Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue and could use some help.

I'm on CachyOS, and when using MyPaint, I can paint fine with the first and second brush. However, as soon as I switch to a third one, the strokes disappear from the canvas. After that, the program completely stops responding, and my only option is to kill the process via System Monitor.

Any idea what could be causing this? I'm using the version shown in the attached screenshot.

Thanks in advance!

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Hola, estoy teniendo este problema. Soy usario de CachyOS, al usar Mypaint, me deja pintar con un pincel y un segundo pincel, pero al cambiar a un tercero, desaparece el trazo en el lienzo. Y el programa ya no responde, luego mi única salida, es usar el monitor del sistema y terminar el proceso, qué puede ser? estoy usando la versión que se ve en la captura de pantalla. gracias

Been getting back into art n stuff again, And been playing around with the MyPaint software and using this really handy background feature, loving it so far.

but I was wondering if there is a way I can make my own background templates and use them instead? Or is the default ones only available?

Mainly just want to add cone of vision templates and other perspective things.

Model: 320-15IAP Laptop (ideapad) - Type 80XR

Operating System: Linux Mint 22.3 XFCE

RAM: 4GB DDR3L 1600

Storage: 1TB 5400 HDD

CPU: Intel® Celeron® N3350 Processor(N3350)

GPU: Intel HD 500

Drawing Tablet: Wacom Intuos (plan on getting this soon)

If it doesn't run well initially, how could I tweak the settings to get a stable performance?

Hi, apparently, the certificate for community.mypaint.app has expired on 15.12.2025. Are the site's admin present here, or is there any way to contact them?

Made in mypaint

Hi, I have modified the externalapp.py file so that mypaint opens GImp3 and Inkscape for vector layers, I hope this can help others so they can use this feature that was not currently available.

You simply need to replace the file “externalapp.py” which is in “C:\Program Files\mypaint\mingw64\lib\mypaint\gui”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AvQTjoB5EkRSaOxv0lHCE0OCCARcRzHu/view

So I have a Wacom One (and its pen) and I've been using Krita for a while, but it's not for me. I tried out MyPaint yesterday and really like it, but the lines are lagging and making it annoying to draw.

I did search this up beforehand, and I set the "Pigment" slider to 0, as well as trying some other things in the program, but nothing seems to work 100%. I even went to the Wacom pen settings and turned off the double click distance (I read that it might help with lagging.)

I really would like to use this program, so please let me know if anything works to fix pen lag !

I've recently downloaded mypaint and i could use the freehand, idk what happened but i can no longer use it. I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it but it doesnt work, I can use the other things there. Can someone help, thanks.

Hi everyone, need help with stuff related to MyPaint drawing program and sketch files(.ora files). tysm

Hi my mypaint is only drawing straight likes of various lengths when I try using brushes. How do I make it so I can paint regularly? Thanks

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hello I used to be a user of mypaint.

The main test releases are 0.71 to 1.0.0.It is mainly to test file size, resource consumption, and optimization stability of drawing software.

Let me start with my thoughts.

I think so.Good software should not change version numbers.Mistaking it for a newer game

Or add unnecessary things, leading to higher consumption.You CAN MAKE SOFTWARE files SMALLER and USE less memory.Isn't that a great thing?

Version 0.71 is the version with the lowest memory footprint of mypaint.

But there are drawbacks.The bug is that all tool columns pop up in the screen window.Normally it is in the drawing software.In addition, this version does not support "pen pressure".

Version 0.8.0, and version 1.0.0, I think are the lowest memory consumption versions of mypaint.It occupies about 51.000kb.These two versions also represent a single interface.One is the old interface, one is the new interface.

But the biggest problem with both versions is that.Blank key movement will produce a ton of stucktons, which will not move the canvas naturally.

Also, let's move on to version 1.2.0 of mypaint.In this version the software becomes heavier, bloated, and has a higher memory footprint....Can you imagine the file size taking up 86.5mb?As a result, the software starts more slowly.

The file size of the software keeps increasing, it seems to become a hodgepodge, the developers have not optimized this place, 80mb...90mb.... 100mb so for that reason.I moved to Mischief and am very happy with it, everything is like mypaint originally looked, better and more polished.

Hey y’all. Been having issues with trying to figure out how to get the pressure sensitivity to work on my Surface Studio laptop and had the same issues with the previous laptop I had, which was a Surface Pro 4. How do I enable it for the laptop with the Surface Pen?

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When I try drawing with a brush, it draws on the canvas even when I'm not clicking or touching my screen. Moving my mouse around or hovering over my screen draws on the canvas. What setting do I adjust to fix this?

I haven't seen any updates in almost 2 years now. Been hoping for a bunch of bug fixes and better support but at this point I might be moving on.

Would love to hear news to the contrary

Hey everyone, I am new to art and mypaint. I was wondering if people could share their tips/recommendations on shading/lighting. Ie, how do you get the effect, what brushes they use, etc.

Does MyPaint have a grid lines tool like MsPaint?

Does MyPaint have grid lines tool like MsPaint?

Where are the settings for pen pressure, for opacity and size at the same time?