palette windows open on the wrong monitor. I want them to come up alyways and only on the one the main window is on.

The pricing of additional papers is a bit stiff and there ought to be more quantity discounts; buying all b/w or all 4c papers is not so attractive, especially as the discounts on both of those packages are rather measly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.