0 Comments Art Review: MediBang Paint Pro

Program - MediBang Paint Pro (PGN Inc.)
Tested version - 14.0 (ver 2.0.1)

Price - Free, ad supported (single closable window) no malware in version tested (or ever heard of).
Notes - The software Terms of Service. This software is aimed at artists that want a MediBang account, but is not required.
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10, Mac OS X 10.9 - iPad / iPhone / Android (see site for those specs)
Official website - https://medibangpaint.com/en/

If you are wondering what are the Differences Between FireAlpaca vs MediBang Paint Pro then read my post.

Raster or Vector - Raster

0 Comments Differences Between FireAlpaca vs MediBang Paint Pro

FireAlpaca

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MediBang Paint Pro

For this I used the newest versions of both programs from PGN Inc., FireAlpaca v2.0.1 and MediBang Paint Pro 14.0 (ver 2.0.1) as of March 31, 2018.

0 Comments Art Review: FireAlpaca

Program - FireAlpaca (PGN Inc.)
Tested version - v2.0.1

Price - Free, ad supported (single closable window) no malware in version tested (or ever heard of). Or an ad-free version for $39.99 on Steam (ironically).
Notes - The software Terms of Service is found on the download page (half-way down the page).
Systems - Windows Vista/7/8.1/10, Mac OS X 10.7
Official website - http://firealpaca.com

If you are wondering what are the Differences Between FireAlpaca vs MediBang Paint Pro then read my post.

Raster or Vector - Raster

0 Comments Art Review: Corel PaintShop Pro

Program - PaintShop Pro (Corel Corporation)
Tested version - v20.2.0.1 2018

Price - 30-day trial, $63.99 to buy
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10
Official website - https://www.paintshoppro.com/en/

Raster or Vector - Primarily raster; however, some things are done in vector format too.

0 Comments Art Review: Artweaver

Program - Artweaver (Boris Eyrich Software)
Tested version - v6.0.8

Price - Timed trial, $42.30 (34 €) for Plus, they also offer a limited Free version, see comparison
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10
Official website - https://www.artweaver.de/en

Raster or Vector - Raster

0 Comments Art Review: Krita

Program - Krita (KDE)
Tested version - v4.0.0

Price - Free, open source
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux
Official website - https://krita.org/en/

Raster or Vector - Primarily raster; however, various things can be done in editable vector format too.

0 Comments Art Review: Paint.NET

Program - Paint.NET (dotPDN LLC.)
Tested version - v4.0.21

Price - Free (custom license)
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10
Official website - https://www.getpaint.net

Raster or Vector - Raster

0 Comments Art Review: MyPaint

Program - MyPaint (MyPaint Contributors)
Tested version - v1.2.1

Price - Free, open source
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10, Mac OS X, Linux
Official website - http://mypaint.org

Raster or Vector - Raster

0 Comments Art Review: PaintTool SAI

Program - PaintTool SAI (SYSTEMAX Inc.)
Tested version - v1.2.5

Price - 31-day trial, $51.49 (5400JPY) to buy
Systems - Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/7/8.1/10
Official website - https://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/

Raster or Vector - Primarily raster; however, various things can be done in editable vector format too.

0 Comments Art Review: openCanvas

Program - openCanvas (PGN Corp.)
Tested version - v6.2.11

Price - 120-day free trial, $59.00 to buy
Note - Version 6.2.11 is the newest version available from their website, however they sell openCanvas 7 through Steam (if you want to install/use Steam).
Systems - Windows Vista/7/8.1/10
Official website - http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/oc/

Raster or Vector - Raster

0 Comments Art Review: GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program

Program - GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program (The GIMP Development Team)
Tested version - v2.8.22

Price - Free, open source
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris
Official website - https://www.gimp.org

Raster or Vector - Raster

0 Comments Art Review: Manga Studio

Program - Manga Studio 4 (Smith Micro Software Inc. \ CELSYS Inc.)
Tested version - v4.0 EX

Price - Manga Studio is discontinued.
Notes - CLIP STUDIO PAINT was formerly resold as Manga Studio by Smith Micro, statement here as a physical disc box. It is now being dropped once supply is sold-out.
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10, Mac OS X, iPad
Official website - http://my.smithmicro.com/manga-studio-ex-5.html

Raster or Vector - Primarily raster; however, many things are (or can be) done in editable vector format too.

0 Comments Art Review: CLIP STUDIO PAINT

Program - CLIP STUDIO PAINT (CELSYS Inc.)
Tested version - v1.7.3 PRO

Price - 30-day trial, $49.99 Pro version, $219 EX version, version comparisons
Notes - Internet required to download asset materials, and to apply updates. Formerly resold as Manga Studio by Smith Micro, statement here.
Systems - Windows 7/8.1/10, Mac OS X 10.10, iPad
Official website - http://www.clipstudio.net/en

Raster or Vector - Primarily raster; however, many things are (or can be) done in editable vector format too.

0 Comments Drawing Software Teaser and Dopefish AutoIt Script

 

As I alluded to in my New Year 2018 post, I have been busy testing new art software since then (twenty-six of them too...). One thing that became apparent in my beginning tests was I needed something to consistently test the drawing tool capabilities in the programs.

That is where the cartoon green fish character above, Dopefish comes in (yes, Dopefish Lives!). Dopefish is a character in the Commander Keen: Goodbye, Galaxy! PC game series by Apogee software, that was designed by Tom Hall.

The fish above was drawn automatically by a simple program I made for my drawing tests. 😃

0 Comments Greasemonkey Script for GoComics

One of the online sites I read cartoons from occasionally is GoComics.com, but unless you sign-up and get a paid subscription it is plagued with multiple ads and limited features. Even with my broadband Internet speed currently tested at 85.94 Mbps their pages regularly take 10-15 seconds to fully load each page there with ads.

0 Comments New Year 2018

It's been a long time since I've been back to this site, and figured it was time to update. Since many things have changed in the last few years, browsers/coding/forms/links/etc, it's taken awhile to get it back running smoothly.