07-09-2002, 09:46 PM
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Comparison Of Paint Applications
http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/software/ppc_paint.htm
Lisa G. over at the PDABuyersGuide Web site has put together a great overview of several popular paint/picture editing programs for the Pocket PC. She's selected four of the more innovative and feature-rich applications, including:
� Pocket Artist 2.0 by Conduits
� iPaint by Cobalt Interactive
� Pocket Painter by Aidem Systems Incorporated
� Photogenics by Idruna
One of the nicest things about the article is Lisa's inclusion of several pieces of her original drawings in order to show what the various applications can do.
My personal favorite is still Pocket Artist because it has the right balance of ease of use and cool effects for my taste and abilities. To help figure out if any of these four applications is just right for you, read the article and download a demo or two (or four).
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07-10-2002, 01:50 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Seriously, this Lisa G. painted all those drawings?? Awesome, is she an artist by profession? Can we use these apps and download her drawings and pretend we did them ourselves (to impress friends)? 
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07-10-2002, 02:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Finally, somebody else agrees with me!
I work with her and I think she takes her talent too lightly.
She is an oil and pastel painter and sold many of her works. She has many great paintings all over her house, which impress her friends a ton! But she is very modest about her talent and doesn't think it's a big deal.
I will beg her to put more of her paintings into Pocket PC format and maybe make a Lisa's painting corner to show them off. So stay tuned...
Tong
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07-10-2002, 05:02 AM
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OK guys, I'm blushing 8) .
Yes, I did all the images using only the Pocket PC apps reviewed (the Degas pastel of horses isn't mine, of course!). I still think it's absolutely fabulous and amazing that Pocket PCs have become powerful enough and the software so sophisticated that it's possible to do this kind of thing.
If I had my way, I'd probably paint for a living, but if there's one thing that pays less than running a PDA website, it's being an artist :wink: .
Lisa G.
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07-10-2002, 06:32 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Those paintings are incredible.
I would love to paint that good. But I don't have that kind of talent. Can you suggest to us how an ameteur like me can learn to draw better? Any kind of books to help us?
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07-10-2002, 06:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Heh, you should get together with that flashenabled pt guy some time (isn't he another talented artist-type) (j/k) Seriously, you might consider selling some PPC art like him (for cheap)
Funny, another thread here was just talking about the advantages of CAD-tablet digitizers for detecting pressure levels, easy erase, etc (all great for drawing)...
P.S. Hmm, I've never checked out pdabuyersguide before now, are you guys new?
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07-10-2002, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by st63z
Funny, another thread here was just talking about the advantages of CAD-tablet digitizers for detecting pressure levels, easy erase, etc (all great for drawing)...
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Yeah, nothing beats many levels of pressure sensitivity! The Wacom consumer drawing tablets have 256 or more levels of pressure sensitivity, and that really rocks. What's interesting is that some of the Pocket PC apps are making use of 4 levels of sensitivity on the digitizer than I never knew existed (wearing my PDA editor hat now).
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Originally Posted by st63z
P.S. Hmm, I've never checked out pdabuyersguide before now, are you guys new?
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We've been around since 1999, as you can tell from some of the now ancient PDAs we have reviewed :wink:
I may do some themes for pocket PC for free or for www.pockethemes.com, since they've just asked me. . . that'll pay for my bubblegum habbit :wink:
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07-10-2002, 07:18 AM
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Re: Those paintings are incredible.
There was a book for folks just getting into drawing and painting that was popular a few years back, and I think it's been revised as "The new drawing on the right side of the brain".
Also, Jeffery Camp's "Draw how to master the art" is very good.
For figure drawing, look at the art books that focus on anatomy, it's amazing how much better you can draw the human figure once you've studied a few anatomy images and recipes! I'm sure Jason Dunn can find some Amazon links for these books.
Lisa G.
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I would love to paint that good. But I don't have that kind of talent. Can you suggest to us how an ameteur like me can learn to draw better? Any kind of books to help us?
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07-10-2002, 02:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Don't forget KidColor
:wink: OK, so it's not in the same league as these paint apps. But if you're looking for some fun for your kids on the Pocket PC, this is a simple drawing app. The main thing is that it is safe for your kid to use; it locks out the rest of the PocketPC interface so you won't find all your contacts destroyed!
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=4047
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