Rebelle 4 review

The popular professional art software from Escape Motions receives some major updates. Is this the ultimate package for digital creatives?

Escape Motions
(Image: © Escape Motions)

Digital Camera World Verdict

Almost everything has been though of, allowing you to tailor your canvas, brushes and paints to create exactly what effect you need. It's still not exactly like applying physical pigments, but this is the closest experience we've seen. A joy to use.

Pros

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    Realistic brush effects

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    True-to-life blending stlyes

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    Great customisation

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    Advanced features (DropEngine, colour adjustment etc)

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    Familiar layout

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    Continuous development

Cons

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    Complex workspace for beginners

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    Occasional brush control issues

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    Sometimes buffers with large files

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Introduction

Digital painting is nothing new - since computers became widely available there have been applications for creating digital illustrations. Many professional creatives will also be highly familiar with the likes of Adobe Illustrator, for producing graphics, while good old Photoshop can be used for a plethora of creative and artistic functions.

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Peter Fenech

As the Editor for  Digital Photographer magazine, Peter is a specialist in camera tutorials and creative projects to help you get the most out of your camera, lens, tripod, filters, gimbal, lighting and other imaging equipment.

After cutting his teeth working in retail for camera specialists like Jessops, he has spent 11 years as a photography journalist and freelance writer – and he is a Getty Images-registered photographer, to boot.

No matter what you want to shoot, Peter can help you sharpen your skills and elevate your ability, whether it’s taking portraits, capturing landscapes, shooting architecture, creating macro and still life, photographing action… he can help you learn and improve.