desprate for software!!!!!!

myspace · Postby **Rei** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:33 am

OK I NEED MAYJOR HELP!! I've been looking at all the artwork on here and I really wanna know....how do you do it!?What software do you use to make them look like real anime and everything..please give spoilers!

Postby **Uriah** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:50 am

Well.. You're going to need to draw and ink well in the first place (That comes with practice.. really). And it depends from there. I use photoshop for tones, cleaning up my work, and other whatnot . There are manga programs out there, with tones built into them, they would probably end up being cheaper than photoshop, as well.

Postby **Yahshua** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:53 am

Well there is Adobe Photoshop.
And other stuff.

Postby **dyzzispell** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:16 am

I use CG Illust myself. It's very easy to use, and it's relatively inexpensive. Also a Wacom Tablet.

Postby **Puguni** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:42 am

I use Photoshop 5.5. It's outdated and poop, but it's what I have. I also had a tablet, which is a pad with an electronic pen to draw instead of a mouse and extremely useful, but that died.

If you dont' feel like spending money, I suggest finding an oekaki board and use those programs to draw. People can do amazing things on them.

myspace · Postby **Rei** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:01 pm

Thank you guys very much^^...do you know of any free trials of these?

Postby **Cap'n Nick** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:09 pm

Well, if you're looking for free, there's always GIMP. It's not as user friendly as the Adobe products it seeks to imitate but most if not all of the same functionality is present if you're willing to look hard enough for it. The latest release has tablet support so I've been using it for just about everything.

Postby **mechana2015** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:31 pm

I use Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter and Pixen for various projects. I also just use hand drawing and I know some people use prismacolor or copic markers to color in a cel-like manner. Illustrator and PS have Demo's on Adobe's website, Pixen is free ware, but it might be macs only. Illustrator, photoshop and I'd assume gimp allow for the best cel shading. After that its just technique and practice.

myspace · Postby **Rei** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:04 am

Wow, thanks you guys^^.

Postby **Dante** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:19 pm

I use photoshop ellements and Paint Shop Pro 7 Anniversary Edition, I would Reccoment Pain Shop Pro X though, Corel took the company over on that edition and I heard that it is actually less powerful than the former ones... but thats just what I heard. GIMP is great too because its free, and yeah... there's bakaneko.com... not really a program... but she has spectacular manga tutorials in my opinion for computer coloring... But it isn't the program that makes the artist it is the style, the tutorials they know (or they use), the skill and most of all... the patience... art is a good way to build up patience but its still fun at the same time.

Postby **batchyik** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:32 pm

I'm stuck w/ Opencanvas 1.1 It's a small (but incredibly free) program if you're willing to look for it. It's useful, not great or fantastic, but it gets the job done. If you want OpenCanvas, I can provide you with a site to find it at.

Postby **Tarnish** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:36 pm

I use Photoshop 7 on my PC, Photoshop CS on my Mac, and a cheap mouse for both. ^^ PS tends to be on the expensive side, however...

Postby **Chii** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:58 pm

I use Photoshop CS2 and it's marvelous!

I have yet to enjoy it's full potential! It just has so many wonderful features...

Postby **Agent Anderson** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:37 pm

I use a crappy photoshop knockoff that came free with a scanner a few years ago, called iPhoto express.
I don't think it's available in freeware form though.

And as mentioned before, GIMP is free.

desprate for software!!!!!!

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