I use many programs for doing my 2D graphics. I`ve used a lot of the usual things.
TVPaint. Kicks butt in so many ways its not funny. Its like drawing/paint properly. Something
which is handy. It does show its age a tiny bit though. Only one undo, but it has a cunning
alternate redo feature which operates differently from the usual one. One 3 layers. This can be
a pain when doing complex things. You have to work your way around that by doing it in bits. It
has some filters etc, but its not really about that. Its for pure drawing. It has the lot, chalk,
spray, pen, pencil etc. All of them have an optional velocity feature so the faster you go the
thinner the line gets, for a more realistic feel. Shame it doesn`t support my nice graphics
tablets pressure thing, but hey its easy to change the pressure manually anyway.
DPaint V. Old now, but still has its uses. Good at animation still. Still recognised in the games
industry after all these years, so it must be good. :-)
Perfect Paint. Quite a simple program in my opinion. It has its uses here and there, but I can
recreate a lot of what it can do in TVPaint etc. This has replaced the spiral, patterny thing from
DPaint in my arsenal of programs though. It has some animation features, which i`m yet to fiddle
with. I will have to download the new version and have a see. This program could be useful for
somethings.
ImageFX. Horrible to paint with, but damn good at effects etc.
ImageStudio. Good for quick batch image conversion etc. Also good to quickly crop/size and change
the colour depth of images. Not a brilliant program, but I use it here and there.
Candyfactory. Fast, fun and good at everything it does. Realtime lighting and bumpmapping on logos/
textures. It has more possibilities that you would think.
