Best programs for coloring?

[ArtFan88]

Hey guys. I was wondering if someone could help me in picking a good program for coloring my pics on the computer. As some have seen, I've been hand coloring everything as of late, but as my pictures become more complex (and my colored pencils get shorter), hand coloring just won't cut it. Right now there are two programs I have in mind: Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. Which is good to use and easy to learn? Which has the best results? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[DarkFairyYume]

Umm... well, Photoshop works pretty good for me.
It depends on the look you want to have, too. :0 You have to experiment, try different programs, if possible.

[nabusan]

Photoshop's amazing at coloring, I'm trying out Flash too, at the moment.

[Fusion Fox]

I want to know why no other program I've ever found uses the same genius system that flash has. Not only is everything in vectors (which is awesome on it's own) but the way it makes drawing 100 times easier than any other program...

Draw a line


Draw another bisecting line


Everything can be selected and changed/delete separately!



Drawing has never been easier, also you can bend lines after drawing them easily

[TheToothWitch]

www.photofiltre.com

[kpfan5678]

I use www.artpad.art.com/artpad/painter to make video drawings.

[Bobman32x]

PS is the better but these are all advanced programs that take time to learn. Dont get it and expect to jump right in making awesome things. and Fusion Fox, Adobe Illustrator has also had that ability for a while, you just need to use the pathfinder tool. Just select the 2 objects, click one of the pathfinder buttons (the bottom to the left if I can recall) and boom, and intersecting lines are gone, leaving only the middle insert. though with Adobe buying Macromedia, and Flash now an Adobe Product, maybe both programs will make some changes to make em a bit more accessible. I still hate how the pen tool works in flash. its nothing like Ill, with the anchor points and end points being a real pain to manipulate right in Flash for me

[Jersey7]

i used to have PS, it rocked out loud but it was only a free trial!

now i use something called Inkcape and Serif PhotoPlus 9.0

[jinxs]

Could someone give links to flash / photoshop dl links ? thank you

[Fusion Fox]

Do you mean downloads for the trial?

Here are the product pages:

www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/photoshop/

www.adobe.com/uk/products/flash/


Another reason why I like flash is it supports the pressure sensing of my tablet, not that other programs dont do that but it's a nice feature.

[Sarah Ashley T.]

I use Photoshop. That's the best imho.

I'd use Open Canvas, but I don't have a PC, I have a Mac. If you have a PC, totally get OpenCanvas too!!!! I've seen some amazing coloring used with that program!!!!!

[Commander Argus]

I got Paint Shop Pro by mistake, but now after actually trying Photo Shop Elements, I prefer it.

Layering was my monster breakthrough

[ViridianSin]

Photoshop is great. Starting to think I like Flash better though.

[ArtFan88]

Thanks for all the help so far guys. ;D I've been thinking I might try Photoshop first. I'll see how it goes with that right now.

[nabusan]

Fill Path is a godsend in photoshop ^^

[Luqkim...]

Flash is brilliant if you have a Tablet.

You can straighten your lines and stuff and colour it well .. and even do stuff like Fusion mentioned there.

For shadings, I would use ArcSoft PhotoStudio .. it has this tool that allows you to colour your pictures and make it look like shadings and shadows or even light reflecting on the surface on something. Another good thing a tablet could take advantage of.

[Caramy]

I have photoshop elements and that seems like a great program to use, although i don't have a clue on how to colour my pictures on it. Everything i do makes them look really messed up..