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Notes, updates, and experiments from the RobinPad team. Each post is a child page with its own date, excerpt, and content.

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RobinPad's technical limitations in detail

RobinPad's technical limitations in detail

Since this is a web application, there are several limitations I'd like to explain, as well as the challenges we faced during the development of RobinPad.

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Digital painting vs traditional painting: where to start

One asks you to learn a tool, the other asks you to learn a material. Here is how to tell which one you are ready for.

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Pressure sensitivity in digital painting

A brush that reacts to how hard you press is the difference between painting and drawing with a marker.

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Layers in digital painting: a beginner guide

A layer is a transparent sheet of glass you paint on. Once you see it that way, depth in a painting is easy.

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How to paint digitally in your browser

A web painting app opens in a tab and gets out of the way. Here is what that means for your brushes, your files and your speed.

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Digital painting app for beginners: what you really need

Three tools carry a beginner painting further than a hundred brushes: pressure, layers, and an eraser that behaves.

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Free digital painting app that runs in your browser

A free digital painting app you open in a tab: nothing to install, no account, and your paintings stay on your device.

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How to create custom themes in RobinPad

How to create custom themes in RobinPad

In this post I will walk you through how to change the interface style to create fully customized themes in RobinPad, step by step, and super easy.

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The brush creator

An intro...

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RobinPad and browser compatibility

RobinPad and browser compatibility

Which browsers work with RobinPad and why this technical limitation exists.

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