My 14 yo daughter is a good artist and is interested in computer drawing, cgi and computer animation. Is this a good program to start? Other suggestions?
1949971
First, your daughter needs a graphics tablet, such as Wacom Bamboo. I think it's called Intuos (not Intuos Pro) now. The smallest and cheapest one would be fine for beginning artists if you have monitor size of 23in and below. Program is not so complex, it's just about the same complexity as other good graphics programs out there. If your daughter is serious about art, settling for less complexity might do more harm than good. This is a good program to start. It's better than Photoshop if you only want to draw/paint. The strong point of this program is creating comic book pages and single page art. It doesn't have animation capabilities. For animation programs, avoid Anime Studio, since that one is overly complicated to use. Easytoon is a good animation program to start. It's free and it's simple. It will help your daughter to focus only on "traditional animating". If your daughter is interested in 3d animation, Blender is a good choice. It's free and it's powerful. The community surrounding that program is very helpful too.
1414503
I know the lay out a little bit already after learning some of the Photoshop Elements layout. I haven't found it too complicated and here is the reason. I watched about 20 hrs. of Tutorials on You Tube and adobe TV. Anthony Morganti, Tim Grey, Robert Rodriquez Jr. (make sure it's Jr.) and others I can't remember the name of right this minute. There is a lady on Adobe TV (free too) that goes through the whole program, one thing at a time. B & H puts free tutorials on You Tube to promote sales. I just sat and watched them "develop" their pictures and enjoyed it. After awhile I became familiar with the program tools for developing and can do quite a bit with it just from watching other people work. It's a great program. Photoshop will do a lot of stuff that Lightroom won't do and Lightroom does a really good job bringing out the best in your photo's. I would say you probably are going to need both programs eventually. If you shop around you can find Lightroom for around a hundred and Elements for a little less. Both compliment each other nicely. Lightroom was the most important for me and it's not a pixel editor so it is non-destructive to the images. Photoshop Elements will allow you to play with the photo's, copy and past thing form one picture into another, edit badly damaged photo's and a whole lot of stuff. Lightroom allows color manipulation, sharpening, all kinds of enhancements to you pictures. I think it was pretty easy to learn the way I did it. Just watching videos until I understood the basics, then playing with it, then going back and watching specific tutorials on certain things when I need to.
885306
Have been using the program successfully. Have had no problems with it, but there was a steeper learning curve than many programs to learn. Purchased book by marc bech to help me understand the program. One of the other reviewers recommended backing program on a regular basis to avoid losing work. A simpler program would be available from Applian Technologies, although it doesn't have the many capabilities as VideoStudio Pro.
2045587
it depends really on how capable she is. Some at that age are more "hands on" than others. If she's "into" arts and crafts and such, she'll be fine with it (you might have to help with the pinning if necessary) its really a lovely gift, surprised me with the quality of the contents. Even inspired me to try to find an actual beginner sewing machine for my then 10-yr old grand.
703875
Absolutely and young teen would enjoy this. I gave it to my daughter who is a young teen and she loves it. I wouldn't say it's professional level - probably there are better quality tools and brushes out there, but it seems to be quite a nice quality, in my opinion. It certainly is well worth the money!
1740583
Yes, you can. It is easy to use. But you must have "Adobe Ps", "Corel Painter" or some painting softwares on your computer. I think these painting softwares are a little difficult for your daughter.
1768689
Honestly, the more I use this lighting kit, the more I like it. But proper lighting definitely takes a certain kind of skill. I recently learned some useful lighting techniques from a video lighting class. Your daughter could easley create portrait type lighting with this kit. It's just a matter of knowing how you set up the lights;.Playing with the arrengemnt, angles, etc.
902860
I think it is definitely easier to use than Autocad, but it can be extensive, so she would need to play around with it for a bit. Also, there are a lot of tutorials for her to watch.
2057393
I'd recommend Corel Painter Essentials 5 because it has a similar GUI to Adobe Photoshop, tons of brushes and other mediums, and it won't break the bank. I have PE4 & I still use it more than Painter X3 (which I also have). If you plan on doing any serious drawing or painting, PE5 is the way to go.
279922
I use it for 3D animation, consuming cpu and memory,certainly for that program so you could use without problems.and has reader / writer cd and dvd .Do not think there's a program that does not run on this computer , it is really good . ( excuse my bad English )
1531412
I purchased one for my daughter who is in a graphics arts program. The price was fantastic and the unit looked brand new. It just was in a plain box without the fancy graphics on it. My daughter has used it everyday since Christmas and loves it! Our experience was very good and I wouldn
33410
I found it really straight forward and easy to use. I think that with practice it would get easier, but out of the box was pretty easy. I recommend looking on youtube for some videos to give you some ideas. I bought it to airbrush some flower cookies, and I was really pleased with the added detail that the airbrush gave - Good luck!
1331801
A professional cartoonist, per se, could definitely use the Graphire4 and be more than happy.Someone who does extremely detailed art, though, and I mean the type of art that makes you dizzy with detail, would probably benefit from the Intuos3. But honestly I think just about anyone can get away with the Graphire4 if they're worried about the money, it's such a great tool. Just ask yourself if you need the extra pressure sensitivity. (That's what it's all about, predominately.)
264451
Yes, there are some basic programs, but I don't think you're going to get as much from the tablet with these programs as you could be. I highly recommend the Photoshop Creative Cloud subscription, which is full access to the latest version of photoshop for $19.99/month. Otherwise, there is GIMP, or any number of 3rd party drawing/painting software on the Mac or Windows app store. Also chek http://www.alternativeto.net, search for Photoshop, Corel Paint, Corel Draw, etc.
2057397
If you are trying to go cheap Krita or GIMP are great free general graphics programs that you can draw with, but if you want something that is a bit more geared toward drawing Manga Studio is better than Photoshop in many respects for drawing and painting.
1321701
Paint tool SAI is a great program in my opinion, But unless you torrent it it would cost you 50$. Firealpaca is based off paint tool SAI so that would be your best bet.
57955
Not really, it might be hard for kids because there is lots of drawing. But it's not inappropriate for kids or anything.