Beliria's Filter idea's

http://www.serif.com/photoplus/?MC=SERPPCPHP1

serif Photoplus x3 link above is for more info about it. Am still in the do I or don't I keep it period of trying it out. Got so many days (was 60) to try it out before I am totally committed to keeping it.

I tried that free link but not sure if it really is free or not.. but the Photoplus got a phone call about it from Serif and they stated it had reviews saying its almost as good as photoshop CS4

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Kraellin wrote: i didnt know serif was doing a photo editor. looks decent. thanks

lol is version x3 of their photo editor so yep they have been doing them for a little while .

I have photoshop elements 6 and Photoshop 7 and paintshop 9 on my computer, that and filter forge so not sure if am going to keep that software or not yet.

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Kraellin wrote: so it would seem a bit premature to buy yet another

I totally forgot I had photoshop elements, got it about a month back when I purchased my wacom bamboo tablet. Came with it for free, that and artrage 2.


Okay another image effect from the filter

another one

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Carl wrote: the second one is a bit dark on my monitor

yep am working on doing the second style as another filter, hope to get one or both uploaded before the weekend seen as they are effect ones not texture filters.

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Carl wrote: is artrage any good?

It is worth the price. Meaning I bought it last year before I got a free copy doh! Probably give the free one to my sister or give it to someone that would use it. Has some pretty cool features, you can pick different paper types to draw on, bumped to smooth, has a range of painting tools, just depends what you want from software. Here is the link to the web site I got my orig copy from http://www.artrage.com/ has more info on that site.

artrage is a good painter program. i've had the cut version for a while now and mostly use it for the palette knife function/brush. very cool brush. the cut version is free, but it doesnt have all the features. i do things like this with it:

thanks, carl.

yes, that's what i like about it, too. if done right, you can get it piled up just like a palette knife had pushed it

i've not seen any plugins for it. it might. i wouldnt really know, though. i'm guessing no. it, if i remember correctly, is also not a plugin itself. i use it in stand-alone only, so i think it's not a plugin. but, i dont use it a lot, so maybe someone else can answer more definitively.

yes, i understand. for me, the palette knife is the best goodie, so, i'm not too frustrated i may well buy the thing. the interface is a little different from most programs i've used for art, but it's still pretty intuitive. i didnt have to read hardly anything; i just dived in and started using it.

and, if you dont like artrage, there are other painter programs out there, including the daddy, Corel's Painter. you can also look at Akvis. they have some good stuff. i won 'Akvis Artwork' and it's pretty good, too. and there's a ton of plugins out there, some of which do art features and effects. try plugnpixel's site for a start. he's got links to all sorts of things.

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Wow, that doesn't sound like spam at all.