ArtRage

[GCFL]

Has anyone used this program? I need to try the demo but just based on info on the web page and the tutorials, it would be a great tool to add to my Xara arsenal. It is NOT a Xara plug in mind you, but I would love to add a more artistic "painted" quality to some of my designs.

Anyone have experience with it?

http://www.artrage.com/index.html

Duane

[zaphodeist]

I'm a complete novice with it - as you can tell!! - but my advice is ... get it! Great fun!

[Ted D]

Good Program. Helps to have if you have a graphics tablet. Very naturalistic way to paint with pixels. It is not a vectors program.

[buckobeck]

There are several examples of images painted with Artrage on this thread http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=42973, some are Artrage/Xara hybrids.

[handrawn]

I have version 2.5 which I use mostly for sketching [which can be ported into xtreme and vectored] and some painting effects

as I recall a disadvantage of the free version over ver 2 is there is no layer support

the new paid for version 3 has moved on quite a bit - I was impressed by the trial

its a great program for those who want results but do not need hundreds of options

[Jonopen]

Hi, I’ve just bought Xara P&GD to work with ArtRage 3 (AR), and it’s working out a treat. I’m sketching in pencil in AR, bringing it into Xara, doing the inking, then back into AR for the colour. To take advantage of layers in AR, I’m exporting the inked line art as a GIF (or png) with a transparent background. Attached is a typical example of what I’m achieving so far.

I’m absolutely no expert at drawing, inking or colouring for that matter, it’s just a hobby (better than golf?) but, ArtRage 3 (imho), is a great fun program for the money – it really is just like using paint, especially the watercolours.

Check out the ArtRage forum gallery for examples of what can be done in the right hands.

If anyone's got any advice on creating comic strips (especially work flow) using Xara, it would be most welcome.

Thanks, Juno

[handrawn]

Hi Juno

a discussion on creating cartoon strips could be interesting - but it would be offtopic here - better keep the mods happy and start a new thread

[Jonopen]

Hi handrawn, good call - thanks for the advice. I would hate to get on the wrong side of the mods with my first post! I’ll familiarise myself with existing threads, then maybe start a new one. Cheers, Juno.