

Appeal may be limited but, for those who need this effect, it's pretty awesome. Even the spot where the tube lifts from the canvas is accurately displaced. Physically displaced paint using the exported paint channels with V-Ray for Maya. It also boasts a cool 3D channel export feature that exports your painted image as a 3D-renderer compatible stroke: The cheaper package contains many of the tools found in the bigger package (the full comparison chart is here), but the major selling points for the Pro version are a text tool's per-character formatting, more advanced color blending, Photoshop filter support, and more color and layer options. ArtRage StudioĪrtRage Studio comes in two editions: the $40 ArtRage Studio and the $80 ArtRage Studio Pro, both available for Mac and Windows. I'll also compare ArtRage Studio Pro to other applications that cover similar ground. As someone who has used ArtRage for a few projects, I wanted to write this review to help people cut through the "Better than Painter!" Internet chatter, understand this app's strengths and weaknesses, and determine if it's right for your project.

If Wacom's ever-increasing array of consumer-oriented tablets is any indicator, it's not just professionals who are looking to get their fingers wet with some pixel paint-and not everyone can afford Painter, Corel's undisputed champion of natural media painting.Īmbient Design's ArtRage has built up a reputation as an inexpensive Painter alternative, and it has a loyal following of artists who are producing some very good work.
