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# Mr Jolly Jack sir, oh brainy art person
Is Corel Painter any good do you know? or should I stick with potatoshop?
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:12, archived)
# *chimes in*
Sorry, just my tuppence worth- I know someone who uses corel painter with lovely results.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:13, archived)
# pasanonic's painter stuff looks pretty grand
and the golden ration function is cool
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:14, archived)
# It has a Golden ratio function?
How would somebody hypothetically go about using Corel Painter, you know just to see if they liked it without paying, but kind of forever?
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:17, archived)
# i haven't the faintest i'm afraid
yeah the program can put a GR overlay on your picture for you to use as a template of sorts
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:24, archived)
# Rather pointless though.
If you are using a multi hundred pound painting program you should be able to understand and interpret basic composition.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:29, archived)
# I've only played around on Painter briefly....
...so I can't give an unbiased opinion.
But I think Photoshop is a more precise tool than painter, and you CAN get the same painted-look to an image created in it as in Painter.
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:17, archived)
# Where's the catch?
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 14:18, archived)