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Celas Studio 0.12.2: Light, Blend and Boolean

Celas Studio 0.12.2: Light, Blend and Boolean

Celas Studio 0.12.2 brings light layers for shading flat-coloured artwork, every brush blend mode on the graphics card, a fill bucket that runs entirely on the GPU, boolean shapes that count their strokes, and a canvas that does far less work for the same picture.

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Celas Studio 0.12.0: Lighter, Smarter, Faster

Celas Studio 0.12.0: Lighter, Smarter, Faster

Celas Studio 0.12.0 is the last big feature update before 1.0. Rigs that bind themselves, a References panel inside your project, a full set of pixel tools, video that opens instantly, a light interface and more than 460 fixes.

Celas Studio 0.11.0: Brushes, Shapes, Pen Tools and Navigator

Celas Studio 0.11.0: Brushes, Shapes, Pen Tools and Navigator

Celas Studio 0.11.0 is our biggest Early Access update yet, with a rebuilt library of 109 brushes, 14 new shapes, Sculpt Mode for paths, a new Navigator panel, support for much longer videos and more than 500 fixes.

Celas Studio 0.10.1: Symbols, Liquid Boolean and Rigging Update

Celas Studio 0.10.1: Symbols, Liquid Boolean and Rigging Update

Symbols now stay in sync everywhere, liquid booleans blend smoother on the GPU, and rigging gets a massive round of fixes. Here's everything in 0.10.1.

Celas Studio 0.10.0 - Drawing, Fill and Rigging Update

Celas Studio 0.10.0 - Drawing, Fill and Rigging Update

Fill now reads across layers, rigging got dozens of fixes, and Pixel Mode is up to 7x faster. Full patch notes inside.

Celas Studio is live. Deep breath.

Celas Studio is live. Deep breath.

We just launched Celas Studio into Early Access on Steam. Here's what it is, why we built it, and what the first few hours have looked like.