Petalica Paint, formerly known as PaintsChainer, is an AI-powered tool designed to automatically color sketches. It enables users to upload black-and-white images or sketches, which the AI then colorizes, making it useful for artists and graphic designers who want to quickly see their work in color without manually coloring them.
The platform offers different colorization styles named “Tanpopo,” “Satsuki,” and “Canna” — each providing a unique aesthetic to the artwork. In addition, users can refine their sketches before colorization and add color hints to influence the final output.
Over the years, Petalica Paint has gone through significant updates and changes, including a change of name from PaintsChainer to its current name and revisions in the terms of service to allow commercial use of the service. It has introduced features like “Sketch Simplification” to extract and refine strokes from sketches and continuously updates its colorization models, as seen with the addition of the “Canna” style known for improved shading and lighting effects.
All in all, the platform aims to provide an enjoyable and enhanced experience for its users, encouraging creativity and offering a straightforward way to bring sketches to colorful life.