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Free tools for the artist running Windows |
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
Here are, in my opinion, the best free graphics applications available for Windows. These tools effectively replace the need for expensive tools, like Adobe products. I use these along side some commercial applications and they integrate very well with little effort. There are a lot of lists that consist of free Windows graphics software out here, but I actually use these products unlike many of the people listing tons of programs. Check my links for resources , like free and open clipart, stock photos, fonts, etc... If you're also wanting some nice plug-ins for Photoshop, there are some really nice ones here . A bigger list can be found here .
Artweaver (Similar to Corel Painter) Natural painting application. Also see Pixia
Paint.Net (Similar to Adobe Photoshop) Image editor. Also see The Gimp
IcoFX Icon/Pixel editor
InkScape (Similar to Adobe Illustrator) Vector editor
Pencil 2-D Vector and bitmap cartooning and animation. Also see Synfig
Scribus (Similar to Adobe Pagemaker) Desktop Publishing.
Blender3D (Similar to Lightwave 3-D) 3-D modeling, rendering, and animation. Also see 3DCanvas
FontForge (Similar to Fontographer) Create true type fonts. Also see Win XP built in editor, type eudcedit in a run dialog.
Fyre Computational artwork based on histograms of iterated chaotic functions. Uh, yea, it makes cool images...
Fractal Explorer 2D, 3D, and Land fractals.
For a complete all in one graphics suite check out FreeSerif. Here are a couple for OS X so you don't feel left out, but most of the above also have a OS X versions. Have fun! ArtRage2 Natural painting application. Free version and commercial version available. Also runs on Windows.
LiveQuartz Image editor. Also see Seashore
Pixen Icon/Pixel editor Xaos Fractals
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