Portrait painting of a woman in a lace blouse, created with Brushstroke Pro

Stroke of genius.

Paint your life in stunning, high-resolution detail.

Brushstroke Pro

for Mac and iPad

Brushstroke Pro is the photo to painting app for Mac and iPad. It builds on the feature-rich Brushstroke app with improved visual fidelity and detail to create stunning, high-resolution artwork, no brushes or cleanup required. With an intuitive design and powerful new features, create something that rises above the crowd. Share projects between Mac and iPad and take your art on the go.

Instant creativity.

Transform ordinary photos and videos into something magical with over 90 painting and art styles. Explore familiar mediums like oil, watercolor, and acrylic, or create unique looks with styles inspired by illustrations, experimental art, and more. Customize your work of art with different canvases, color palettes, adjustments, and your signature to create your own masterpiece.

High-resolution painting created with Brushstroke Pro

More detail.

Adjust the detail and visual fidelity of your painting to increase its realism or make it more abstract.

Save projects.

Save your paintings as projects, then return to them later to continue working on your masterpiece.

Your signature.

Personalize your art by importing your real-world signature from a photo, or create one in the app.

Pro features.

4K video, high-resolution output, new color and paint adjustments, full macOS integration, and much more.

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Inspired color palettes.

Color palettes alter the color and tonality of your artwork to evoke different moods and feelings. Brushstroke Pro contains over 70 palettes inspired by and modeled after works by well-known artists and schools of art. Specialized algorithms intelligently apply the palettes to your art, realizing your vision as an artist.

Color palette options in Brushstroke Pro

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a natural blue-and-gold color palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a pastel pink, green and yellow palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a muted earth-tone palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a cool, desaturated palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a warm orange and teal palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a deep violet and blue palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a soft lavender palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a warm red and gold palette

Sunflower still life painted with Brushstroke Pro using a vivid blue and gold palette

3D-modeled canvases.

Choose from more than 30 canvases and other surfaces to paint on, from canvases and papers to wood and stone, each modeled realistically in 3D. Paint pools, absorbs, and changes density based on each surface’s individual weave, texture, and granularity, all while interacting with the unique characteristics of the chosen paint style.

3D-modeled canvas surfaces in Brushstroke Pro

Professional adjustments.

Add your finishing touch. Brushstroke Pro contains a complete set of professional-grade lighting and color adjustments, as well as painting-specific adjustments that let you fine-tune your work to create something that’s truly your own. Change paint thickness and density, adjust canvas depth, blend your color palette, tweak lighting, and much more for just the right look.

Faces.

Adjust detail in faces without affecting the rest of the painting.

Density.

Paint density affects how paint collects on the canvas for full control.

Thickness.

Paint thickness interacts with the detail in the painting to get the perfect look.

Grain.

Modify the grain in the paint mediums to adjust the overall texture and feel.

Sign your art.

Make your painting your own by signing it. Create a signature using the mouse or trackpad, or import your real-world signature from a photo or the camera. Select a signature color and your signature is realistically applied to your painting. Save multiple signatures and pick just the right one for each unique work of art.

Make it real.

Turn your digital painting into a real-world one. We’ve teamed up with Canvaspop to provide the highest quality prints available with a 100% “Love It” guarantee: love your print, or you’ll get a reprint or your money back. Choose a canvas, framed print or poster, then select a frame, matte, and size, and you’ll have your masterpiece delivered and hanging on your wall in no time — or ready to be given as a gift for a special occasion.

Framed canvas print of a Brushstroke Pro painting hanging on a wall

Painting of a woman in a white dress underwater, created with Brushstroke Pro

Video paintings.

Brushstroke Pro is not just for photos. Transform your videos into film-quality works of art. Your moving art is guaranteed to impress at up to 4K resolution, including support for slo-mo, timelapse, and more.

Made for Mac.

Brushstroke Pro is designed from the ground up for macOS. It looks great on the latest macOS with beautiful high-resolution output, is seamlessly integrated with macOS and the Photos app, and is optimized for the new Apple silicon Macs.

Brushstroke Pro for Mac

Available on the Mac App Store

4.8 · 181 App Store ratings

Now on iPad.

Brushstroke Pro on iPad is the full version of Brushstroke Pro, now on iPadOS. Optimized for the latest iPads and iPad Pro, you can now take your art on the go. With cross-platform project sharing, save your projects to iCloud and pick up wherever you left off.

Brushstroke Pro for iPad

Available on the App Store

4.7 · 186 App Store ratings

Which Brushstroke is right for you?

All three turn photos into paintings in a tap. Brushstroke is the photo to painting app for iPhone and iPad; Brushstroke Pro adds high-resolution detail, saved projects, signatures, and professional adjustments on iPad and Mac.

iPhone & iPad