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Fan Area => Fan Art => Topic started by: WiseKran on January 11, 2005, 09:45:29 pm

Title: openCanvas. Yes, No, Maybe?
Post by: WiseKran on January 11, 2005, 09:45:29 pm: Does anyone who is serious about drawing use openCanvas?

I was considering purchasing it, but before i do. i want to see everyones take on it.

Is it better than Photoshop CS, for the sole purpose of drawing and illustration?

Is it worth purchasng? or is it better to stick with the free version, or Stay with Photoshop CS? I could only find a trial for oC 3, but after 30 days. the limitations were extremely restricting.

whadaya think?
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Post by: Karyuu on January 11, 2005, 10:42:19 pm: Photoshop is intended primarily for photographers. openCanvas and Corel\'s Painter are aimed at the artist. There are major differences, and if you are -serious- about drawing and not just photo editing, then I would recommend either of those latter two. The brushes are nothing like Photoshop\'s, CS or previous versions, and they do wonders with a tablet (which I would highly recommend as well). If you have doubts, I would also recommend downloading the trial and importing a few saved event files others have made with the program, to see what it is capable of. I believe they can be found here (http://www.portalgraphics.net/oc/en/cg_lecture/index.html) and here (http://www.portalgraphics.net/oc/index.asp?reqLang=en). Those are really worth checking out :)
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Post by: WiseKran on January 11, 2005, 11:16:38 pm: Thanks, i have a wacom intuos3 12x12

I have been using photoshop CS. but i knew there had to be something better.

ill check those out. Is there an openCanvas thats freeware. One i can use get that has no \"trial restrictions\"? like many other programs with many versions. the older ones are almost as good, and are free.
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Post by: Karyuu on January 11, 2005, 11:35:36 pm: You can find an older version (really really old though, v1.1) here (http://www.aurafields.net/home.htm), under the [misc] category. The wonderful thing about this older version is that it allows networking, so several people can draw on the same screen :]
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Post by: WiseKran on January 12, 2005, 12:29:13 am: I just realized i have \"adobe Illustrator\" it came with CS.

it seems to be made for artists :P

have you heard of it? comments?
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spoke to soon :( its all vector art.

EDITx2) Mwahahaa digging through the package that came with my tablet i discovered \"Corel Painter Essentials 2\"

it looks just like corel painter. i dont know what the difference is, im trying the figure that out now.
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Post by: Soulless_Body on January 12, 2005, 11:31:43 am: why not just use a pensil like real artists. Not some dumb comp lol.
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Post by: Dameon on January 12, 2005, 03:02:20 pm: Photoshop is not exclusively for photographers by any means. Maybe it was its original intent, but not what it is now. It is a tool capable of anything and there is no way for one person to know everything there is no know about it.

I had never heard of openCanvas until now, but I have had some experience with Corel Painter 8 (I think 10 is the most recent edition). It is a wonderful tool if you have a tablet (Wacom or other), but I do not suggest it without one. The number and quality of its brush feature is incredible, but everything else is handled much better with Photoshop.

Now a crossbreed between the two.... that would be the ideal program.
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Post by: Karyuu on January 12, 2005, 10:25:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Soulless_Body
why not just use a pensil like real artists. Not some dumb comp lol.

Right, and I suppose you can tell us exactly how a Real Artist(tm) works, eh? ;)

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Photoshop is not exclusively for photographers by any means. Maybe it was its original intent, but not what it is now. It is a tool capable of anything and there is no way for one person to know everything there is no know about it.

Except for its creators, maybe :P But beside that, I agree with you - there are wonders being done on photoshop every day. However, it differs greatly from programs such as Painter and openCanvas, which can offer a lot to those who are more familiar with traditional media but want to paint digitally.

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It is a wonderful tool if you have a tablet (Wacom or other), but I do not suggest it without one. The number and quality of its brush feature is incredible, but everything else is handled much better with Photoshop.

Considering that I only stick to brushes, that\'s all that matters to me ;) But differences of opinion are great.
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Post by: Icefalcon on January 14, 2005, 03:01:40 am: Yes, photoshop is completely different, however, if you were to just scan some sketches, Photoshop is probably the best program to color and add special little details. If anyone remembers Kintall, you know what I mean.
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Post by: Moogie on January 14, 2005, 03:06:35 am: I decided to try out OpenCanvas myself. I havn\'t yet discovered the magical difference between Photoshop brushes and these- they both seem pretty basic (adjust size, density, pen pressure). I\'m wondering if I\'m missing something glaringly obvious here...
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Post by: icebr4kr on January 19, 2005, 05:04:07 am: Is there any free software comparable to OpenCanvas?
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Post by: JellyWerker on January 19, 2005, 05:30:00 am: the gimp! or wet dream, wet dream\'s a beta, but it is nice watercolor effects. look around at linuxartist for good progams.