[Eric Pommer]

Hi all,
I'm sure this has been done before, but I'm fairly new to the forum and to digital art, so I'm curious. I'm reasonably familiar with Photoshop, and I find it a little limiting in some of the things I want to do (painterly effects). Should I abandon it and get Painter instead? I would be very interested in hearing what people think are the pros and cons of the two programs.


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Mindplaces: Artwork by Eric Pommer
Character Portraits, Mythic Fantasy illustrations

http://www.mindplaces.com

[*speed*]

Both is fine.....I prefer photoshop only because I have practiced painting with it alot.


*filter GOOOOOODDDD!!!*

[A.Buttle]

Different beasts for different needs.

*filter BAAAAAAADDDD!!!*

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[Pat]

Both programs compement each other very well. PS has much better masking tools and works faster on large files --especially those with multiple layers. Color correcting is much more robust in PS.

Painter has fantastic brush tools, easy to access and consistant paper textures and the ability to non-destructively turn the canvas. When sketching this allows you to make repetitive strokes at any angle that look natural because they follow the normal range of your hand motions. This is similar to how (in real life) you might turn a piece of paper to hatch at a different angle.

My suggestion is abandon neither of them. Instead, use both of their strengths to make your life a lot easier.

-Pat

[SoMK]

I do sketch in Painter because the wacom seems to be smoother with it.. But for finalization, I go either Photoshop or Painter, depending on the mood actually.. On the filter subject, I sometimes use the noise/blur/impasto because I ...like them ! :p

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[travis travis]

Photoshop- made to be a 'Photo' 'Shop'. Very good tools working with photos. You can paint with it, but those tools are very simple as the focus is - once again - photos. However a lot of people don't mind the single-naturedness of the tools, in fact probably makes it easier to have a set style and just plunge forward with a pic. So that is the biggest difference I would say, Photoshop you take what they got, and it's not easy to have an original type of drawing style with it. On the other hand Painter is almost TOO complex, allowing for so much variation and ways to use brushes that not knowing where to start is a common problem, and settling into using one type of brush instead of mixing 800 different digital mediums just because they are there, is also a common problem. So it's a really a question of whether you want the bare minimum and can fight your way to good pics on talent alone, or whether you want a huge variety of options and control over what you're drawing with.

[philjaeger]

Painter is awesome for drawing with a natural look and FEEL. photoshop is great for everything else.

Phil

[Duckman2]

I like the simplicity of photoshop's paint tools, it's great for doing quick sketch's, so I use photoshop the majority of the time

[Budoka]

Painter is meant to emulate real paints and paint effects. Photoshop uses tools are vaugely based upon real tools but does not try to do the same. I use photoshop as painters interface is really crude in comparason and photoshop seems to result in less filter, more professional images.

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