This versatile software can export multi-page data for use online, in print, and for videos.

Photoshop CC is prominent in the design and photo processing industry, and many design schools use Photoshop to teach students. Many people also have created brushes and other materials to make the program more friendly to draw pictures with. There is a large community of artists from amateur to professional focusing on mainly design and photography. There are also many booksand websites that introduce Adobe Photoshop, but again, there is little information specializing in illustration and comics. You can ask questions on the community forum as well but topics are mainly related to design and photo processing. You can purchase a subscription from the official website, Adobe accepts payments through credit card, PayPal, and wire transfer.įor some issues, the Adobe support team can be contacted via their official contact form or a chat feature. Note: To use all the features, you must obtain an Adobe ID and register for the trial version.Ĭreative Cloud Photography Plan: $9.99 USD/month Photoshop CC requires some customization, so it is suitable for intermediate artists.ĭownload the full-feature seven-day trial version from the Free Trial Download page. Abundant in features, it is also useful for drawing illustrations. As an extra, I've included a set of 'Airbrush Pencils' which are my favorite brushes in SAI.A professional graphics software that’s popular with professional designers, photographers, and editors. (*) Update if you're having issues with the start-sai.exe, download this pack and extract it into your main SAI directory (where the SAI program is), the brushes should show up automatically next time you run SAI), they may overwrite your brush list but I've put them at the bottom so unless you have any brushes there, it shouldn't be any problem. I recommend using these brushes on A4 page size at 150 DPI and with stroke stabilizer at level 3 but use whatever you feel comfortable with.įeel free to adjust the pressure to your taste, some press harder than others so you may have to adjust.Ĭhange the Simple Circle to Flat and now you have a square tip shading pencil. Create a new 'Brush' and manually adjust the settings like you see here, you could also use the Marker, Watercolor, Airbrush. Run start-sai.exe to install the textures. Extract the RAR into your Paint Tool SAI folder (install 7zip if you don't have winRAR). Here are a couple of pencil brushes that I made for Paint Tool SAI in order to mimic graphite pencil, to install them follow these instructions*:

Paint tool sai 2 pencil brush