whitcomb@aurs01.uucp (Jonathan Whitcomb) (03/27/91)
My thanks to the folks who responded to my request for advice on
art programs. Here is a summary:
From: Conan the Barbarian <uunet!cs.toronto.edu!johns> (John Schmitt)
-My recommendation goes to Deluxe Paint ST. Supports STe colours
-and has "Two and a half D" (2.5D) animations capabilities via tweening. As
-a paint programs it is very good. As an animation tool, it is somewhat
-limited. I am not an artist, but I find myself firing this up and playing
-and occasionally keeping something. I like it a lot.
From: schultzd@sierra.egr.msu.edu (David Schultz)
-ART ST, the Shareware art program that gets bundled with QuickST is
-reasonable. It will save in a couple different formats. Not sure
-where it can be gotten. I got mine with QuickST.
From: uunet!ihlpf.att.com!hofmann (James R Hofmann)
-You should consider Easydraw from Migraph. It has a number of companion
-programs such as Touchup and Easy Tools.
From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
-I would highly recommend Degas Elite. I use it constantly in combination with
-PicSwitch to edit clipart for Pagestream. It has a nice user interface, and
-does not crash. I do not know if it works on the STE or the TT. Now, I don't
-really do much in color with it. If you are interested in actually drawing,
-you may wish to give Spectrum 512 a try. Also, I think some really famous
-Amiga paint program is now produced for the ST (Deluxe Paint?).
Wow! Four replies, and six different recommendations! Is Degas Elite
still available? Does anyone else care to add to this list? I don't
care if the program is PD or commercial, but I probably don't want to
pay more than 50-60 bucks.
Another note: I just got the ST Format book on the ST, and it had two
disks of PD software. Included was a version of Neochrome that was
newer than mine (V0.5?), but had no version number listed. It added
features such as circles and polygons, and allowed you to cut and
paste blocks, but I had the program crash a couple of times in the
5 hours that I used it. I thought that Neochrome was a commercial
product (after V1.0)...what's the deal here?
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mc4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Choi) (03/28/91)
personally, I hate DEGAS with a passion. I thionk the user interface
sucks the big red wazoo, and although the feature that it has are nice,
it is missing some things which really are necesary, such as bezier
curves. But I will sell you mine if you want it!( to each his own) If
so, make me an offer.
-geisha-
just to be helpful, there is a pd/shareware, I'm not sure which, as
it doesn't say in the info box, and I got no text files with it, but
it's too good to be free(!) called DT paint. It is a monochrome desk
accessory with pipes to other applications. It has just about
everything, including editable bezier curves, and as a desk accessory,
it is boucoup handy. It ready many formats, but is primarily a IMG
editor. It can edit files at any rs., up to 300dpi even. Needless to
say, it can work with documents bigger than the screen. It has it's own
menu bar, even though it is a DA!, and a cool tool palette that is small
but very functional, the best combination. The version that I have only
works in mono though.
Also, avoid canvas. It bites. Well for something programmed by a 15
year old in his spare time, it's way cool, but as a real productivity
package, it just does not cut it. It blows the socks off DEGAS, though,
with sorta 4096 colours on screen, and animation and pseudo 3D
capabilities.
Try the new stuff from LEXICOR if you have the money, they look very good.