Deep Paint 3D... anyone used it?
Martin
I am seriously considering getting this painting program from
Dynamic Realities, I was wondering if anyone used it before.
Please list the good and bad points. If there is a better product
out there, please let me know. I have a couple questions:
1. Is it good for texturing inorganic as well organic models? I
have just used photoshop, and imported to LW and the textures
apply backwards, then I have to go back to reimport them
"backwards" to apply correctly. Weird huh?
2. When ordering is there an option to get a physical manual or a
PDF that they send to you via email?
Thanks in advance for all answers!
Regards,
martin
p.s. dogtired107(no spam)@yahoo.com
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outdated,, it is basicly a high priced plugin for photoshop, I keep
going back to just using photoshop ,, for me it is the easist
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Save your money.....photoshop is the best money can buy...and since you
already have it....you are SET!
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Robin McDonald
you get it? NOTHING!<<
Dear Martin,
Excuse me for throwing my weight around but I am a certified expert in
Photoshop. Use it every day and teach other people how to use it almost
every day. However infinitely deep Photoshop is. and in spite of my own
rabid enthusiasm for Photoshop, I have a totally opposite take than
Lizardhead on Deep Paint. Photoshop is not a substitute for a natural paint
program. Lightwave can create hair and grass but it that does not mean that
you should not buy a program like 'Shave and a Haircut'. I only own the 2d
version of Deep Paint so I cannot answer how excellent a 3d paint program it
is compared to others but I can make some educated suppositions about its
abilities over what you can do in Photoshop.
Yes there is a manual. And absolutely you could use it to texture
organic and inorganic models. One of the marvelous advantages is applying
the paint to a virtual textured canvas. With Photoshop you are always
applying paint on a mirror smooth surface. But Deep Paint allows you to
paint on canvas, sand, & bumpy plastic among others. With Photoshop this
requires selecting and isolating the area after painting and applying a
filter, which you have to wait for. With Deep Paint, how the color behaves
on this surface will be look one way if you are using a charcoal stick and
different if you are using an oil painting brush. Make a charcoal mark over
a page and brush red oil on top and the oil paint covers the charcoal. But
paint the red strip first and the charcoal will struggle to leave a mark on
the oil paint. The media behaves as you would expect it to. Scratch back
into thick paint if you like. I can make Photoshop darken colors as a felt
pen does as you add overlapping strokes. But I have to add new layers after
each stroke and set new blend modes. With a paint program like Deep Paint
or Fractal Painter, you simply draw. DP3s brushes feather and bleed and
respond to pressure in ways far superior to Photoshop's airbrush. You can
master Photoshop and never be able to draw a perfect tapered ink line like
you could with a caligraphy brush. This is something you can do with a paint
program.
And then there are the texture paints. It would take an expert in
Photoshop like myself to figure out how to paint a convincing chainlink
fence over a painting of the Mona Lisa. But I wouldn't even want bother
trying to paint a rust texture on afterwards and then make it look like ivy
was growing on it. Try painting a zipper across Frankenstein's forehead
with Photoshop. I am sure you probably already fantasized about painting
with lizard skin.
I love Photoshop at least as much as the guy that thinks its all you
need. But Deep Paint is a useful tool in the right hands. It will not
however make you a great artist if you aren't one already. A 3d/2d artist
like Richard Suchy who is already comfortable with art markers could do
amazing things with the virtual markers that I could not achieve if I worked
all day. Is there a model are working on now or will definitely make in the
near future that would really benefit from using paint that looks like
watercolors or crayolas? If you only like to make showroom car models, your
answer might be "No". I really want to buy Sasquatch and Shave and a
Haircut but I don't have anything I am doing right now that I want to put
hair on. But its so neat I feel like I just have to have it and I will wow
everyone, especially myself. The chemicals rushing through my body say go,
but my brain says no. Its silly to buy something that costs eight hundred
dollars if you don't have a genuine need for it. If you have never really
modeled anything in Lightwave and are looking for a new program to inspire
you to go forward, maybe you shouldn't buy Deep Paint 'til you finish
something. That being said. If you are an unstopable model maker who never
knows what he is going to make next week, than Deep Paint might be another
nice tool in your arsenal. Bear in mind that you will probably also want to
order texture weapons at the same time to do projection painting and a vault
of new textures for another four hundred bucks.
Robin
P.S. Maybe Dynamic Realities and Right Hemisphere are the same company, but
Right Hemisphere is the company who makes Deep Paint 3d.
CoolColJ
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Robin McDonald <atom...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Marcus
Weapons addon currently supports LW6 objects. I would expect an update of
Deep Paint to support LW6 objects but not their UV mapping since UV seems to
be a big part of what Texture Weapons offers. I would email them to see if
LW6 support will be added to Deep Paint itself before buying.
"CoolColJ" <cool...@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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Martin
Thanks for your valuable insight, on the Deep Paint 3D message I
have posted. Yes, the high price is a large pill to swallow. I
have been modelling off and on over the years, and only recently
I have started to do texturing in depth. I like (3D) texturing,
as I am beginning to understand this concept more and more. It
was a big pain in the butt to create from anywhere... 3-5
textures for one particular surface, just to bring out details
(specular, diff, color, bump and etc) map for a more realistic
model. I still have a long way to go, to make this more easier
for me. I am also considering getting a tablet and mouse, I
should have gotten it long ago, I have been a traditional
(analog) artist for years. Is there any good sites that are
devoted onto the subject of texturing, that you may have found
beneficial to you? I am thankful that you guys have responded to
my message.
Best Regards,
martin
mentalrayman
to paint on multiple channels in realtime, iwth immdeiate feedback.
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