what your favorite art programs?

Friday, November 19, 2004 by chris_britten | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

with the exclusion of photoshop...i want to know whats out there (call me a n00b)
im just starting to learn Vue 5 and its pretty cool
so let me know!!
Koasati
Reply #1 Friday, November 19, 2004 1:59 PM
My fav is Paint Shop Pro 8.10.
Alternate Setting
Reply #2 Friday, November 19, 2004 2:30 PM
what your favorite art programs?


It always used to be Painting with Nancy Kominsky

Ok - back to reality PSP 8.10 - but that's only cos I have no experience with other programs and this seems to meet my present needs - although I do like the idea of mixing palettes on the canvas that I think is available in version 9.
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Jafo
Reply #3 Friday, November 19, 2004 6:17 PM

Conte pencil. ink, black 'lead'....

...or PSP6....

Matchbook
Reply #4 Friday, November 19, 2004 6:44 PM
I can't exclude Photoshop hehe.. it's my one and basically only tool. Terragen rocks too, though.
paxx
Reply #5 Friday, November 19, 2004 9:46 PM
Anything goes. It's not the software, it's the artist.
Sugaree
Reply #6 Friday, November 19, 2004 10:04 PM
I'd have to say psp6 too
ama02
Reply #7 Saturday, November 20, 2004 2:49 AM
Same as #1
Old_Crab
Reply #8 Saturday, November 20, 2004 2:55 AM
Indian Chief tablet and crayons. Sometimes colored penciles. >
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Reply #9 Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:34 AM
Sorry Chris for taking the thread a little off topic before, I was caught unaware by a nostalgia kick . I think the commercial staples most of us use are Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop.

There is also a free program called Gimp.

Then on top of these are more specialist/dedicated programs such as Terragon and Bryce. (These specialist programs are often frowned upon because they invite a degree of laziness and mass produced look that folks tire of. However in the hands of a committed and thoughtful user they can be wonderful tools).

Now as PSP has been taken over recently the price point and pattern of development may alter - This may be another reason to ask those in the know what the real difference(s) between the full blown photoshop program and its lighter version - photoshop elements is/are.

There are many tutorials on the web aimed at the various programs which will give you a clue as to how they work, what you will need to master and what you can hope to begin to achieve - I don't know about Photoshop - but PSP has a trial version you can download.

http://www.jasc.com/products/?

Ultimately as Paxx said - the program is one thing - the operator is 'the' thing.

mocax
Reply #10 Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:08 AM
Xara X
I'm a vector convert, although I use PSP8 to touch up little things, could have used Paint, but I've already bought PSP8

No more gigantic raster graphics files! I love vectors!

kona0197
Reply #11 Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:11 AM
I'm trying PSP 9 ATM.

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