OpenCanvas

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openCanvas
Developer PGN Corp.
Initial release2000;25 years ago (2000)
Stable release
7.0.25 / October 15, 2019;6 years ago (2019-10-15)
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Available inJapanese and English. [1]
Type Raster graphics editor
License Shareware
Website portalgraphics.net

openCanvas is a raster graphics software developed and published by PGN Corp. It was originally released as freeware in 2000, [2] but moved to a shareware model starting with version 2. [3] All functions are available during the limited demo period. A higher performance version "openCanvas Plus" has been released simultaneously since version 3. Its functions are similar to Adobe Photoshop or Corel Painter.

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In 2009, portalgraphics.net ended the sales of the openCanvas English versions. At the same time, they ended the English version of the portalgraphics website and their online English Customer Services, including PGN User Community. English Customer Support was to be discontinued on July 31, 2010. However, the English portalgraphics website went active again shortly afterward, and portalgraphics has continued sales of openCanvas series to the present.[ citation needed ]

"openCanvas 5.5.18" was released on July 26, 2013 in Japanese and English. [4] On June 26, 2014, "openCanvas 6.0.00" was released with 64-bit support. [5] On March 30, 2025 sales of openCanvas were moved to Steam [6]

System requirements

openCanvas 4.5/ 4.5 Plus

openCanvas 4.5/ 4.5 Plus was released on April 5, 2007. [7]

Windows [8]

openCanvas 5.05

openCanvas 5.05 was released on April 4, 2011.

Windows [9]

openCanvas 5.5

openCanvas 5.5 was released on July 2, 2012.

Windows [9]

openCanvas 6.0

openCanvas 6.0 was released on June 26, 2014.

Windows [10]

openCanvas 7.0

openCanvas 7.0 was released on September 21, 2017

Windows

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PaintingSoftware openCanvas". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Wayback Machine (2000)". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "OpenCanvas 1.1 - English version". Wistinga Projects. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "HEADLINE Jul/26/2013 openCanvas version 5.5.18 released!". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "GraphicEditor openCanvas download". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "About the purchase of openCanvas". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Wayback Machine - 4.5 Version Update". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on April 6, 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Paint Software openCanvas System Requirements". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Painting Software openCanvas Product Information and Function Introduction". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Painting Software openCanvas Product Information and Function Introduction". portalgraphics.net. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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