Its the reason why people buy the program. if that ever happens you could guarantee sales would plummet, the program needs to bolster its differentiator, continually improve and perfect it. ArtRage would falter if other developers catch up and provide real media simulation which trumps that of ArtRage. Mind you those extra features should be added to teh extent they are convenient for its core consumers who cherish ArtRage for it's focus on real media as long as the resources required to do so does not result in neglect of the improvements to the core strengths of ArtRage. those parts of PhotoShop and Corel Painter are not what ArtRage is about. ArtRage does not, could not, and should not try to compete in that market. Other programs offer many tools for digital manipulation, often very sophisticated, powerful, and offering snazzy effects. the look, feel, performance, and accuracy of real media simulation. If you ask me, they should spend time on improving on the strengths of the package. Why not you ask? Isn't real media and how paint behaves on the canvas the central selling point and strength of ArtRage? No idea, and YES it is. Having a top notch blending engine is apparently not one of ArtRage's priorities and you likely will not see any improvements. ![]() That seems to be the excuse anyway.īottom line, don't hold your breath. They've also implied that even current computer platforms would be too slow to implement a blending engine that actually works. I have asked that this be addressed and fixed but apparently they do not believe it is important enough to fix, or they cant figure out how to fix it given their current paint volume mixing algorithms. What you are noticing are essentially oversaturation artifacts of the ArtRage blending engine. My statements in this thread are outdated. NOTE: With the advent of the custom brush in AR5, blending with paint, and with depth (AR6) has improved markedly. Love 4, but this blending thing (and maybe better watercolors) would be just awesome. When is ArtRage 5 coming? I can't wait to see what improvements it brings. If I could combine ArtRage oils and Corel Painter blending into one, it would make the perfect pair. Anyone else have a problem with this? Corel Painter does a good job blending like this, but it's missing those great ArtRage brush strokes and textures. In the next version of ArtRage (and I hope that's soon!), I'd love to have oil brush blenders that just blend two colors together without creating new colors, if that makes sense. If I blend light brown and dark brown together, the colors start to turn very reddish, nothing like I intended. I have tried selecting and deselecting "real color blending", but that didn't make a difference. However I'd love to have a blender that does not create new colors when blending two together, while still maintaining that brush-stroke look. I understand that if I blend yellow and blue together I get green in real life. For example I'll try to blend blue and grayish blue, and Artrage starts to create cayan, spreading it to other parts of the image where I'm blending. Some colors when blended together, produce undesired results. ![]() ![]() I love, love, love Artrage for oil painting, but when it comes to blending, it becomes very frustrating. I'm using Wacom Cintiq Companion (1st version) and Windows 8.1.
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