![]() The programs that we seek may be able to do the digital image manipulation of the Photoshop realm, but they are designed more for drawing, coloring, painting, and creating original art work. It is now more geared toward graphics for websites, and thus would be of even less value to an aspiring computer artist. Photoshop's main rival for the longest time, Fireworks, joined the Adobe product lineup when the firm acquired Macromedia, which originally created and distributed Fireworks. Top of the LineĪt the highest end of the spectrum for digital graphics programs, one finds fully featured suites such as Adobe Photoshop CS4, which for most readers would be complete overkill - too many menu items, too much user interface complexity, and too high a price tag ($699 for the standard edition, and $999 for the Extended edition). In this article, I will examine a range of such programs, beginning with the more advanced options. These computer art applications come in a wide variety of capabilities, ease of use, and monetary cost. ![]() Yet despite the monotony of much of the work done on personal computers - and their contribution to the stress of modern lifestyles and careers - they can also provide a doorway to artistic expression within a limited budget of time and money.Ĭountless adults worldwide are discovering that computer-based drawing and painting can be one of the most accessible ways to nurture their right-brain thinking, and to rediscover some of the pure fun that most of them had resignedly considered lost forever. ![]() For some fortunate souls, this creativity somehow manages to survive our bureaucratic educational systems and later the workaday drudgery of adult life in the modern world, to be expressed in art, dance, music, sculpture, and many other artistic forms - whether on a professional or amateur basis.įor those of us who, for whatever reason, are not able to spend the bulk of our time pursuing artistic endeavors, even for a paycheck, it becomes difficult to juggle the never-ending demands upon our time and energy, and reserve enough of that to unleash the creativity that may have lain smoldering inside us since our first encounter with crayons and paper. Any healthy infant - regardless of gender, race, or culture - can be given a set of crayons and a stack of blank paper, and will know exactly what to do with it. This article was published by ComputorEdge, issue #2644,, as the cover article, in both their PDF edition (on pages 6-11) and their website.Įveryone is born creative. ![]()
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