Top 4 Digital Painting Software Review

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Digital Painting Software Review

In less than 25 years, digital media, including Digital Painting, has evolved from the poorly-rendered, rough illustrations and images produced in early programs like MacPaint and PCPaint to the rich, noteworthy mixed-media and digital illustrations made capable by programs like Corel Painter and AutoDesk Illustrator. With these programs, graphic designers, digital artist and mixed media artists have been able to incorporate digital painting programs into their conceptualization and creation processes or even, in many cases, place them at the center of the design process, putting aside the paints, brushes, palettes and easel in favor of the ease and speed of a digital painting software program.

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Digital Painting Software Programs

Here are the best Digital Painting Software programs in descending order. For the full review click on the link. For more info, see our summaries below.
  1. Corel Painter 11
  2. PostworkShop 1.1 Artist
  3. AutoDesk SketchBook
  4. ArtRage Deluxe 2.5

#1 Corel Painter

Winner of the TopTenReviews "Gold Award"

Digital Painting software has existed at the consumer level, in some form, for more than 25 years. In those 25 years, a lot of programs have come, but more have gone, falling into obsolescence due to usability issues, limited functionality or the poor quality of its finished product and overall creative process. Among the slim few that have come, arrived and appear to be here to stay is "TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award" winner Corel Painter, now in its 11th version.

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#2 PostworkShop 1.1 Artist

Winner of the TopTenReviews "Silver Award"

You're not going to find digital painting software that's going to give you more bang for your buck than PostworkShop. This application has anything you would ever to need to create the most beautiful masterpieces imaginable. If you choose this application, you're going to be impressed by the fact that what you create is polished and professional looking every time.

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#3 AutoDesk SketchBook

Winner of the TopTenReviews "Bronze Award"

AutoDesk software programs and related products have a reputation for being simple (yet powerful), clean (yet capable of great complexity) and well organized. SketchBook Pro doesn't disappoint on those fronts, offering a variety of composition tools and features within a clean, responsive interface that has the odds, ends and overall brass to help digital artists, mixed-media artists and, more likely, designers and illustrators from inspiration to creation without the clean-up or preparation. SketchBook Pro is by no means on par with Corel Painter, lacking the brush selection, palette features and functionality, but it makes a good argument for itself when it comes to media closely related to its namesake: sketching. Designers and drafters will find an indispensable tool, others, a well-organized tool that is import/export friendly. Both groups will find little of what AutoDesk SketchBook Pro offers to complain about. That would likely be reserved for what it doesn't have, which could be a deal-breaker for some and a shrug-maker for others.

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#4 ArtRage Deluxe 2.5

ArtRage Deluxe is a well-designed, easy-to-use digital painting program. It isn't as fully featured as some of its competitors like, say, top-rated programs such as Corel Painter and AutoDesk SketchBook Pro, but it still makes a strong argument for allowing users to put paint to canvas, convincingly and easily. While some of its limitations prevent it from being a serious contender in the professional painting and drawing market, its user-friendliness and low price make it an ideal choice for painting hobbyists, as well as a supplemental program for use alongside other digital painting, image editing and image illustration programs.

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