I'm a newbie to this section. I've been getting into cigar art lately, and I've been using CS2. I'd like to try Painter to create artwork that looks more like paintings. Since I'm relatively new to this type of artwork, should I be spending the money on a full blown version of Painter, or does Painter Essentials do the job until I get more experienced? Any opinions? Here's a couple of what I've done so far with CS2.
I use CS3 and Corel Painter X. Obviously they are both state of the art. Painter X is the best digital art software made period. I do use CS3 sometimes with plugins ( Akvis Sketch, and Alien Snapart). If you were to pick one....without questio it should be Painter X.
Thanks- I've already got CS2, so my question wasn't really between Photoshop and Painter, it was if Painter Essentials is good enough to get started, or is it just a waste. If a beginning photographer asked me if Photoshop Elements was good enough to get started out, I'd tell him yes because it has many of the tools that Photoshop has. Obviously, Painter X is going to be better than Essentials, but I'm really wondering if Essentials has enough of the tools to get started in digital art.
In the Feb/March 2008 issue of "After Capture" magazine there was an article disussing the merits of both versions of Painter. I opted for "Essentials" - taking the suggestion from that article that if I 'outgrew' this basic versim I would have developed some skills to use down the road w/Painter X. Essentials works well for my needs. Love your art - any images of a Montecristo #2?
Corojo wrote:
In the Feb/March 2008 issue of "After Capture" magazine there was an article disussing the merits of both versions of Painter. I opted for "Essentials" - taking the suggestion from that article that if I 'outgrew' this basic versim I would have developed some skills to use down the road w/Painter X. Essentials works well for my needs. Love your art - any images of a Montecristo #2?
Thanks for the comments. Nope, I haven't run across any Montecristo #2's yet. But I'd like to.
'Full blown' versions are always the best way to go if you don't want any limitations to how far you can go. Painter X is as close as you can get, digitally ,to using traditional art medium. I use both PS and Painter as they both are top end professional programs with different strengths and therefore a great compliment to one another.
