AH, I've just tried the new Rebelle 6 demo. You mean "NanoPixels", which is A.I. zoom. Nah, that doesn't count. Maxium Brush Size in Rebelle is 100, HAHAHA, really? And it's a 280Mb installer.
What I love is how they've handled the DEMO Version. Very clever and a very comfortable website with easy access and pleasant feel. All in all, the whole presentation at first glance is really nice and sophisticated. I'm not a fan of 280Mb anything unless it's an orchestral sample instrument
...and the GUI is to me unbelievably less pleasant than even my laboratory Verve GUI. It will change, too, but never to such an overbearing explosion of stuff like how Rebelle's first welcome GUI. Lord almighty. Almost brings back dogwaffle traumata.
Yeah, nah, I know I still have to add plenty more functionality into Verve, but discretely and empowering the artist rather than overpowering and somewhat underwhelming, to be perfectly honest. I know, I have my work cutout, but it's beautifully encouraging to see Rebelle again.
By the way, on my machine it's quite a bit chewier (slower) than Verve, considering that Verve has virtually unlimited brush size and a sort of natural performance, rather than an emulation attempt. In Rebelle it can look really beautiful, no doubt, but it just feels to me like an emulation and sort of ...hmmm... don't know how to say this, it's like begging to be accepted as "realistic looking", like humble looking up at a goal it can never quite achieve. While Verve is like this happy, carefree entity, childlike in its joy to do what it does and not asking for approval from an unattainable goal that it tries to match. It is what it is and it loves to get better at that, too.
Yeah, nah, it's all wonderful. I'm excited again!