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 Espeon_DS   |
Graphics software "Pixia" is a great alternative to MS Paint. It is like a crossover between MS Paint and Photoshop. And it's totally free! If you like to do digital drawing in your spare time then this may be a good bit of software for you. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys doing digital art! Try it today! "If you're not the one, then why does my soul feel glad today?" |
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 Lodestar Doringo  |
There's quite a few of free alternatives to MS paint out there. Paint.NET is a good program that's got almost the same interface as Windows 7 MS paint, but it has much more versatility. I heard GIMP was good, but I've never used it. |
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 Code Monkey evolnemesis |
GIMP is really good, and 100% free GNU open source but it is also quite complex, it's really got everything photoshop does, and the interface is much like photoshop's. The manual is something like 340 pages... I really like Paint.NET myself... it's what I use, it's very easy to use and packed with a swiss army knife of of features, but if someone is serious and wants a very high-end pro-quality graphics editor, GIMP is definitely up there with the best... quite impressive for a free program. "For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." - Carl Sagan |
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Espeon_DS |
I'm not so fond of GIMP. I like Paint.NET though. "If you're not the one, then why does my soul feel glad today?" |
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 Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
GIMP's interface is similar and it does have a lot of similar features to Photoshop, but it has the downside of being clunky and a lot less refined. It's definitely leagues better than MS Paint and a great alternative if you can't or don't want to shell out the money for professional grade software, but that's about it. I'm using GIMP right now on my new computer because I haven't been able to install Photoshop yet, but it will be coming off the second I get Photoshop working. Comparing the quality between Gimp and Photoshop is kind of like comparing dog food to meatloaf: you can survive on either one, but they're only easy to confuse if you make really terrible meatloaf, or don't have much experience with Photoshop.  |
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 Solariana |
Aw yes, I love Pixia! Glad someone recommended it lol. Drawing today! |
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Code Monkey evolnemesis |
Ghosthande wrote: I'll agree with you there, it's best feature is that it is free, really, I personally found it very hard to use and gave up on it, But I was impressed with the sheer number and complexity of features it has, and as unpolished as the interface seems compared to photoshop, it's still got the basics down decently, and does an insane amount of different things... considering that it is GNU open source, it's still pretty impressive for a project so large that does so much to have a usable interface at all. Although, 'usable' is a pretty relative term. I also am not much of a graphics pro, even Photoshop confuses me sometimes, I would just do the most basic stuff, play with the patterns and photo effects and stuff and that's about as far as I got with it... I doubt I'll ever use all of the stuff in either GIMP or Photoshop, so I just went with Paint.NET. I'll have to check out Pixia though. "For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." - Carl Sagan |
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 KittyTikara |
I use Gimp for almost anything, but it really isn't the greatest thing out there. I've used it for so many years though, that I'm pretty much used to it's horrible interface. My old version of Gimp keeps crashing though, so I think I'll try out Pixia for a while. Another free program I've heard of it Kirita, but I don't know much about it. The Mobula Ray - My Creatures blog |
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 Patient Pirate ylukyun Manager |
The interface seems to get worse with every major release. Yet, it does the job most of the time. |
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