Explain to me any significant functional difference. Enter dimensions corresponding to the Artboard size. You don't have the problem inherent in raster programs of inability to easily select and rotate "things you paint" relative to the bounds of the raster image.ġ. Again, you are creating OBJECTS, not painting pixels. So what? You can rotate the objects of your freehand sketch any time you want. The only difference between this and the feature you think you want from raster imaging programs is that the page display (Artboard) doesn't display as rotated. But with or without the Constrain angle altered, freehand tools (Brush, Pencil, Blob, whatever) already draw at the angle you are moving your pointing device. That effectively "rotates the grid." Any objects that are created based on horizontal/vertical behavior (shape primitives, text) thereafter abide by the Constrain setting. What would be the functional advantage? You can set the Constrain Angle in Prefs. So you can already draw with a stylus at any "angle" you want. A vector program works with objects, not pixels. River-banner The The Transformation Tool can pick up any object to resize, position, and rotate it directly so you dont need to worry about getting it exactly. I do not consider it of any particular value in a vector drawing program. Overall, Clip Studio just feels more professional to me…the other two seem stripped down by comparison.Painter has been doing this since version 1. Lagginess was a deal breaker for me on both ArtRage and Sketchbook - I did testing with all three on a 3300 x 4200 pixel canvas size (11″ x 14″ at 300 dpi resolution). Most importantly, Clip Studio can keep up with rapid sketching at high resolution without lagging. I also downloaded and tested ArtRage 5 and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, but ultimately chose Clip Studio Paint for its depth of features…such as finer control of taper on both ends of strokes, and amazing vector capabilities, without it looking like vector work: no scanning or photography required lossless full resolution, ready to print can rotate the drawing this way and that (for easier cross-hatching, for example) can handle high resolution drawing/painting for gallery quality prints up to 17 x 22 (biggest we can print ourselves) more relaxing since everything I did was an “experiment” which wouldn’t mess up what I’d done so far if I decided I didn’t like it ability to reposition/resize without erasing then re-drawing (one of the things that was off-putting when I used to paint portraits if a perfectly good eye was a smidge out of place, there was no choice but to paint it out and re-do it!) can work large without smudging from hand on paper darken/lighten individual strokes, a section, or entire drawing easily (using vector layers) ability to place various parts on different layers You can move most panels from your workspace wherever you want, for instance, to the second monitor. This Adobe Fresco alternative has a customizable interface. natural/realistic look and feel of the various pencil tools ArtRage is a perfect drawing software for Windows and macOS. It was fun! I feel a little sad that I enjoyed it more than conventional pencil on paper, but I’m also excited by the fresh possibilities of going digital. I didn’t set out with the intention of compositing them together…or any intention, really, I was just trying to figure out how to use new software ( Clip Studio Paint, aka Manga Studio, Mac desktop version, using Intuous4 PTK-440 Wacom tablet), settle on what resolution to use, try out the various pencil tools, and so on. I found it more relaxing - more right brain less left brain - to do it that way. I demoed the basics of both briefly and they seem fine, but Im new to art and dont really know which features Im going to need. It’s frankensteined together from three separate sketches: one for each eye, and one for nose/mouth: I have the option of getting either openCanvas 7 or ArtRage 5 for free (comes with XP-Pen Artist 12 Pro). (Would you have known it was drawn using a stylus instead of on paper if I hadn’t said anything?) This sketch is a step along that path, a step that may represent a fork in the path actually, toward digital media rather than pencil on paper: I’ve missed some days, but am definitely drawing a lot more, and enjoying the process.
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