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nblarson
05-24-2007, 01:11 AM
I've been using Artweaver and OpenCanvas for awhile now, and I figured that with such a great discount Corel offers for students and how highly acclaimed their software is, I'd order Painter X. While I have a few qualms with each program, they've definitely suited me in basic painting and drawing (I'm a hobbyist, by no means a professional :P). That being said, how much of a difference in versatility and capability will I notice in this jump from basic freeware/cheap software to a more professional level application, and will there be a severe learning curve in getting the most out of it?
Cole
05-24-2007, 02:29 AM
Depends on what features you plan to use. Painter's brush engine is far superior if your trying to mimic natural media, but otherwise similar effects can be achieved in opencanvas/photoshop/gimp etc, though painter gives more control even with non-natural brushes of course. Painter also has some tools that are quite useful aside from just the brush/paper engine - for example the perspective grid and the ideal proportions tool in X come in handy on a regular basis, but of course is nothing you couldn't do in another program by hand, it just makes it easier and more automatic. If you are more of a painter (No pun intended) then I think you will find Painter to be a nice upgrade but if you mostly only do coloring/sketching/airbrush type work then probably not so much.
Improv
05-24-2007, 06:35 AM
Best is to try the Painter X demo and draw your own conclusions.
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