Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Brushes and Paint.Net
You’ve already heard me say how much I love Paint.Net, so there’s nothing new about that. Paint.Net just IS the greatest thing to come along in the last few years, through the hard work of developers Rick Brewster and Tom Jackson.
Just one thing though — while you can do anything you could ever want to with Paint.Net, there is ONE single feature yet missing — Brushes. Go to the Paint.Net Users Forum and you’ll see post after post, asking: “when will there be brushes?” etc.
Well just relax, everyone. Here’s the solution: ArtRage 2.5.
I needed a really good airbrush for a recent client’s job and tried out ArtRage. AWESOME! Not ONLY does ArtRage have ANY type of brush or paint effect you could ever hope for, it costs only $25, and (here’s the great part) you can use it in tandem with Paint.Net. Piece of cake.
Just one thing though — while you can do anything you could ever want to with Paint.Net, there is ONE single feature yet missing — Brushes. Go to the Paint.Net Users Forum and you’ll see post after post, asking: “when will there be brushes?” etc.
ArtRage allows you to create multi-layered files just like Paint.Net and save them as individual files. So you do whatever you like in Paint.Net and any time you desire a brush effect, save the layer as a .PNG image and open that image in ArtRage. When you have the effect you like, Save the ArtRage Layer as a .PNG image.
Bottom line ? Photoshop costs about $400.00. Paint.Net is free. Add ArtRage 2.5 for another $25.00 and you just saved yourself $375.00.
Just one thing though — while you can do anything you could ever want to with Paint.Net, there is ONE single feature yet missing — Brushes. Go to the Paint.Net Users Forum and you’ll see post after post, asking: “when will there be brushes?” etc.
Well just relax, everyone. Here’s the solution: ArtRage 2.5.
I needed a really good airbrush for a recent client’s job and tried out ArtRage. AWESOME! Not ONLY does ArtRage have ANY type of brush or paint effect you could ever hope for, it costs only $25, and (here’s the great part) you can use it in tandem with Paint.Net. Piece of cake.
Just one thing though — while you can do anything you could ever want to with Paint.Net, there is ONE single feature yet missing — Brushes. Go to the Paint.Net Users Forum and you’ll see post after post, asking: “when will there be brushes?” etc.
ArtRage allows you to create multi-layered files just like Paint.Net and save them as individual files. So you do whatever you like in Paint.Net and any time you desire a brush effect, save the layer as a .PNG image and open that image in ArtRage. When you have the effect you like, Save the ArtRage Layer as a .PNG image.
Bottom line ? Photoshop costs about $400.00. Paint.Net is free. Add ArtRage 2.5 for another $25.00 and you just saved yourself $375.00.
Never Give Up
This clip pretty well speaks for itself. Mere mortals just resign themselves to "fate" and succumb. Some just won't agree to that.
Remember this landing next time you're having "a bad day".
Remember this landing next time you're having "a bad day".
Saturday, June 6, 2009
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