Which Photoshops You Guys Use (For Drawing)

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-02-04 09:11
  Gonna get Photoshops soon
  can't think of which one
• Halfslashed wrote on 2012-02-04 09:25
  CS5.1
• Rydian wrote on 2012-02-04 11:20
  Photoshop refers to adobe's line of softwares, the standard full version costs $650+, the cut-back versions are usually around $70, but are generally on-par with cheaper or free software depending on your requirements. However if you need photoshop (full version) you'd likely actually know that you do and wouldn't consider other software, so I'll just talk about other software.
  
  

  • As stated Elements is a cut-back version, but still fine for most forms photo manipulation/touchups.
    
  • Paint Tool Sai is really recommended for tablet use, as it's means for digital painting/drawing.
    
  • GIMP is a free sorta'-complex editor with many many features and many people find it outstrips paid programs, though it's UI is more cumbersome and it's more rough around the edges than paid tools, and if you need proper workflow this may be too hindering for you.
    
  • Paint.NET is a free editor that's more complex than standard paint and includes all the basic touchup tools you may need daily, but isn't really complex like the professional tools, or made for creation.

  
  
  That said, do not think that you need to pay for photoshop, most people actually only use features it shares in common with inexpensive or free image editors, so take a note about your actual needs and compare them to the features a wide set of programs offer, don't assume photoshop is the best.
• Elena wrote on 2012-02-04 11:36
  CS5.1.
  
  >w>
  
  Also: Photoshop is industry standard. Admittedly, it can be considered a bit "heavy".
• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-02-04 11:47
  Currently using CS4
  
  I hate CS5
  
  And my favorite was without a doubt CS2.
• Hannah's Lover wrote on 2012-02-04 12:05
  Paper :D
• TA wrote on 2012-02-04 12:23

  Quote from Cucurbita;762591:

  Currently using CS4
  
  I hate CS5
  
  And my favorite was without a doubt CS2.

  
  
  This, wholly.
• Shanghai wrote on 2012-02-04 13:24
  I have CS2 installed. I've yet to ever touch it, though, other than making really cruddy signatures.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2012-02-04 13:36
  MS Paint XP version.
• ValkyrieHamster wrote on 2012-02-04 14:00

  Quote from Mentosftw;762686:

  MS Paint XP version.

  
  
  Ouuuuch...
  
  i have cs3. I should probably upgrade some time.
• BizarreJuju wrote on 2012-02-04 16:30
  I also use CS4, but most of my drawing have been done using Paintool SAI [small program but useful]
  Another option is Corel Painter 11 [I havent touched it for months XD]
• Bakuryu wrote on 2012-02-04 18:50
  CS5 is vastly superior to CS4, the hate is stupid. Not only has it improved performance a great amount, but some of the new features are truly mind-blowing.
  
  Also, like Juju said, another option is Painter, which is an amazing software, that imitates traditional media painting like no other.
  
  SAI is good for line-art, bu that's pretty much it, the capability of it's brushes come nowhere close to Photoshops, and even more powerful are Painter's brushes.
• Elena wrote on 2012-02-04 22:07
  I don't get the CS5 hate. My friends love it. I love it.
  
  I love SAI for lineart. For coloring though. I get that it's easy-blend-master with some of the brushes it has but the way I blend my colors isn't the way Sai likes to so I prefer Photoshop. I still haven't tried Painter, though I really want to.
• otto wrote on 2012-02-05 04:26

  Quote from Bakuryu;762835:

  SAI is good for line-art, bu that's pretty much it, the capability of it's brushes come nowhere close to Photoshops, and even more powerful are Painter's brushes.

  
  
  /Uses SAI for all her artwork.
  The end.
  
  
  I use CS3 to edit pictures for my blog (levels, etc), but I never use it for art unless I need text for whatever reason. I really only use it because my PS Elements CD isn't compatible with win7. I got CS3 because I needed the warp tool for sims 2 custom content making :T
• Mello wrote on 2012-02-05 04:38

  Quote from Hannah's Lover;762615:

  Paper :D

  
  
  this.