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What kind of program or programs that you use/have used in the past/present? What is your opinion about these programs?
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Well the first digital art program that I can recall using (excluding MS Paint) would be Corel. I used it for some time back innnnn- 2008-2009 or something? It was a decent enough program and got the job done, but I can’t really say anything super nice about it. I primarily recall abusing the burn and blur tools like no tomorrow.
Putting the rest under the cut because it got long
Then around 2010 or so I was acquainted with the website “Sumopaint.” Sumopaint has its own internet-based art program that, at the time, was decent enough to become my full-time art program. I still didn’t have a pressure-sensitive tablet, however, and now I look back on art I made with Sumo and the lines are ridiculously bad. Another huge downside is that, being internet based, Sumopaint was liable to crash often so, needless to say, I lost a lot of work.
Shortly after getting a pressure sensitive tablet, I started to use Photoshop Elements for awhile and realized just how bad Sumopaint was in comparison. Pretty much the only thing Sumo has going for it is that there are some interesting layer effects and what not and that it’s free. Other than that, it’s pretty useless in comparison to other art programs that easily top it.
I didn’t use Elements for very long before finding Paint Tool SAI, however, and SAI quickly won me over with its smooth lines. Around the same time I took a computer graphics class in school and had to use Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator. I was unable to use a tablet with pressure sensitivity, though, which made things strenuous. Photoshop CS2 wasn’t a bad program, but the undo feature is infuriating and, without pressure sensitivity, I could not fully appreciate it by any means. As for Illustrator, I hated it with a passion and avoided it at all costs.
I actually did most of my projects for that class at home on SAI because of this. And SAI is still the program that I use almost exclusively today. I value SAI highly for its smooth lines, as well as its simplicity. It may not have as many editing options, or filters, or even a text tool— but it is a very good program if you do not care much for those technical features.
And if I ever do need text tools, all I do is upload my images into PS Elements and slap on whatever it is that I need. Besides this, the only issue I’ve had with SAI is that, if you are working on a very LARGE image (like 7k pixels in either direction and over 50 layers) SAI may sometimes completely lock up if you suddenly resize or crop the image, forcing you to exit out and lose any unsaved work. Thankfully I’ve only had that issue about three times, but it’s enough to make me very wary about saving constantly and keeping my image size in check.
Other programs that I have tried but not for very long:
GIMP: Not a bad program— great that it’s free— but the layout is too complicated for my taste.
Firealpaca: Nice program and it seems like a decent alternative to SAI, but I haven’t tried it much yet since I’m pretty content with SAI and haven’t seen much reason to.
Tl;dr: Corel and Sumo were used during my baby digital artist days. I’ve never had the chance to use a decent version of PS very well. GIMP and Firealpaca seem decent but aren’t programs I’ve settled with. SAI is my favorite and I use it constantly.
