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Creating, Opening and Saving Paintings

Creating a New Painting

To create a new painting, select the New... option from the File Menu. When you do this, the New artwork window will appear. This window lets you set the size of your new painting, and choose the settings of the canvas you want to paint on. In the "Canvas Size Info" section you can check the picture print information, such as width, height and DPI.

By clicking on the Canvas icon, you can select the canvas texture, color and texture scale.

Finally, click OK to create a new painting, or Cancel if you decide not to.

Opening a Painting

To open a painting, select the Open... option from the File Menu. This panel lets you open a picture or previously saved artwork in the .reb, .psd, .png, .jpg, .bmp and .tif file formats as a new project.

Finally, click OK to open the painting, or Cancel if you decide not to.

To open a recently saved painting, select the Open Recent option from the File Menu. This option lets you select one of the last saved artworks in .reb, .psd, .png, .jpg, .bmp and .tif file formats.

Saving a Painting

To save your painting, use the Save... option in the File Menu. The native format is the REB file format, which contains all the information about the artwork and the layers. Use this format if you want to carry on with the painting later. We advise you to save your work regularly to avoid any problems while getting used to new software.

If you wish to save your painting with specific settings or in a form that can be read by other applications, use the Save As... option in the File Menu. It allows you to save your painting as a PSD, PNG, TIF, BMP, or JPG file. You do not need to merge layers to create a copy of your painting for printing or to display on the web. Individual layers are saved in REB and PSD file formats.

When saving as JPEG, you can adjust the quality and size of the image:

  • Choose File > Save As.

  • Choose 'JPEG Image' from the menu - a new dialog window will appear:

  • Enter a value between 0 and 100 in the Quality box. The higher the Quality setting, the more detail is preserved in the JPG image, but the larger the file size.

  • Adjust the size of the image - select 100%, 75%, 50%, 25%, or 'Custom' from the drop-down menu. 'Custom' lets you manually enter the required size of the JPEG image.

Note

Please be aware that only the REB file contains all artwork information. PSD, PNG, TIF and BMP files save only color and transparency information. Transparency is not saved in JPG format.

Finally, click OK to save the painting or Cancel if you decide not to.

Iterative Save - Save sequentially numbered versions of an artwork. The first time Iterative Save is used, "_1" is appended to the file name. Each subsequent time the number increments by 1 and a new sequentially numbered file is created.

Saving with Transparency

You can save your work with a transparent background from Rebelle by hiding the Canvas layer that serves as a background for all Layers. To hide the canvas, click the 'Eye' next to "Canvas" in the Layers panel. Such work can be saved in a PNG file format with transparency.

NanoPixel Export... Pro edition

NanoPixel technology allows you to export paintings 16x times larger for print without losing details. Go to the Visual Settings panel and enable the 'NanoPixel'.

When using the NanoPixel during painting, it is recommended to have a better GPU - graphic card, as the technology use OpenGL for rendering the painting in real time.

NanoPixel detail of the pixelated text.

Pixelated text without NanoPixel detail.

You can also work without NanoPixel. After you finish painting, turn the NanoPixel on, the image will be rendered in real time.

Export your painting via the File menu > NanoPixel Export... where you choose how many times larger the exported image should be: 1x1 (100%), 2x2 (200%), 3x3 (300%) or 4x4 (400%).

On the right side, you can see the information about the size of the image in pixels, cms and inches. Click OK to export the image with NanoPixel. You will be asked to choose the location where the image should be saved and the file format (.jpg, .png, .bmp, or .tiff).

Note

For example, a 3000 x 2000 pixels large painting can be exported as 12000 x 8000 px. Rebelle will allow you to rescale your old painting from A4 to A0.

Video tutorial

Get to know Rebelle's NanoPixel in this video: NanoPixel Technology available in Rebelle Pro.

Closing an Application

If you want to close an application, you can choose from the following options depending on your operating system:

Windows user

  • click on File Menu > Quit, or
  • press a Close button in the upper right corner of an application, or
  • use a shortcut Ctrl + W, Ctrl + Q, Ctrl + F4 or Alt + F4.

Mac OS user

  • click on Rebelle Menu > Quit, or
  • press a Quit button in the upper left corner of an application, or
  • use a shortcut Cmd + W, Cmd + Q or Cmd + F4.

Note

Please don't forget to save your artwork before closing an application.