What Paintprogram are you using?

Ralf · Post by **Ralf** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:46 pm

what programs (freeware/comercial...) and programversions are you using for creating games and website graphics?

- Create professional logos (Banner/Font) 2D/3D look?
- Visualisations (merging pictures, modern design)?
- others...

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:15 am

mainly:

CorelDraw 10
PhotoPaint 10
Pixia (freeware)

I also have, but hardly ever use

PhotoShop 6 (dunno what's so great about this, ok it's good I supose, but I only use it to load created images on the above and save them as photoshop, as they insist they should be done in Photoshop, as they pay for the licence, no complaints

)

Gimp

and some others I never use.

Magi · Post by **Magi** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:00 am

Xara XÂ¹ http://www.xara.com/

Sample 1 http://talkgraphics.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc ... =578105878

Sample 2 http://talkgraphics.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc ... =649109488

Sample 3 http://talkgraphics.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc ... =338106878

Sample 4 http://talkgraphics.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc ... =937107578

Marc

LarsG · Post by **LarsG** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:22 am

MS Paint!

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:33 am

what programs (freeware/comercial...) and program versions are you using for creating games and website graphics?

Adobe Photoshop 7. There isn't any other that compares.

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:20 pm

PhotoImpact does it for me...

I hate PhotoShop.

I whish Personal Paint would come out for PC

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:46 pm

Photoshop is the best, though the most expensive!

Saboteur · Post by **Saboteur** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:54 pm

Paint Shop Pro 7. Next versions are like 'photoshop B'.

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:43 pm

Since nobody has mentioned Fireworks yet... Fireworks... Its bad to the bone, especially with some Alienware plug-in action...

I also use Gimp too.

schnu · Post by **schnu** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:48 am

I use Pixia only. It is free and almost as good as commercial programs. I just don't have the money and time to buy Photoshop and books that tell ne how it works

matthew180 · Post by **matthew180** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:00 pm

Paint Shop Pro 9 (just upgraded from 8.) PSP is, first of all, affordable! Also, I have never found anything in Photoshop that I can't do in PSP, but I have done things in PSP that I could not do in Photoshop. Photoshop has it's place, i.e. if you have an extra $1000 and own a photography studio, then by all means get Photoshop. However, Photoshop it terrible for *creating* graphics (hence the name.) It was designed primarily for working with existing images (photographs), not creating new ones.

I decided I had better start using a program I could afford and that was more geared for creation. PSP 8 cost $80 at Target, and the just released PSP 9 cost $130 but had a $30 upgrade rebate. Also, PSP comes with a *real* manual that I have found very useful!! It is very well written and complements the software wonderfully.

Corel PhotoPaint is good too, but I can't afford it. The GIMP is a free graphics program, but I've never used it. I would not even consider MS Paint unless you are only pixel pushing, in which case *any* graphics program will work.

Programs I use for game graphics:

3D: Realsoft 3D http://www.realsoft.com/
Graphics: Paint Shop Pro 9 http://www.jasc.com/products/paintshoppro/
Explosions (sometimes): Simply Explosion Maker http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?se ... w&qid=5133

By the way, PSP *comes with* a really nice animation program called Animation Shop 3.

Matthew

El_Choni · Post by **El_Choni** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:18 pm

I use a pen and a scanner.

Unfortunately, the scanner is broken right now so I don't paint at all. Not that I did a lot of painting before...

benny · Post by **benny** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:05 pm

El_Choni wrote:I use a pen and a scanner. Unfortunately, the scanner is broken right now so I don't paint at all. Not that I did a lot of painting before...

lol ... nice post, el_choni

kns · Post by **kns** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:24 pm

In addition to what has been mentioned above, consider ArtRage for simulating oil, watercolour, and charcoal (I believe). It's free.

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:36 pm

photoimpact

(photoimpact xl was a bit of a bummer though... slooooooow)