Why did you choose Painter over Photoshop for painting?

[Terro]

PS is a great piece of software but very linear. Painter is designed for Digital Painting and just happen to fit my style.

[tomt]

My reply has to do with where I started, and it was with Painter way back in version 2. At the time, it was a lot less expensive than Photoshop (And still is). As I've become more professional in my work I've become more of a dual program user. Painter for about 70% of my work, and Photoshop/Illustrator for the rest. Painter works a lot faster than Photoshop, but Photoshop is a lot more precise for editing.

For putting down an idea fast, with a fair degree of accuracy, and more artist like, it has to be Painter. For precise control for advertisements and print, I'd have to say Photoshop. To some extent, they are interchangeable, but they work so well together, I'd rather not be without either one.

[brenly]

you can rotate the canvas!

[talos72]

Being able to rotate the canvas on the fly is a big deal for me, and for the life of me I can't understand why Photoshop doesn't implement this tool.

Beyond that, I use both Photoshop and Painter on the same work. There are things Painter does better: its brush technology is way more advanced than Photoshop in most areas. If you want to get a feel for natural media but without the mess while having the flexibility to experiment, then Painter is the app. I have seen some really nice artwork done in Photoshop, but it simply can't replicate the nice fluid strokes and blending capabilities of Painter: being able to smear pixels around, pile on colors and strokes...the brushes simply respond as you would expect them (almost). As for Photoshop, while being able to do some nice stuff with the brushes they essentially act as stamping tools: strokes are very flat looking.

Still, the transform tools, certain aspects of brush creation, filters and other basic tools in Photoshop are easier to use. Ideally it would be awesome to combine Photoshop with Painter!

[Datameister]

::sneaks into software forum where he doesn't belong and replies to thread that doesn't apply to him::

I don't (yet) own Painter, and one of the biggest advantages I can see over Photoshop is the on-the-fly canvas rotation. Supposedly, Photoshop CS3 will implement that. I hope the rumor is true. I happen to like the simplicity of Photoshop's "stamplike" brush engine, especially when supplemented by smudge brushes with scattering. It's a very different feel from Painter, yes. Ideally, every digital painter would own both, since they're both good for different things.

If I owned neither Photoshop nor Painter and I was just now starting to paint digitally, I'd probably go with Painter. The lower price and advanced brush engine would be very appealing. But since I already owned Photoshop when I began painting digitally, the pricing didn't matter to me.

[Lizard Head]

Lately the need for a more hand look for business needs has driven me to experiment with painter... what a great piece of software it is!!! it is a keeper in my book


FYI Brenly.. look into TV Paint www.tvpaint.com (http://www.tvpaint.com) you can rotate the art work there,, plus oinion skinning if you ever need to take a still into multi frames for animation

[shivacola]

color wheel only

[brenly]

shivacola .. agree the color wheel is great!

I was told that CS2 was suppose to have a rotateable canvas.. If PS gets that Painter will start to lose its edge.

[Cris-Palomino]

Actually, for me it depends on the job. I don't choose one over the other, I use each for their strengths. I still like airbrushing and masks in Photoshop, but I like my oils and pencils and other tools in Painter. Just depends on what I need.

Cris

[theB34N]

I will buy Painter for the first time because you can rotate the canvas on the fly. With my Intuos tablet with onboard modifier keys I can suddenly draw like I do on paper. It was never clear what was holding me back before. The first time I tried it I started to silently weep with joy. I will still use Pshop for non-drawing tasks, but without crying man-tears-of-nerdy-joy.

[brenly]

theB34N .. I know the feeling .. :love:

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