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What Paintprogram are you using?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:46 pm
by Ralf
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...
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:15 am
by MadMax
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:00 am
by Magi
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:22 am
by LarsG
MS Paint!
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:33 am
by Kale
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:20 pm
by Num3
PhotoImpact does it for me...
I hate PhotoShop.
I whish Personal Paint would come out for PC
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:46 pm
by Karbon
Photoshop is the best, though the most expensive!
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:54 pm
by Saboteur
Paint Shop Pro 7. Next versions are like 'photoshop B'.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:43 pm
by Beach
Since nobody has mentioned Fireworks yet... Fireworks... Its bad to the bone, especially with some Alienware plug-in action...
I also use Gimp too.
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:48 am
by schnu
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
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:00 pm
by matthew180
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
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:18 pm
by El_Choni
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...
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:05 pm
by benny
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
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:24 pm
by kns
In addition to what has been mentioned above, consider ArtRage for simulating oil, watercolour, and charcoal (I believe). It's free.
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:36 pm
by blueznl
photoimpact
(photoimpact xl was a bit of a bummer though... slooooooow)