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MrWilde
05-21-2006, 10:30 AM
Hello!

I recently got my tablet, fantastic stuff. I have both Photoshop Elements and Painter Essentials, and I'm now think about getting the professional versions. But I don't know, which to choose.
I like Photoshop better than Painter (judging from those diet lite versions), but I discovered something nasty when painting (with tablet or mouse, no difference). In Photoshop, the lines are edgy as hell. That's not only bad for sketches, but I can't block in colors while keep the outlines of objects smooth. In Painter, on the other hand, the lines look fantastic (see the attachments).

So I wanted to know if this is an issue of Photoshop Elements, and if it is the same in Photoshop CS. It can't be a real hardware issue, since Painter gets me smooth lines.

Any help appreciated, thanks in advance,

Robert
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zerae
05-21-2006, 11:16 AM
That's normal in PS you should enable smoothing in the brush settings, for sketching I would recommend Opencanvas 1.1 is free and it's great.

If you have the money get PS and Painter since I think they both complement each other and you're not going to be disapointed.
hentsteph
05-21-2006, 02:23 PM
Painter has beter brushes in my view.

Photoshop CS2 has never done lines like that to me, I get smood lines.

I use Photoshop to do the main coloring and finish off with Painter to get a more "natural look".
Whipyo
05-26-2006, 02:14 AM
In deciding which one to buy, you need to ask yourself what you will be using it for.

If you are doing more 'painting' type of work....illustration stuff, simulating real painting, onion skinning etc.. then painter is definately the way to go. It has far superior brushes over photoshop and as you would know has all the wet paint simulation stuff and water colours which photoshop can't do. Plus the script recording and playback is awesome.

If you want to do more retouching sort of stuff (masking, cloning, colour correcting, distorting, filters, 3D texturing etc..) then photoshop is the real indusrty standard here. You can save and open almost any graphical file format, you can work in more colour spaces, you can even work in 32-bit per channel images.
miloshz
05-26-2006, 05:25 AM
if you can, get both!

while performs truly great in painting stuff, painter truly sucks a big time for the other stuff. photoshop is the industry standard when it comes to CG and is way universal tool.
BlackStorm
05-27-2006, 06:01 AM
this 2 SOftware is so Difrent
Pinoy McGee
05-27-2006, 05:41 PM
Both Photoshop and Painter are good apps. User skill and learning curve not included.
Datameister
05-27-2006, 06:15 PM
If you've got a lot of experience as a traditional painter, Painter's a better choice. If you want to be able to paint AND manipulate photos, create 2D graphics, etc., Photoshop's a better choice. If you are a little short on money, Painter's a better choice. If you have a slow computer, Photoshop's a better choice.

I've seen fantastic results from both programs. If one is more comfortable for you than the other (and it's affordable), go with it. I personally prefer Photoshop because:

1. I've used it for other things for years, and I'm therefore used to the interface. I'd rather not pay for yet another piece of software when the one I've got can already do the job.

2. Photoshop's painting techniques are a little simpler, IMO. You pretty much just lay down colors and you don't have to worry about the interaction of the various "media." (For some people, that's a big reason NOT to use Photoshop.)
Jaycee77
05-27-2006, 08:54 PM
As mentioned throught the responses here, Corel is a better "pure" painting program versus Photoshop. The program is more fluent and conducive to the painting area. That said, if you are doing any type of image editing outide of purely painting, Photoshop is what you want. Both programs have there strengths and weaknesses.
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