What programs are needed for a graphics tablet. Free computer graphics software with support for a Wacom graphics tablet
Drawing programs on the tablet there is a huge amount, and their choice is individual for each user. In this article I present to your attention best free graphic editors for drawing.
Pros: cross-platform; easy to learn; a huge selection of brushes with the ability to create new ones; unlimited canvas.
Cons: a small functional; support only jpg and png; slow work under Windows.
Krita - another one tablet paint program. It was originally created as alternative to corel painter, but later the developers departed from this idea, as a result of which the program acquired some functions of photo editors.
Pros: cross-platform; wide selection of brushes; pseudo-endless canvas.
Cons: unstable work under Windows;
ArtRage - a rather extraordinary representative of the family drawing programs on the tablet. The work in this editor is designed to bring the process of creation computer image to real painting on canvas. Non-standard interface will be clear even to the child, which makes ArtRage great tool for novice artist.
Pros: very easy to learn; imitation of real drawing tools; cross-platform.
Cons: very limited functionality free version; Suitable only for drawing.
- Great tool for both novice artistsand for professionals. Of the possibilities, it is worth highlighting a rather flexible brush setting, the ability to work with layers, the presence of filters, and different ways highlight. In the article - I wrote about it in more detail.
Pros: pretty easy to learn; ample opportunities to customize the brushes; support all popular formats.
Cons: only works on Windows; for non-commercial use only; bad Russian localization.
Pros: the ability to create speaker brushes, in addition to the existing ones; many filters; separate history window; customizable interface; support for most image formats; cross platform
Cons: bad tablet support Genius; Hard for beginners.
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To date, the Internet is full of all sorts of free applications for a personal computer. The range of capabilities of these programs is as wide as the interests of the entire Internet community, from small plug-ins that extend the capabilities of existing applications to stand-alone programs in which you can create large interesting projects in various fields.
Motives for creation and distribution free apps may be completely different. Someone creates them for personal use and then shares them with others. Someone pursues the goal of creating social projects, bringing people together in communities, through a single hobby, and so on. In this regard, such a direction as computer graphics and everything related to its creation has not been spared.
It's no secret that computer artists have long chosen such a tool for drawing and working with graphics as a Wacom tablet. And the work (drawing) in the program for creating illustrations can not be imagined without using a tablet.
Anyone who enjoys computer graphics, familiar programs such as Corel® Painter®, Corel DRAW®, Adobe® Photoshop®, Adode® Illustrator, ArtRage® — all of these, no doubt, have support for a Wacom graphics tablet on high level, and all of them are a necessary tool of a computer artist, as it is in them that all the fruits of creativity are created in this field. But these programs exist only in commercial versions, and many are worth a lot of money. Are there any free solutions (programs) for drawing, creating illustrations and generally computer graphics? ... The answer is yes, and everyone can choose a program according to various criteria: be engaged in raster graphics or vector art, draw, imitating classical artistic techniques, or work more with sketches, calligraphy, and so on.
Consider three different free programs that everyone can download from the Internet and use for their own pleasure -GIMP, Artweaver, Inkscape.
Gimp
(www.gimp.org)
A colorful and functional raster program for drawing, illustrating. In appearance and interface features similar to Corel® Painter®. Broad support for the Wacom tablet.
Artweaver
(www.artweaver.de)
No less functional raster graphics program that looks like the symbiosis of Painter® and Photoshop®. In comparison with GIMP, it is slower in the processing of brushes, but with a much larger set of brushes. Broad support for the Wacom tablet.
Inkscape
(www.inkscape.org)
Very effective vector illustrator. Symbiosis Corel® DRAW® and Adobe® Illustrator®. Wonderful support for the pressure sensitivity of the pen, which is a big deficit in the vector world of illustrations, which makes Inkscape a powerful tool for those who are seriously into calligraphy.
I would like to mention the excellent Internet resource Inkscape (www.inkscape.org) in seven languages, including Russian, which is rare even for commercial graphics programs. On the Inkscape website, you can not only download the program, but also read articles, learn lessons, participate in discussions and much more. It is also possible to become one of the developers and testers of the product and bring useful features into it.
By the way, the opportunity to become one of the developers and testers of many free software There are almost all interested users. This is what unites people around their favorite graphic product.
Convenient and easy-to-use drawing programs on a graphic tablet have become widespread.
This is due to the fact that more and more artists are beginning to work "in digital", refusing classical materials for creating illustrations or paintings.
However, both the convenience of work and the quality of its performance, largely depend on what software the author uses to work on the tablet.
Content:Features
Most artists working on tablets are currently using programs or Illustrator. This high-quality, functional software, however, is not the only one. It is worthwhile to select a program according to its functionality and convenience of working with it.
From what program you choose, will depend on how much unfold. Therefore, you need to choose software based on the technical data of the device. In addition, there are universal programs that are suitable.
Paint
This application is suitable for artists who are just beginning to master the work on a graphics tablet. It has a common functionality, a simple and familiar menu, and therefore it does not take extra time to get used to it (although the novice author will still have to get used to the tablet).
Having a certain level of skill, and having filled your hand, with the help of such software you can create quite quality work. The advantages of such an application include:
- Its presence by default in standard assemblies (although it is recommended to work with those included in XP assemblies, 7, 8, 8.1, 10);
- Extremely simple interface and menu - almost every user;
- Quite a wide (for the basic program) functionality.
Of the functional features of the program, you can select a pencil drawing lines of different thickness and density, brush drawing with different transparency and stroke width, fill the selected area in one color, work in several layers. You can act with the finished image - select and copy zones, cut out sections, enlarge, stretch and turn over selected areas. Saves pictures in multiple formats.
Starting familiarity with the functionality of the drawing tablet is worth it with this software. Moreover, it is able to be essential for those who do not draw professionally, as well as for those who occasionally make minor edits in graphic files.
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Gimp
This software for creating drawings has a wide functionality and considerable power. You can download it from the official website www.gimp.org. It works with all types of graphics tablets, and in addition, with some other input devices.
Of the minuses of this software are the following:
- Quite a significant load, both on the hardware of the computer and the tablet;
- A rather complicated interface, it takes time to get used to it.
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However, it is still considered that the application is intended for beginners. It has quite a wide functionality:
- Work with photos - brightness, color correction, level adjustment, contrast, etc.
- Photo editing - removing unnecessary elements, cropping, others;
- Suitable for web designers, as it allows you to create and edit layouts for websites;
- Painting pictures - equipped with the functions “brush”, “pencil”, “filling the area with color”, etc., and in several forms;
- It has an individual format for saving images.xcf, which can save data with a picture, text insert, layers, textures, etc .;
- Simple integration with the clipboard - pictures and photos can be opened in the program, simply by copying them;
- Opens editable files from others, for example .psd;
- Open source developer code allows you to create and install your own plug-ins, add-ons and extensions for this software;
- Allows you to quickly archive files.
This software is very versatile. It is suitable for work for both beginners and non-professionals, as well as professional illustrators.
Mypaint
The program is designed more for artists working in classical genres. It is not so much designed for drawing simple illustrations, as for the creation of works of art, paintings in the classical style. For this reason, it has a fairly wide and complex functionality, not a very simple menu.
Most artists need some time to get used to it. However, it is believed that the interface of this program is simpler than that of most similar ones with similar functionality. Download the application at.
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The main advantages of this application are:
- Unlimited canvas sizes;
- The ability to customize the contents of the menu bar, the inclusion of assignable buttons, etc., as a result, a function of quickly switching between commands and simple access to frequently used functions;
- A very wide selection of brush types with the possibility of fine-tuning each;
- The function of importing strokes and brushes, generating, adjusting and editing them;
- It works with many types of devices and supports them well;
- Unlike most similar programs - works in a variety of operating systems -, Mac OS, Windows,.
Drawing in this software to be quick after the user gets used to its interface. However, non-professional artists, as well as illustrators and creators of comics, can get away with other, simpler applications (both in terms of interface and functionality).
Graffiti studio
The program is designed to create graffiti, it is on this style of drawing that its main functionality is designed. Can be used with success by those who create comics, as well as illustrators working in a similar style. The program has a very simple and intuitive interface.
An interesting feature is its relative realism. The whole process of work resembles the application of graffiti "live". And as a canvas, you can choose surfaces familiar to the street artist - walls, asphalt, cars, buses, etc.
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From the features of this application can be identified:
- The use of more than 100 color shades of paints, such as could be applied in real drawing;
- Creation of stains and stains, drawing on the "dry paint";
- Changing the specifics of the application, depending on what surface you have chosen (as in reality);
- Changing the distance from the artist to the canvas (from which distance virtual spray paint is applied to a vertical surface);
- The use of markers and other means that are actively used in real graffiti.
Although currently this style is not as popular as a few years ago, it nevertheless did not disappear completely. In many ways, thanks to the emergence of such programs.
Artweaver
The program is a complete analogue of Photoshop. But, unlike him, is implemented completely free of charge. You can download it from the official site.
It has the following functionality:
- by parameters: brightness, contrast, color correction, enhancement of shades, etc .;
- Cutting and transforming photos, stretching, compressing, reflecting, reversing, both the entire image and the selected area;
- Generation of complex forms, objects, etc .;
- Functions blur and sharpness, the possibility of styling the image.
However, in general, the application is more designed to edit existing images than to create new ones. For this reason, it is not suitable for professional artists. Rather, it is suitable for those who edit photos and pictures, but sometimes make their own changes and additions to them.
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