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Reference tutorials and links for miscellaneous CG/computer art programs to be updated here. Some are free, some are not. Programs with more than a few tutorials will be split off into their own sections. Suggestions are appreciated!!Hospital Index
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-Various photo and image editing/organizing software programs for download.
Individual Programs
Alchemy
-Alchemy is an open drawing project aimed at exploring how we can sketch, draw, and create on computers in new ways. Alchemy isn’t software for creating finished artwork, but rather a sketching environment that focuses on the absolute initial stage of the creation process. Experimental in nature, Alchemy lets you brainstorm visually to explore an expanded range of ideas and possibilities in a serendipitous way.
Anim8or
-Anim8or is a free 3d animation and modeling program. It includes modeling, character design, and scene animation support, and can read and write 3d files.
I65"ArcSoft PhotoImpression 6.5 Gold and review
-Picture things easy! ArcSoft PhotoImpression® 6.5 Gold helps you manage photos, videos, and music files on your computer, and provides fun and exciting ways to enjoy them.
ArtPad
-Express yourself with the art.com ArtPad, where you create art as unique as you are.
Aviary.com and extensive review , plus another review
-Aviary.com is a suite of online Web 2.0 applications for creative designers. All of the applications are written in Flash and entirely browser-based. Aviary consists of the following applications: Phoenix (Image Editor) Peacock (Visual Laboratory) Toucan (Color Palette Editor) and Raven (Vector Graphics). The application suite is designed to provide the same functionality as the suite of design applications available from Adobe, but at a much lower cost.
Blender
Blender is the open source, cross platform suite of tools for 3D creation.
Blibs.com
-Blibs.com is a website that allows users to upload and edit profile pictures for Myspace and Facebook through Mytheme.com using its Animator tool.
CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software
-CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs).
CreaToon 3.0
-CreaToon® is a powerful software solution for the PC to create 2D animation in the cut-out style.
Its main features are:
* real-time editing previewing,
* automatic in-betweening,
* freedom of graphical style,
* combining bitmaps with vector graphics.
Due to a recent management decision, we decided to discontinue further developments to update CreaToon. Therefore, CreaToon is now available for FREE download, without further technical support. Don't forget to also download the unlock software, also available on the download page.
Deleter ComicWorks
-COMICWORKS is a Manga drawing software, which was originally designed for professional Manga artists.
Aqua's Amazing ComicWorks Tutorial by Glittercandy
Expression 3 | Macworld Review | PCMAG.COM Review
-Creature House Expression 3 is an innovative vector-based illustration and graphics tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in print, web, video, and interactive mediums.
NOTE: Apparently, anyone can fill out the survey and download the program.
GIMPshop - A GIMP hack by Scott Moschella
-GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop.
Google SketchUp
-A 3D software tool that combines a tool-set with an intelligent drawing system
Inkscape
-Inkscape is a Vector Graphics Editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator, that strives to be SVG Compliant, open source, responsive and extensible.
KToon: 2D Animation Toolkit
-KToon is a 2D Animation Toolkit designed by animators (Toonka Films ) for animators, focused to the Cartoon Industry. This project is covered by the GPL License using G++, OpenGL and QT as programming resources from KDevelop as the development platform. By now, KToon is only available for Unix systems but we expect to make it works on Windows systems too someday.
MGI PhotoSuite®
-MGI PhotoSuite software allows you to easily touch-up, transform, organize and share photos with family and friends.
Basic Image Resizing Tutorial for MGI PhotoSuite by RavenScarlett
-Part III: Learn how to re-size scanned images for easy Web viewing. Easy to follow MGI Photo Suite instructions.
NeoPaint for Windows
-NeoPaint for Windows: powerful, easy-to-learn paint and image editor! From NeoSoft Corp.
Paint Shop Pro
-A complete photo-editing software solution. Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2 Ultimate combines ease of use with full professional power. Fix brightness, color and photo imperfections like red eye in a few clicks, or use precision photo-editing controls to create photos you'll be proud to share.
Pencil
-Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.
PhotoImpact Pro
-PhotoImpact® Pro 11 is the ideal choice for digital photography, creative design and web graphics – all in one powerful suite.
PhotoImpact Pro features review by
- Layers (including layer effects like multiply)
- A feature to make straight lines and one pt pixels with one click
- Animation
- Photo editing features (including a way to make panorama shots from three photos)
- graphics for websites (like ready made buttons and banners
- a slice tool
- site map tool
- export for website layouts
- photo album
- photo explorer
- type effects
- ready made frames
- wacom tablet compatible
- vector tools
- make fully working DVD menus (for newer PI versions)
almost everything adobe photoshop has.
Individual Tutorials:
Photo Impact Pro 8.5 Tutorial by Rika24
-Just a tutorial I made after years of messing with this program. PI is an awesome program, it's just hard to use since there are pretty much no tutorials.
Picnik.com
-Picnik lets you edit all your photos online, from one easy place.
Plastic Animation Paper
-Plastic Animation Paper (PAP) is a software package for doing 2D animation. It will allow traditional animators to utilize the powerful and timesaving advantages of computers. Using PAP you see your animation as you create it, removing the need for line tests, cameras and scanners. After getting comfortable with drawing directly to the screen you never want to go back!
Plastic Animation Paper is Specialized, Efficient & Realtime, enables High Quality, runs on Standard Computers and is very Affordable!
Individual Tutorials:
by guruubii
-This is going to be a series of video tutorials exploring the Amazing world of Plastic Animation Paper (this website has awesome tutorials as well)
This program is a paperless rough and clean classical animation program.
It has an X-sheet, light table, blue and black pencil (Home version) , layouts and many more tools. its an exceptional program.
If you choose to explore and eventually Buy the home version of this program, please send me a note before you do, and I'll tell you how to set someone up as a referral to get the home+ upgrade, and as soon as the person who gave me the referral gets the upgrade, we will carry on the chain of plug and refer.
The program is very inexpensive as far as programs go, and for the amazing things it can do so please do check it out.
This tutorial is a basic run through of the UI and very basic tools. the tutorials is about 14.5 minutes long.
I'll be doing more of these, and for toonboom as well so stay tuned.
Rhinoceros - Nurbs Modeling For Windows
-Rhino can create, edit, analyze, and translate NURBS curves, surfaces, and solids in Windows. There are no limits on complexity, degree, or size.
Sumo Paint Online Image Editor (Macword Review)
-You could pay $700 for a professional image-editing program like Photoshop, but if you’re not a photo or graphics pro, it would likely be overkill. Check out Sumo Paint, a free Web-based, Photoshop-inspired image editor and creator that offers many similar graphics-editing tools and inspiring paint tools, first.
Synfig Animation Studio
-Two-dimensional animation has long been the domain of proprietary software. That changes with the introduction of Synfig, a free software/open source tool for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources.
Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. While there are many other programs currently on the market to aid with the efficient production of 2D animation, we are currently unaware of any other software that can do what our software can.
TwistedBrush Digital Painting and Photo Editing
-Offering both free and commercial versions. Whether you choose TwistedBrush Pro Studio or the free TwistedBrush Open Studio edition you'll be using one of the most versatile and powerful brush engines in existence packaged into an easy to use program.
VCW VicMan's Photo Editor
-VCW VicMan's Photo Editor is a versatile image editor with an intuitive interface. This award-winning application is free of charge and comes with a wide range of essential features for both novice users and professional designers. With Photo Editor you can refine your digital photos, draw natural artwork and effortlessly produce superb graphics for the web.
Audio Editing
Audacity : Free Audio Editor and Recorder
-Audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing audio. Site includes help, downloads, and developer information. (C++) [Cross-platform]
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Exactly. That thing should be better known!
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do you have any tutorials for twistedbrush? I have been looking on the internet and am not able to find many. only found a few on youtube.
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The synfig link gives me a 404, it now seems to be: [link]
Cheers
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Hey, I found this program through xia academy:
[link]
Its pretty neat how this program is online.
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Hy I have just created a group about Synfig Animation Studio [link]
and I will like to link this text on the group's page, do you alloud me?
Best regards for the good job done in here!
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Added Pencil, Synfig, and CreaToon, all free programs.
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I noticed you don't seem t have any Gimp tutorials specifically. A lot of users on Deviantart do use the Gimp, so it might be alright to get some.
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We do now! [link]
It's very short as of now... we're working on that...
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Oh, thanks a lot for letting me know.
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do you know where i could find a good tutorial about opencanvas 1.1 basics? i can't seem to find one anywhere.
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There's a couple good 1.1 tutorials (namely OpenCanvas, Version 1.1: An Online Guide and OpenCanvas v.1 Networking Tutorial (PDF file format) ) in the OpenCanvas Tutorial Section .
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I was curious to see an awesome picture when I randomly searched for my name. xD Really nice collection!
Oh, and I wanted to say that I quite recently uploaded another MS Paint tutorial that I find much better than my other one. ^^' Feel free to update? xD
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Also, I have a request for you. I want to split the MS Paint section off into a section of its own, and the only thing stopping me is that I don't yet have a preview image.
Might you have any MS Paint artwork I could use? (I would credit it of course.) If not, no worries; I'll find something.
Thanks again for letting me know about your new tutorial! I really appreciate it.
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^___^
A MS Paint section would be awesome. <3 Feel free to use anything you find in my gallery. ;D Everything except Kateya, Daydream and Dusk are all made with Paint. If none of them suits I'll be happy to draw something because I'm in such a mood for it these days ^___^
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Okay wait, Mightyena is somebody's too, lol. I think I'll take your "anything" literally and use Crash because he's quite eye-catching, if that's all right.
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Oh, but I also wanted to show you this recent one [link] I feel like it's one of my more serious MS Paint pictures in a super while. Might add background later. :3
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Ooo, that one's very cool!
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Sure, go ahead! ^^ I still think you should ask Kimmen, though. ;D
I'm really happy you're using my pics. <3 awesomeness.
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Oh, wow, thank you! Would it be okay if I used your newest picture, "Crash"? Since that's ~KimmenWolf 's character?
Or I can use Mightyena; he's pretty cool too.
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You should ask her about it, but I bet she'd be honoured. It's okay for me, anyway. ^^ And just go ahead and use Mightyena if you'd like. :3
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*sigh* You don't have that many MS Paint tutorials.
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Hmm, I'll have to work on that! If you find any good ones, note me or comment here and I'll add them.
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Alright! ^_^ Thanks for paying attention lol. I searched for awhile and got some really good ones.
[link] This one tells you how to make the lineart and get rid of the sketch in of your drawing in MS Paint. I really like this one.
[link] This one is about how to make eyes in MS Paint.
[link] This one gives a link to a tutorial about the basics of how to use MS Paint.
I hope you can put some of those up. And that you can find some more. Cause I am in deep help with MS Paint and the coloring.
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Also, if you search here on DA for "Microsoft Paint Tutorials" you should find a lot. I really need to add more... 
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Thanks so much for those suggestions! I've added them, plus a couple other tutorials that they linked to. Let me know if you find any more.
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Wow! You added alot more! Thank you soo much!
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And there's a lot more out there to add, too! 
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