Digital Art
Matt
for turning photographs into digital art? My blog's at
http://digitalartphotographyfordummies.blogspot.com/
philo
"Matt" <matth...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone have any info about programs other than Photoshop that are good
> for turning photographs into digital art? My blog's at
> http://digitalartphotographyfordummies.blogspot.com/
>
well if you don't mind the terrible name...there is Gimp.
although I use it on my Linux machine...
there is a version for windows too....(and I think Mac)
just google for it
here is a photo i did in Gimp:
http://www.plazaearth.com/philo/electric.jpg
dj_nme
Yes.
Coreldraw.
This comes in the form of a suite of programs that the two main programs
are:
* Photopaint - a more powerful, easy to use and versatile photo and
graphics editor than Photoshop. Photopaint does NOT come free with a camera.
* Coreldraw - the "main" program that is primarily a page layout and
vector graphic editing program. Very useful for creating flyers,
leaflets and posters. A lot of CNC engraving machines can run directly
off Corel CDR files. It can probably do a lot more than that, but that's
mainly what I've used it for
There are a large number of smaller "helper" applications in the
Coreldraw suite as well, including Coreltrace (converts bitmap to vector
graphics) and a Barcode Wizard.
If you are a student, it can be purchased relativley cheaply for around
US $100.
Floyd Davidson
>http://www.plazaearth.com/philo/electric.jpg
Fabulous!
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philo
"Floyd Davidson" <fl...@apaflo.com> wrote in message
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thanks for the responce...
the image was only minimally processed...
it was just cropped a little at the bottom...
then put through one transform to electronically solarize...
i could say that i'm a believer in minimal software processing...
or i could say my abilities to use the software are rather limited <G>
hedgehog
I'd also chime in with corel Painter, which i use near exclusively over
photoshop when the situation calls for a lot of brushwork.
That and it comes free with a wacom tablet most of the time, the
cheapest of which is probably still in the $100 range. The sensetivity
isn't great, but god help me if i ever have to do a mask with anything
but a pen tablet. :]
hedgehog
also want to check out gimpshop:
mac: http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294
PC: http://www.plasticbugs.com/blogimg/GIMPshop_0.1beta_Setup.exe
which is gimp for mac or PC, but altered to work and feel more like
photoshop.
paint shop pro is a pretty ubiquitous "poor man's photoshop", though i
know tons of pro-texture art guys that prefer it to PS, so what do i
know :]