ibis Paint update

ibis Paint’s latest update, version 14.0.1, is a bug-fix release that landed on April 13, two weeks after the much larger 14.0.0 overhaul. (ibispaint.com) ibis inc. said 14.0.1 fixes crashes tied to clearing a layer, saving an image, deleting artwork in My Gallery, and editing color palettes. It also patches failures linked to lasso selection inside the Vector, Text, and Frame Divider tools, plus several gradation effects. (ibispaint.com) The bigger feature jump came in version 14.0.0 on March 31. That release added multiple named color palettes, QR-code palette sharing, CMYK export options, grayscale and binary output, new speech bubble and thin arrow shape tools, new gradation pens, a floating color window, brush lock, brush cursor, layer lock, and expanded keyboard shortcuts. (ibispaint.com) Digital-art apps live or die on small workflow steps, and ibis Paint’s March release targeted exactly those. The company spent late March previewing color palette grouping, brush categories, CMYK profiles, shape-tool edits, floating color controls, and vector lasso support before shipping them in 14.0.0. (ibispaint.com) ibis Paint is built around phone, tablet, and desktop drawing with a very large tool library. Its store listings say the app series has passed 500 million downloads and now offers more than 47,000 brushes, more than 27,000 materials, more than 2,100 fonts, 84 filters, and 46 screentones. (play.google.com) The app’s business model splits between a free version, a paid version, ad removal, and Premium Membership. On Google Play, ibis inc. says the paid and free versions differ only in ads, while some advanced functions require Premium Membership; on Windows, the free app also carries a one-hour daily editing limit until users buy an upgrade. (play.google.com) (apps.microsoft.com) Version 14.0.1 also follows another April issue on Windows billing. On April 6, ibis inc. posted an apology saying some Windows users were able to buy multiple Premium Membership subscriptions at the same time and faced duplicate charges. (ibispaint.com) So the immediate story is less about brand-new tools than stabilization. ibis Paint added a long list of creation features on March 31, then spent April 13 tightening the parts most likely to interrupt drawing, saving, and file management on mobile and other platforms. (ibispaint.com 1) (ibispaint.com 2)