what your favorite art programs?

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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!!
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My fav is Paint Shop Pro 8.10.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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

...or PSP6....

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can't exclude Photoshop hehe.. it's my one and basically only tool. Terragen rocks too, though.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Anything goes. It's not the software, it's the artist.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'd have to say psp6 too
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Indian Chief tablet and crayons. Sometimes colored penciles. >
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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.

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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!

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm trying PSP 9 ATM.