Black Ink Software
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 Black Ink | |
| Developer(s) | Bleank |
|---|---|
| Initial release | May 8, 2012 |
| Stable release | 2020.1
/ August 2020 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | blackink |
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Black Ink is a raster graphics editor designed to be used for digital illustration, developed in C++ for Windows. It is independently developed and published by software developer Bleank. Its primary goal is to allow artists a great deal of freedom with large canvas sizes, programmable brushes, and a powerful layer editor.
History
(Give a good amount of history about Black Ink here, and I'll come back to format it -Alscenic)
GPU-Based
By leveraging the power of the computer's GPU, Black Ink gains a significant performance advantage over most raster graphics software. Black Ink uses the GPU almost exclusively, which makes it possible to create and edit documents with a pixel resolution of up to 65,536 × 65,536.
Features
Black Ink is a drawing software that offers the possibility to create procedural brushes thanks to new tools, such as the controller editor[1] , but also thanks to the brush shader language (BSL)[2] for the most technical users.
Nodal approach for Brushes parameters
One of the particularities of Black Ink is to propose a nodal approach to create its brushes. The user has at his disposal parameters of speed, pressure, position and can combine them with a graphical interface to create unique brushes.
Brush Shader Language
Black Ink introduces a pixel shader language for brushes with a built-in editor[3] . It allows to program the pixel behavior of a brush. This language is mainly based on the HLSL.
Node-Based Layer Editor
The 1st public version[4] of Black Ink had only one layer, then at the July 11, 2013 update 8 layers were added to the software. It is in December 2019[5] that Black Ink introduces its Layer nodal system. This unique system in the field of digital drawing is rather inspired by what is found in 3D with a software like Houdini or editing with Nuke. However, the UI setup tries to keep a linear logic if necessary with an operator such as the Layer Stack which behaves like a traditional Stack of a classic 2D software. The number of layers is theoretically unlimited with this version.
Custom UI
Black Ink uses a GPU vector rendering technology designed by Bleank that is used to display brushes and effects, as well as render the entire Black Ink interface.
Others features
(Describe these features more - see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP#Features and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krita#Customisation -Alscenic)
- graphics tablet support
- The layers are managed in 64 bit per pixel internally[6]
- Continuous auto-save
- Customizable keyboard
- Canvas crop and resize
- Straight Line Tools
- Draw Stabilizer
Versions
Stand alone
Black Ink is first released in Public Beta in November 2012.
Steam
Black Ink was one of the first software to be greenlighted[7] in October 2012 when Steam allowed non-game software to enter their store. However Bleank wanted Black Ink to have the Layer[8] feature before it could be released on the Store. That's why Black Ink was only officially released on September 8, 2013[9] on the Steam Store.
See also
- Digital Art
- Digital Painting
- Art software
- Generative Art
- Computer painting
- Tradigital art
- Graphic art software
- Raster graphics
- List of raster graphics editors
- Comparison of raster graphics editors
Footnotes
- ↑ "'Bleank updates Black Ink". artstation.
- ↑ "'Black Ink Becomes First Digital Drawing App to Introduce Brush Shading". awn.
- ↑ "'Black Ink Update 0.301.2448". bleank.com. bleank.
- ↑ "'Black Ink Update 0.89.1346". bleank.com. bleank.
- ↑ "'Black Ink Update 2020". bleank.com. bleank.
- ↑ "'Black Ink New rendering engine". u2bleank.tumblr.com.
- ↑ "'Black Ink on steam Greenlight". u2bleank.tumblr.com.
- ↑ "'layers are on the way". u2bleank.tumblr.com.
- ↑ "'Bleank news steam". bleank.com. bleank.
References
- Imagine FX. "Black Ink - Brush Safari a new kind of paint program". Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- Aaron Rutten. "Black Ink - Digital Art Software with Generative Brushes". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- Creative Cow.Net. "Bleank Announces Black Ink and its Unusual Brushes". Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- Imaginove. "Bleank presentes Black Ink at Siggraph 2013".
- Digital Media World. "Black Ink Introduces Brush Shader Editor for Digital Drawing".
- Blenderartists.org. "A new non-realistic node-based digital painting sofwtare - Black Ink". Retrieved 2013-09-01.
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