I am a “Sunday Oil Painter” beyond a beginner stage. I would
like to work with transfering photos to my computer & then using oil painting computer technique to color.
What software program would you recommend & why?
How does a Wacom or similar box or tray apparatus fit into
this. Which one do you recommend?
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I am a “Sunday Oil Painter” beyond a beginner stage. I would
like to work with transfering photos to my computer & then using oil painting computer technique to color.
What software program would you recommend & why?
How does a Wacom or similar box or tray apparatus fit into
this. Which one do you recommend?
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for actual painting art, programs like Pianter are better for designing from scratch then programs like photoshop which is more for retouching and editing photos, but can still be used for artwork, you can try both, make sure you have system requirements for any, usually modern computer are ok,
Corel Painter Xhttp://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/u…
Adobe – Photoshop,http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/…
there are other painting tools, and may be best to try them to find something you can work well with,
portalgraphics openCanvashttp://www.portalgraphics.net/en/
Paint tool SAIhttp://detstwo.com/pub/saia5-eng/
Pixarra : TwistedBrushhttp://www.pixarra.com/
other photo programs, and utilities,
Ulead PhotoImpacthttp://www.ulead.com/pi/runme.htm
Corel Paint Shop Pro http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/u…
Portrait Professional http://www.portraitprofessional.com/
PhotoLine 32: Image Processinghttp://www.pl32.com/
freeware tools you can try and work with,
Gimp ~photo editor,http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.h…
ArtRage 2http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown…
Artweaverhttp://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_ver…
Pixiahttp://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
as for wacom tablets or adesso , they do help user to convey their drawing by hand to screen more accurately then a mouse
Wacom Intuos3http://www.wacom.com/intuos/
Graphics Tablethttp://www.adesso.com/products_detail.as…
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I have Corel Painter X and I like it and find it easy to use. It is very effective.