FireAlpaca is a full-featured, completely free digital-painting package loved by comic, illustration and animation artists worldwide. It ships with hundreds of brushes, full layer support, text tools, gradients and more—everything you need to create professional artwork without paying a cent.
Key features
- Rock-solid performance: handles large canvases and high-resolution files without lag.
- Rich tool-set: pen, pencil, marker, watercolor, oil brushes, shape builders and transform tools for endless creative effects.
- Advanced layers: blend modes, clipping masks, group folders and one-click merge/down options give you full compositing control.
- Typography on board: dozens of built-in fonts plus full text-layer control for speech bubbles, captions or logos.
- Custom canvas: set any size, DPI or colour profile (RGB/CMYK) on the fly.
- Broad file support: open and save PNG, JPEG, BMP, PSD, MDP and even animated GIF frames.
Software highlights
- Clean, uncluttered UI—beginners feel at home immediately.
- Tiny installer (~50 MB) and low RAM footprint; runs smoothly on ageing hardware.
- Multi-language UI including English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc.
- Unique brush-engine and real-time animation FX for lifelike strokes and motion previews.
- Rapid release cycle—new brushes, filters and performance tweaks arrive every few months.