What photo painter software would you suggest?

I am a "Sunday Oil Painter" beyond a beginner stage. I would


like to work with transfering photos to my computer %26amp; then using oil painting computer technique to color.





What software program would you recommend %26amp; why?





How does a Wacom or similar box or tray apparatus fit into


this. Which one do you recommend?

What photo painter software would you suggest?
for actual painting art, programs like Pianter are better for designing from scratch then programs like photoshop which is more for retouching and editing photos, but can still be used for artwork, you can try both, make sure you have system requirements for any, usually modern computer are ok,


Corel Painter X


http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/u...





Adobe - Photoshop,


http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/...





there are other painting tools, and may be best to try them to find something you can work well with,


portalgraphics openCanvas


http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/


Paint tool SAI


http://detstwo.com/pub/saia5-eng/


Pixarra : TwistedBrush


http://www.pixarra.com/





other photo programs, and utilities,


Ulead PhotoImpact


http://www.ulead.com/pi/runme.htm


Corel Paint Shop Pro


http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/u...


Portrait Professional


http://www.portraitprofessional.com/


PhotoLine 32: Image Processing


http://www.pl32.com/





freeware tools you can try and work with,


Gimp ~photo editor,


http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.h...


ArtRage 2


http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown...


Artweaver


http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_ver...


Pixia


http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/





as for wacom tablets or adesso , they do help user to convey their drawing by hand to screen more accurately then a mouse


Wacom Intuos3


http://www.wacom.com/intuos/


Graphics Tablet


http://www.adesso.com/products_detail.as...


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Reply:I have Corel Painter X and I like it and find it easy to use. It is very effective.