Collaborative drawing software that allows many users to sketch!

DrawPile

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Download DrawPile 2.2.1

DrawPile

  -  23.3 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    DrawPile 2.2.1 LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 / Windows 11

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Calle Laakkonen / External Link

  • Filename

    Drawpile-2.2.1-64bit.msi

Drawpile is a Free software collaborative drawing program that allows multiple users to sketch on the same canvas simultaneously. Drawpile is a Free/Libre networked drawing desktop app that allows multiple people to sketch on the same image simultaneously. It supports the OpenRaster image file format and thus works well with applications such as MyPaint, Krita and GIMP.

You can paint with a pixel pen, soft brush or a watercolor brush. Brushes can be organized into presets and quick access tabs. Use a dedicated eraser tool or turn any brush into an ad hoc eraser. Both brushes and layers support various color blending modes.

Host drawing sessions locally with the built-in server or using a dedicated server. Discover public sessions with the list server or join a friend with a handy private room code.

Record a whole drawing session using Drawpile's recording feature. The recording can later be played back and exported into video, or used as a backup. It also has basic support for creating short animations, using layers as frames. Animation specific features like onionskin layer mode and a flipbook preview are supported.

Drawpile provides a wide variety of tools to help manage sessions:
  • Lock or mute individual users
  • Lock individual layers or allow per-user access
  • Restrict certain application features, such as image uploads, layer management, and text box creation
  • Revert session to an earlier state in case of vandalism
  • Kick and ban troublemakers
  • Password protect sessions and set user count limits
  • The server supports password-protected usernames
  • Session templates provide always available sessions for dedicated servers
Also Available: Download DrawPile for Mac

  • DrawPile 2.2.1 Screenshots

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What's new in this version:

Fixed:
- Fix: Default to previous directory when saving a fresh file
- Fix: Don't force TLS socket algorithms, since ECDSA certs seem to not like them
- Fix: Log message queue read, write and timeout errors properly
- Fix: Properly handle cancelling a connection while it's being established
- Fix: Don't resize brush settings unnecessarily larger when switching between brush types
- Fix: Try to handle switching between tablet pen and eraser more consistently
- Fix: Properly refer to "layer" and "layer group" in layer actions depending on what is selected
- Fix: Save censored layers into PSDs properly
- Fix: Don't allow copying, cutting and color picking from censored layers
- Fix: Rotate brush and fill outline along with the canvas
- Fix: Don't reset opacity multiply inputs to default when loading a brush that doesn't have it set
- Fix: Limit MyPaint brush dab counts to more sensible values, since the defaults from MyPaint are pointlessly high and can cause chugging
- Fix: Don't blink last user cursors again when making a selection
- Fix: Make user cursors trail MyPaint brush strokes better, only smoothing it out when there's jitter
- Fix: Widen the stripes of the censor pattern so that it's easier on the eyes
- Fix: Don't remember uncensor layers across restarts, to avoid being exposed to things you didn't want to just because you forgot to toggle it back off
- Fix: Properly show censored layers in the list even when they are revealed
- Fix: Properly apply layer properties if the layer changed since opening them
- Fix: Hide disconnection banner after establishing connection to a session
- Fix: Make censoring layer groups actually have an effect
- Fix: Don't use 64 bit stuff in 32 bit Windows installer
- Fix: Don't break pinned start menue shortcuts when updating on Windows
- Fix: Use proper measurements to decide on how much painting to do in a single step, hopefully preventing chugging caused by certain brushes
- Fix: Don't show user cursors while catchup dialog is open
- Fix: Don't gray out layer ACL tier settings when a layer is assigned to users exclusively, since those settings are not exclusive
- Fix: Don't include stuff from before session reset when restarting a recording because of one
- Fix: Don't overwrite recordings on Windows if the file names contain non-ASCII symbols
- Fix: Make log file on Windows log non-ASCII symbols properly
- Fix: Don't reorder listing servers when sorting by title in the browse tab
- Fix: Only ask for confirmation when a self-signed TLS certificate changes, not when a "real" one renews
- Fix: Make bezier curve tool generate smooth curves at small sizes, rather than getting jaggy
- Fix: Make navigator slider not eat keyboard inputs when navigator is undocked
- Fix: Disregard hidden frames when rendering animations
- Fix: Load default settings values after the program has initialized, avoiding crashes that can happen on Windows when building in debug mode

Featured:
- Feature: Allow toggling performance-related canvas view settings, since some systems get slowdowns
- Feature: Implement WebSocket support in the server, available with the --websocket-port and --websocket-listen options
- Feature: Send keepalive messages from the server, if the client indicates support for it. Avoids them disconnecting when too busy uploading to send a ping
- Feature: Active user counts for sessions. A user counts as active if they drew in the last five minutes
- Feature: Make invite links indicated web client capability and NSFM-ness of sessions so that the invite page can show a "join in the browser" button and an appropriate notice respectively
- Server Fix: When hosting without an account is enabled, also allow it for anyone with an account
- Feature: Add next and previous key frame actions, allowing skipping between key frames in the current track
- Feature: Add experimental support for high-DPI interface scaling
- Feature: Show latency in the status message, next to the session size and cursor coordinates
- Feature: Add action to pick color from screen, default shortcut is Shift+I
- Feature: Allow switching the current brush to erase mode when using the tablet pen eraser instead of switching to the eraser tool slot. The setting for this is in the Input settings
- Feature: Make the Windows installer put a shortcut on the desktop
- Server Fix: Allow reading users' trusted status through the API, because it's something you can write through it
- Server Feature: Allow limiting the maximum number of users per session. Moderators and administrators can override this
- Server Fix: Time out clients that take too long to disconnect gracefully
- Feature: Show last joined address in join dialog
- Server Fix: Don't report temporary server bans as permanent
- Server Fix: Properly convert between IPv4 and IPv6 when checking IP bans
- Server Fix: Save catchup keys to file-backed sessions so that the counter doesn't reset upon a server restart
- Feature: Add some bulk permission commands for (un)trusting and setting layer tiers, explanation available through /modhelp
- Feature: Remember last sorting on the browse page
- Feature: Fill background for copying the merged image with a non-rectangular selection
- Server Feature: Allow server owners to kick users not connected to a session
- Server Feature: Log when a wrong password is entered for server accounts and sessions, disconnect the user after too many wrong tries
- Server Fix: Log client host and join attempts even when unsuccessful
- Feature: Optimize classic brush calculation, making them a good chunk faster

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