Pencil News
Major Canvas Performance Improvements
September 9, 2026
Pencil’s canvas is now faster for large projects, including documents with 10,000+ photos and 10GB of content. Opening files is 2.7× faster, canvas redraws are 3.6× faster, editing is 3.5× faster, complex files are 6.8× faster, and memory use is down 33%.
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AI Pen in Pencil
August 7, 2026
Pencil introduced AI Pen: draw vectors with agents, then refine beziers manually. Multipoint rotate, scale, and multipath editing are included. Available to download today.
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Pencil Hits 1M Downloads on Cursor Extensions
May 20, 2026
Pencil just crossed 1M downloads on Cursor Extensions marketplace. With Composer 2.5, it's a killer AI design combo. Just flies.
Designs a full website for desktop and mobile sub-minute. Fully editable on canvas inside Cursor. Video at 1x speed.
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Code on Canvas in Pencil
April 18, 2026
Introducing Code on Canvas in Pencil — AI design tool for Claude and Codex. Design and code are officially in a relationship, opening new ways to create on canvas.
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