I've only used the 30 day Illustrator trial version & I've never used Painter, but my thought would be, if your using Photoshop you'd probably best sticking with the Adobe product.
The whole point of the CS range is the ease in which you can import your work from the various other Adobe CS programs. Just my 0.02 cents Dave On 9/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got a Wacom Intous3 9x12 Tablet. (Haven't used it yet, but I finally > unpacked it after having bought it about 3-4 months ago. I've been busy with > lots of > other stuff, including switching bedrooms with my Mom.) Got it cheap with a > student discount, well, cheaper. > > I also picked up Adobe Illustrator CS with a student discount about six > months ago. And haven't cracked it open yet. > > And I just got a book about using the Tablet with Photoshop CS and Painter > IX. I figured I go through the book which sort of has lessons to become > familiar > with how the tablet works. To practice and get a feel for the pen, etc. > > I mainly got the tablet for artwork, not photography. Or to be more accurate, > to combine the two, which is something I've been wanting to do. Since I > started out life as a painter, and since I partly took up photography in the > first > place to eventually get to the point of combining them. Not sure my > photography is good enough for it yet. But I am chomping at the bit to try > it. And I can > work on my photography more as I go along. > > There isn't a big difference between Illustrator and Painter is there? I > wouldn't think so. > > I mean, I can't see spending any more money to buy Painter IX just for this > book. Although I could on a student discount. > > Has anyone used Illustrator? Anyone used Painter? Any major differences? > > Or does anyone have any input of any kind? > > TIA, Marnie aka Doe > >
