Pencil News
pen.dev Present mode supports 100 percent zoom
October 4, 2026
pen.dev added 100% zoom in Present mode for long websites and zoom animations on the canvas.
Scale Tool Arrives in pen.dev
September 26, 2026
pen.dev added Scale (K), letting you resize selected objects proportionally without breaking their layout. You can also enter factors such as 0.5×, 1×, 2×, or 3×.
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Vectorize Images in pen.dev
September 21, 2026
pen.dev added Vectorize Image, letting you turn raster images into editable vectors. You can use it with generated logos and icons, alongside AI Pen, which draws vectors from scratch.
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Introducing the New pen.dev, an Agentic Canvas
September 17, 2026
Introducing the new pen.dev, an agentic canvas for building bold ideas. Never start from scratch: import any website or webapp to the canvas, iterate, and push back to code. Update or download today.
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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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