# Major Canvas Performance Improvements

By Steven Van · 2026-09-09

Pencil speeds up canvas redraws by 3.6x and cuts memory use 33% on large, image-heavy projects.

[Pencil](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/pencil-dev>)'s canvas now handles large projects without slowing down, including documents with 10,000+ photos and 10GB of content, according to a [post on X](<https://x.com/i/status/2097708134722920551>).

- Opening files is 2.7× faster

- Canvas redraws are 3.6× faster

- Editing is 3.5× faster

- Complex files are 6.8× faster

- Memory use is down 33%

[View media](<https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2097705029679652864/vid/avc1/1280x720/TBw-d-8fadRqcz_6.mp4>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://x.com/i/status/2097708134722920551>)

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