Note that there is small text at the bottom saying that there is a two-month trail period that you can use your premium plan for free before you’re charged.

Below is an image of the error message when attempting to export your work as a PSD file. Even ads have returned for those of us who previously paid to remove them. Other limitations include disabling PSD file format exports for non-premium users and losing previous paid ad-ons. The issue is less about the affordability of their new payment plan structure and more about the way users discovered the news. Here’s the new pricing structure from Medibang.

Users who have exceeded the 3GB limit also received messaging that their cloud files would be deleted if they not pay for an annual premium plan starting at around $22 USD/year. Attempting to open a cloud-based file resulted in an image that was flattened to one layer. These users got an error message stating they no longer had write permission to save a cloud-based file. Apps that auto-updated or were manually updated by users who were curious about the new premium experience quickly discovered they could no longer access their cloud work if they exceeded a new 3GB cloud limit. On September 2, 2021, many Medibang Paint users woke up to being locked out of their work. If this sounds too good to be true, it was.īy April 2018, over 20 million users had downloaded Medibang Paint and many took advantage of the free and unlimited online management of all their work, creating numerous cloud-based collections. As an added benefit, users who signed up for a free Medibang account had unlimited access to cloud storage and extra downloadable brushes, textures, and other design elements. The app’s greatest strength has been its ease of use with a key emphasis on specialized tools for manga and comic art creation. Since 2015, Medibang has offered free versions of their software on Apple iOS, Android and desktop. Medibang Paint is a robust drawing and painting app.

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