PanoPainter on Mac

About PanoPainter

PanoPainter is the first software ever made to enable an immersive experience for artists that want to sketch, paint, and animate on a full 360° panoramic canvas.
Its native workflow allows artists to work in an intuitive environment and create amazing illustrations that can also be viewed using any virtual reality headset and be immersed inside the artwork.
These are the main features you will find:
– Import regular images and place them in the scene
– Share across Apple devices using AirDrop
– Copy/paste and transform the selection
– Immersive 360° panoramic canvas
– High-Performance GPU Accelerated Paint Engine
– Intuitive gestures to navigate
– Dynamic cross-platform User Interface
– Native Apple Pencil support
– Native Sonar Pen support
– Massive resolution up to 8K panorama
– Highly customizable brushes
– Cloud Storage for device interoperability
– Timelapse
– Layers
– Side panel for quick access to brush settings.
– Popup panels.
– Height-map tool for landscapes generation.
– Ray-traced shadows generation.
– Multi-threading for faster computation.
– Overall performance optimized.
– Import Photoshop Brushes ABR file.
– Improved color picker.
– Layer blending modes.
– Improved Brush Engine with Dual-Brush and Patterns.
– VR Painting
– High DPI display support
More features will be added as the software evolves.

How to Run PanoPainter on Mac

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Option 1: Use Parallels

Parallels is the fastest, easiest, and most powerful option to run Windows on your Mac. Data can be shared between Mac and Windows and switching between the two is as simple as switching screens. Run it On Mac recommends Parallels as the #1 best way to run PanoPainter on your Mac desktop or laptop.

Pros: Very Cost-Effective; Easily transfer files; Easily switch between Windows & Mac.

Cons: May see a slight decrease in performance; Cost varies from $50-80 for a personal license.

Option 2: Use Bootcamp

Boot Camp is a boot utility included with most Apple desktop and laptop products that allows users to install a Windows operating system alongside the native macOS/OS X operating system. Using Bootcamp is a relatively technical process and should probably only be undertaken by someone who understands the process.

Pros: Free; Good option if you need high performance or are using an older machine.

Cons: Switching between operating systems requires a restart; difficult, technical installation process.

PanoPainter System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 7
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.1 supported
    • Storage: 20 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Memory: 4 MB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.1+ supported
    • Storage: 100 MB available space