painter or photoshop?

[drkfire2340]

i was searching through DA and i found out that alot of colorist use corel painter. i want to know, in your opinion, which is better photoshop or painter?

[Byrne]

I have used corel draw but not painter. However, I do know that i find corel software to be a little more user friendly to the first time user then adobe software. I use adobe myself but it can take some time to get up to speed with it.

[drkfire2340]

i know what u mean dude i had to ask my uncle who designs a whole bunch of stuff about PS and thats how i got ahold of it. then i just saw some tutorials and kept going through there. now im practicing even more but i wanna be good at drawing, coloring, graphics and things like that oh yeah out of topic, i found this cool art college just for comic book artists its called the joe kubert school of cartoon and graphic art so if your really into it check it out at www.kubertsworld.com THIS IS NOT ADVERTISING

[Byrne]

Thanks drk, I'll have a look at it. hope you get really good at that coloring so that you can show me how to do it.

[shamrok]

Corel Painter is really good for replicating a lot of medium specific styles, such as that "watercolor" look or acrylic or oil and etc in a convenient digital fashion. That being said, if you are a user without much experience in those mediums, it makes it harder to use than Adobe Photoshop, because it's a simulation into the way these mediums behave(i.e. how watercolor or oil behaves on paper and etc). Photoshop isn't as user friendly in terms of tools or learning curve, but from a coloring perspective, it's a lot more accessible than painter, although you can do a lot more with painter given more effort and time.

It also depends a lot on what you're trying to do. A lot of comic style artwork is done in photoshop just because it's a much cleaner format in regards to the ability to use layers and precision coloring accurately without much need for pure ability or skill in the program.

I would think comic artists wouldn't normally bother with painter unless they are trying to get a specific hard(as opposed to soft as in on the computer) medium style of artwork like actual watercolor or oil paints, but I may be off on that assertion.

[ now with less snarky-ness ]
!!now with specific examples!!

Corel Painter Warm-up sketch Pencil style:


Painter Warm-up #2:


Photoshop Image:

[snow]

Well it will be best if you have both programs. Painter is overall better for coloring. It has the canvas rotate function (not flipping it, just holing sapce+alt and then rotate however you want, without affecting the image) which makes it easier to place the strokes. On the other hand, in PS coloring with selections is quite better... and has more effects.