#Fractal Painter
>>Wacom…let me know if you think a non-artist would benefit from it?<<
You may benefit even more for the simple reason that it is much harder to try
to draw with a mouse than it is with a pen. I would recomend a tablet as a way
of making easier for you to both use the programs and to move towards shedding
the "non-artist" label <g>.
Bruce Meikle
ps– I meant to send a message to you and sent it to John Tissavary by
mistake. (I was having a bad E-Mail day <g>). Here it is again, if you haven't
seen it yet:
>>Just to muddy your decision waters a little bit <g>…
We use Fractal Painter (with X2) in its Mac incarnation at the studio and find
it an excellent program but on the windows side there is another possible
option. Fauve Matisse isn't quite as wonderful as Painter, but then again it
isn't as expensive either <g> and it has a few features that you can only get
with X2. Notably: the ability to keep multiple floating selections. It will
give a series of naturalist brushes, autocloning and the like that were so
wonderfully pioneered by Painter.
If you were looking for a serious natural painting tool, I'd still recomend
Painter, but you expressed concern about your traditionaal drawing skills.
Perhaps Matisse bears some looking into as a sort of "Painter Lite". We use it
on the PC side of the studio and it's been very good, especially for its low
price.<<