The first painting software with physical
color mixing based on traditional pigments

WHAT is Rebelle?

Rebelle is the award-winning, hyper-realistic painting software with phenomenal oils, acrylics, watercolors, and other wet and dry media. Paint pigments color mixing, oil thickness, watercolor diffusion, and NanoPixel technology, convincingly mimic the way natural mediums interact with the canvas and itself.

WHO is it for?

Rebelle is designed for everyone who wants to explore their artistic skills using digital technology, no matter the level of proficiency. Its state-of-the-art tools will certainly change the mind of every digital art non⁠-⁠believer.

WHY was it created?

The unique watercolor simulation was created by artist Peter Blaškovič as one of his experimental drawing projects. The vision is to come up with a versatile software with the most natural painting tools. Artists can explore all kinds of very realistic painting techniques working with a wide range of mediums.

A Whole NEW LEVEL of Painting Experience


Pigment Color Mixing
NEW PRO

Color mixing has never been more realistic! Rebelle is the first software with physical color mixing based on the light spectrum of the pigments. The best is that you can still work in a full RGB color gamut, and import any image into your painting.

Pigment Color video

NanoPixel Technology
NEW PRO

No more raster graphics limitations! Macro-zoom into the canvas in real⁠-⁠time to see infinite features of the painting. Export 16x larger artworks with sharp details, or rescale your old painting from A4 to A0 and print it with a detail never seen before.


Rebelle - Oil and Acrylic Impasto

Oil and Acrylic Impasto

Try dynamic painting technique in Rebelle that offers variety in appearance and creates beautiful impasto effects.

Rebelle - Palette knife and Dirty brush

Palette Knife and Dirty Brush

Try a palette knife with oils to have the most realistic paint experience. Make a choice to clean the brush for each stroke or keep it dirty.

Rebelle 5 - Real Watercolors with Granulation

Real Watercolors with Granulation

NEW Paint with state-of-the-art watercolors with beautiful life-like granulation effects for your strokes.

Transparent Watercolor Mixing

Decide on how the light affects your color mixing. Choose from transparent, opaque, or semi-transparent mixing for watercolors.

DropEngine with Blow Tool

The unprecedented watercolor DropEngine enables creating beautiful dripping effects. Let the paint flow in different directions using the Blow Tool.

Transparency Locking

With this handy tool, every action you make will be applied only on the paint, transparent areas remain untouched.

Watercolor Visual Settings

Enjoy authentic painting experience and set how paper texture influences the behavior of watercolors.

Ruler and Perspective Tool

Useful assistants for precision drawings with an innovative approach of a Free Hand effect. The perspective tool allows expressing depth in 1, 2, or 3 point perspective.

Record Time-Lapse

NEW Record and export your painting process as a video and use it for your presentation on social channels.

Brush Line Stabilization

Use “Moving Average” or “Pulled String” tools to paint the perfectly smoothed line.

Stencils

Explore practical digital stencils, make your own templates, and create seamless patterns in no time.

Color Management

PRO Select from standard RGB color profiles and check the painting with “Soft Proofing” and “Gamut Warning” before exporting the artwork.

Realistic Brushes

  • Hyper-realistic painting tools
  • Wet tools: Oils & Acrylics, Express Oils NEW, Watercolors, Gouache & Inks
  • Dry tools: Pencils, Pastels, Markers, Airbrushes
  • Pigment color mixing NEW PRO
  • NanoPixel technology NEW PRO
  • More than 190 brush presets NEW
  • State-of-the-art watercolor simulation
  • DropEngine for watercolor drips
  • Wet, dry and blow the wet painting
  • Tilt the canvas to get flow effects
  • Transparent, semi-transparent, and opaque watercolors
  • Watercolor granulation NEW
  • Impasto engine for thick painting
  • Dirty brush for oils & acrylics
  • Multicolor brush for oils NEW
  • Blend and Smudge tools
  • Volume presets NEW
  • Powerful Brush Creator with curve editor NEW
  • Brush line stabilization

Layers, Tools & Colors

  • Ultra-realistic papers, canvases, and lithography stones
  • Full-color papers and canvasesNEW
  • Natural RYB color mixing
  • Creative stencils and masking tools
  • Clone and Fill tools
  • ‘Masking Fluid’ layer
  • Gamma correction
  • Canvas and Image resize
  • Selection tools & Magic wand
  • Layer groups
  • Color management PRO
  • Color soft proofing PRO
  • Gamut warning PRO
  • Color filters
  • Image color tracing

Intuitive Interface

  • Intuitive customizable interface
  • Color mixing palette NEW
  • Multi-touch gestures
  • Straight line, Ruler & Perspective tools
  • Multiple reference images NEW
  • ‘Preview’ panel
  • Custom keyboard shortcuts
  • Support for Retina touch displays
  • Full-screen mode
  • English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Russian, Arabic, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Files

  • Share & download favorite brushes
  • Drag & Drop image from folder or web
  • Import and export with alpha channel
  • PNG, JPG, TIF, BMP, and REB files
  • Photoshop plug-in NEW PRO
  • Layered PSD support
  • Record Time-Lapse NEW
  • Iterative save
  • Image file thumbnails
  • Publish and share artworks in Gallery
  • Windows & Mac OS
  • Compatible with Tablet Pro

Normal, Darken, Multiply, Color Burn, Linear Burn, Lighten, Screen, Color Dodge, Linear Dodge, Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Pin Light, Hard Mix, Difference, Exclusion, Subtract, Hue, Saturation, Color, Luminosity.
Save sequentially numbered versions of an artwork. The first time Iterative Save is used, \"_1\" is appended to the file name. Each subsequent time the number increments by 1 and a new sequentially numbered file is created.
You can see the Rebelle image file thumbnails in every file browser or file dialog together with an image preview when available.

System requirements


Minimum:
Intel i5 or equivalent AMD processor,
4 GB RAM,
200 MB hard disk space,
a graphics card with 1 GB RAM (OpenGL 3.3 required for Rebelle Pro),
Windows 10 (64-bit) or Mac OS X 10.14

Recommended:
Intel i7 (6th gen or newer), equivalent AMD processor, or Apple silicon (M1/M2) chip,
16 GB RAM,
1 GB hard disk space,
a graphics card with 2 GB RAM:
NVIDIA gtx760 for FullHD, NVIDIA gtx1060 for 4K screen, or equivalent graphics card,
Windows 10 (64-bit) or Mac OS X 10.15 and newer, including macOS Sonoma,
Wacom or Windows Ink compatible tablet

If you aren't sure your system meets Rebelle 5 requirements, you can download a free trial version first.

Internet connection is required for activation.


Compare Rebelle versions

Rebelle 5 is packed with tons of exciting new tools and improvements that open up new creative possibilities for your digital art. The hyper‑realistic digital oils and acrylics will allow you to master the most universally used painting techniques and the state‑of‑the‑art watercolors come as close to the traditional media as ever before. Rebelle is the first software in the world offering real physical color mixing based on real-world pigments in a full RGB color gamut. New NanoPixel technology lets you macro zoom into the canvas in real-time to see infinite features of the painting and export up to 16x larger artworks with sharp details.

For a detailed comparison of all features in Rebelle 5 and previous versions, please see the table below.

Feature Rebelle 3 Rebelle 4 Rebelle 5
Paint Tools
Oils
Acrylics
Express Oils
Watercolors
Inks
Pencils
Pastels
Markers
Airbrushes
Tools
Blend tool
Smudge tool
Clone tool
Eraser tool
Fill Tool
Color picker
Water tool
Dry tool
Blow tool
Selection tool
Magic wand
Transform tool
Image size, Canvas size, Crop tool
Ruler tool
1, 2, and 3 points Perspective tool
Paint mixing
Paint, paint & mix, paint & blend, blend, erase modes
Transparent, semi-transparent and opaque watercolors
Dirty brush for oils and acrylics
Multicolored brush for oils and acrylics
Color modes
Natural Colors (Red-Yellow-Blue color mixing)
Gamma correction
Watercolor Simulation
Drop Engine
Show / hide wet areas
Pause watercolor diffusion
Wet and dry the layer
Wet all visible
Fast dry
Brush Presets
Included brush presets 50+ 170+ 190+
Download brushes from online library
Duplicate / remove brush presets
Import / export brush presets
Brush preset groups
Share brushes in online library
Save size, opacity and water into brush preset
Save paint mode into brush preset
Volume presets customization
Line Smoothing
Moving average, Pulled string
Position smoothing
Pressure smoothing
Pressure sensitivity
Curve Editor for Pressure sensitivity
Save Line Smoothing to Brush Preset
Artwork settings
Canvas size presets in pixels, cm, and inches
Included paper presets 7 7 7
(1 in R5 Personal)
Included full-color paper preset
List of recent opened artworks
REB, JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP, PSD file format
Iterative save
Import assets - papers, brushes, color sets
Layers
Use Color Pigments NEWPRO
Blending Modes 23 23 23
Lock Layer
Lock Transparency
Masking Fluid Layer
Inverted Masking
Tracing Image
Transform layer
Clear layer
Add / remove / duplicate layer
Add / remove layer group
Merge layers
Export to Photoshop NEWPRO
View & Navigation
Zoom in / out
Reset zoom to 100 %
Fit to screen
Rotate clockwise / counterclockwise
Reset rotation
Flip canvas
Grayscale preview
Show / hide cursor
Show crosshair while painting
Show / hide panels
Import / export UI layout
Lock panels
Tilting the canvas
Use tilting and set tilt angle
Lock Tilt to canvas
Use Accelerometer
Center Accelerometer
Rotate 90 degree
Color management
Color profiles
Assign profile
Convert to profile
Proof Colors
Gamut Warning
Color panel
Circle or Square color selector
HSV, HSL, HSluv, RGB color mode
Grid mode
Mix colors
Color Set panel
Add / Remove color from Color set
Add / Remove / Duplicate Color set
Create Color Set from Image file 25 25 36 NEW
Create Color Set from Last Used Colors
Create Color Set from Text File
Order by Hue
Gradient Preview
History of chosen colors/ Clear history
Show Color Names
Color Names with Pigments
Filters
Brightness / Contrast
Hue / Saturation / Lightness
Color Balance
Color Filter
Colorize
Desaturate
Invert
White to Alpha
Black to Alpha
Stencils
Open JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP file format
Create stencil from layer or selection
Move, rotate, scale stencil
Invert, flip horizontally, flip vertically
Tile stencil
Preview panel
Open JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP file format
Fullscreen
Reference Image panel
Open JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP file format
Pan, Zoom In / Out
Rotate
Greyscale mode
Multiple reference images
Mixing Palette
Paint and Blend
Color Pick
Change Opacity
Record Time-Lapse
Start/stop recording
Change resolution
Visual Settings - Watercolors
Visual settings presets
Absorbency
Re-wet
Texture influence
Edge darkening
Create drips
Drip size
Drip length
Granulation
Diffusion Speed
Visual Settings - Oils & Acrylics
Impasto depth
Gloss
Visual Settings - Canvas Visibility
NanoPixel NEWPRO
Paper texture
Paint texture
Brush Creator
Shape and grain texture library
Up to 4 shapes and grains per brush
Set texture order
Curve Editor for different settings
Brush Creator - Pressure
Size
Opacity
Multiplier
Maximum
Paint Mode Curve Editor
Brush Creator - Shape
Maximum size in px (700 px)
Spacing
Spacing Jitter
Scatter
Glaze
Smudge
Smudge Quick Strokes
Opacity
Opacity Jitter
Size Jitter
Angle
Angle Jitter
Rotation
Tip Tilt
Border Texture
Max. Loading
Max. Smudge
Brush Creator - Grain
Scale
DPI
Tiled Grain
Grain Smoothing
Random Offset
Random Splat Offset
Follow Shape Size
Follow Shape Rotation
Random Angle
Angle Jitter
Brush Creator - Canvas
Paper Texture Strength
Paper Texture Contrast

Brush Library

Rebelle 5 will kick your imagination with the impressive sets of new brush presets, including palette knives, watercolor, or Sumi-e brushes, and an amazing set of realistic pencils and other dry media tools. More than 190 brushes are included in the package, and you can download more brushes from the online library. You are welcome to share your unique brushes with the community of artists directly from within the software and help others to express their vision.

Photoshop Plug-in

Escape Motions Connect

Escape Motions Connect PRO gives you a chance to save time on working between layers in Rebelle and Photoshop. Use the new plug⁠-⁠in and make your creative process seamless and easy.

Papers, Canvases & Lithography Stones

Rebelle blurs the line between traditional and digital painting thanks to its ultra⁠-⁠realistic papers, canvases, and lithography stones developed in cooperation with academic professionals. Discover more than 130 unique textured backgrounds, newly implemented full⁠-⁠color papers, and experiment with different structures to achieve an original realistic look.

Rebelle 5

Rebelle 5 Pro

for private individuals, enterprise and schools, commercial use for private individuals, enterprise and schools, commercial use
The award-winning painting software with intuitive interface that lets you create realistic oil, acrylic, watercolor, wet and dry media artworks. State-of-the-art solution for artists seeking the hyper-realistic behavior of various painting mediums supported by the latest technology.
Key features: All Rebelle 5 features, plus:
Hyper-realistic Oils & Acrylics, Express Oils, Watercolors, Inks, Pastels, Pencils, Markers and Airbrushes Pigments color mixing
State-of-the-art watercolor simulation with granulation and realistic drips NanoPixel for 16x larger image export
Impasto painting for thick textures Color management
190+ brush presets Escape Motions Connect - Photoshop plug-in
Powerful Brush Creator with curve editor
Color Mixing Palette
Time-lapse recording
Intuitive customizable interface
7 papers and canvases 7 papers and canvases
3 computers 3 computers
Commercial use Commercial use

Price: $89.99

Price with TAX : $89.99

Price: $149.99

Price with TAX : $149.99

No Monthly Payments. Own it.

30-Days Refund Policy

1-Click Auto Updates

Unconditional money-back guarantee.
If for any reason you are not satisfied with Rebelle, you can obtain a full refund within 30 days.


Rebelle for Schools, Teachers and Students

20 Free Licenses for Your Classroom

We would like to support education around the world with creative software. If you are an art teacher, get up to 20 free Rebelle licenses for your classroom. If you are a full-time student or teacher, you are eligible for a special discount on an individual license.

What excites me the most about Rebelle 5 is the new pigment technology. The colors and the color mixing are pure joy, they are so realistic and vivid as I have not seen in digital painting before.

~ Georg Ireland, digital painter ~

Rebelle 5 includes a number of enhancements that make the feeling of traditional painting even more realistic on a computer.

~ Zoltan Korcsok, Visual Communication Designer ~

Exploring the new color mixing features is a de-stressing activity to me. They are sophisticated as if they are real and touchable. Mastering the behavior of paints is like gaining a new power that lets you create unrepeatable and breathtaking artworks.

~ Kuzayova, Illustrator and Writer ~

The new granulation feature in Rebelle 5 provides a wonderful life-like interaction with both paper texture and washes over thick paint texture allowing for some amazing glazing techniques.

~ Peter Smith, traditional and digital artist ~

Coming from traditional art and working professionally as a digital artist, Rebelle bridges the gap perfectly, and rewards nuance in a way other programs can't quite capture. The control over brush styles, pigment loading, and the feel of "pushing paint" is second-to-none, and makes Rebelle something that will always be a part of my professional toolkit.

~ Wesley Gardner, Illustrator and freelance artist ~

Rebelle 5 is the most interesting digital painting app I've ever used! There is nothing quite like it in terms of digital watercolors or oils and you can customize each feature in the way that suits you best.

~ Douglas P. Lobo, Concept Artist and Illustrator ~

I marvel each and every time I work in this outstanding program. It inspires me to dream big and offers me the ability to create artwork that simply cannot be done with traditional media. The expeller pressed oils are wonderful. I sing the praises of this phenomenal program to all of my artist friends.

~ Gretchen K. Deahl, Illustrator ~

Rebelle 5 replicates traditional media in a digital application incredibly well. Sketching and painting become an experience as the media is blending and bleeding on the canvas as you work. For super realistic acrylics, inks, oils, and watercolors, it doesn’t get much better than this.

~ Kyle Runciman, Wacom ~