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p.1 #1 · Painter X or full blown version?

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.

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Sep 16, 2008 at 04:50 PM

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p.1 #2 · Painter X or full blown version?

Painter X is a "full blown version."

...Jordan

Sep 16, 2008 at 05:44 PM

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p.1 #3 · Painter X or full blown version?

And very difficult to learn.....

Sep 16, 2008 at 05:50 PM

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p.1 #4 · Painter X or full blown version?

Whoops, my mistake. I meant Painter Essentials.

Sep 16, 2008 at 05:51 PM

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p.1 #5 · Painter X or full blown version?

boomerd35 wrote:
Whoops, my mistake. I meant Painter Essentials.

Go w/Painter...then w/CS you will have the best tools on the planet.

...Jordan

Sep 16, 2008 at 06:52 PM

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p.1 #6 · Painter X or full blown version?

And who is to say you can't do "real" art with Photoshop alone?

I personally use Painter in close connection with Photoshop. Both are excellent.

Sep 17, 2008 at 12:21 AM

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p.1 #7 · Painter X or full blown version?

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.

Sep 25, 2008 at 07:23 PM

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p.1 #8 · Painter X or full blown version?

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.

Sep 25, 2008 at 07:41 PM

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p.1 #9 · Painter X or full blown version?

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?

Sep 26, 2008 at 09:25 PM

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p.1 #10 · Painter X or full blown version?

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.

Sep 26, 2008 at 11:18 PM

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p.1 #11 · Painter X or full blown version?

Corojo wrote:
Essentials works well for my needs.

Look, cut through all the crap...go with PainterX and be done with it.

Anyone who is suggesting otherwise should be discounted.

...Jordan

Sep 27, 2008 at 12:08 AM

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p.1 #12 · Painter X or full blown version?

Corojo wrote:
Essentials works well for my needs.

my apologies...Corojo is not relevant to my comment.

If one is comfortable with Essentials then they have no need to use a grander tool.

Their lost.

...Jordan

Sep 27, 2008 at 12:19 AM

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p.1 #13 · Painter X or full blown version?

'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.

Sep 28, 2008 at 08:02 PM


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