Introduction

Welcome to Rebelle 8!

Rebelle is a one-of-a-kind painting and drawing software that lets you create realistic artwork. Along with powerful and intuitive tools, Rebelle offers stunning real-time simulations of paint and ink flows, color blending, diffusion, and drying. It reproduces the ways media naturally behave including interactions with the canvas and with themselves. Rebelle lets you paint, smear, re-wet, tilt and blow colors across the canvas, direct drops and runs, and create countless other effects with one or with a combination of several media together.

We designed Rebelle for digital creatives as well as for traditional artists. In fact, Rebelle is for anyone who wants to use the latest in groundbreaking technology to expand and enhance their art-making skills.

Rebelle is the first software in the world to implement state-of-the-art color mixing based on traditional pigments. Rebelle 8 marks a major leap forward with over 40 new features that expand the creative possibilities. The new particle-based Bristle Brushes simulate individual brush strands, creating expressive, lifelike textures. RealShader enhances oil paintings with photorealistic lighting and rich impasto depth, while SoftShadows add live shadows and natural light rendering.

The updated NanoPixel 2 engine delivers sharper detail and supports larger image exports. Performance improvements allow for smoother painting with larger brushes, now up to 3000 px. New creative tools include a Symmetry Tool and enhanced PSD import and export compatibility for better workflow integration. Artists also gain more control with WebSocket support for real-time canvas interaction, Recent brushes for tracking used brushes, and the ability to upload custom reflectivity maps and granulation textures ideal for fine-tuning metallic and watercolor effects. Together, these upgrades make Rebelle 8 a powerful, intuitive tool for digital artists seeking true-to-life results.

To ensure you can use all that’s new in Rebelle 8, we’ve expanded this manual. In it, you’ll find detailed instructions to support your full use of the software, along with technical explanations of key features and useful hints on their application.

Thank you for your purchase and welcome to Rebelle 8! I hope you have a great time painting!

Peter Blaškovič
Creator of Rebelle