Paintbox
A browser raster editor that records why each edit was made.
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What it is
Paintbox is a browser-first raster editor. It has the layers, masks, selections and brushes you would expect, and you can describe an outcome in words when that is faster than driving a control.
The document stores the intent behind each edit as well as the pixels, so a reviewer can open a link and ask what changed between two versions, and why, without touching a layer panel. The engine is written in Rust and runs in the browser as WebAssembly, with 27 blend modes and six built-in develop presets.
Where Bike4Mind fits
Bike4Mind is the AI backbone. Paintbox signs users in through Bike4Mind, and its background jobs call the Bike4Mind API for completions, image generation and editing, transcription and speech. Paintbox also runs an MCP server, so an agent can propose an edit, such as applying a develop preset, that waits in the document for you to accept.
Latest updates
- FeaturePaintbox completes its 27 blend modes
Paintbox adds the remaining blend modes, including Linear Burn, Vivid Light, Hue, Luminosity and a seeded Dissolve, for 27 in total.
- FeaturePaintbox develop presets
Paintbox adds six built-in develop presets, including Warm Film and Cool Matte, and an apply_preset agent tool that lands a preset as a group.
- ArtPaintbox Ink Cascade icon
Paintbox replaces its favicon with the Ink Cascade icon, three stacked ink sheets in yellow, magenta and cyan.
- FixPaintbox MCP server renamed
The Paintbox MCP server id is now paintbox instead of paint-box, so existing clients need to re-add it.
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