*Official*Free Art Software Compendium

[dfacto]

2d:

The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/

Artrage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

Deep Paint 2.0 - http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3...-10398243.html

Open Canvas 1.1 - http://home.cwru.edu/~nxl25/downloads/opencanvas.exe



3d:

Blender - http://blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html

Wings 3d - http://www.wings3d.com/


If you know more, please post the name and link, and make sure it is actually free, and not a trial.

[DN]

Good Idea. I haven't tried all these, but I've heard people mention them before. Here's a few more I can think of off the top of my head.

2d
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Paint.Net - Requires .net on windows and is improving all the time. At the very least, it has layer support. I think they're working on tablet support.

Pixia - Haven't used it before, but designed more for painting, I believe.

Inkscape - Free Vector drawing program.

Easytoon - basic black and white animations. Alt. Link - http://www.dualtranslations.org/nyuu/easytoon.zip

3d
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Art of Illusion - don't know much about it except that's it's free and for 3d an animation.

Maya - learning edition is also free, but puts a watermark on all your images and uses a special fileformat. Also not supposed to use it for commercial stuff.

[rishkid]

For some reason Gimp isn't opening on my comp. I have tried so hard. But, could someone know wht the problem is? if so, please do tell me! Thnx!

[gzus]

Oh man, dude...GIMP's open source. That means there's a LOT of reasons it could not be opening. My guess would be you didn't install the runtime environment, or you didn't get a compiled version of the software; if those things are in order, consult the GIMP FAQs. There's a lot that can go wrong.

[rishkid]

I did install runtime before Gimp and then i got confused becuz it wont open. i downloaded it form download.com. I'm sad it isnt opening...I guess i'll have to consult the Gimp's FAQ.

[Dwee dee(3d)]

Originally Posted by rishkid I did install runtime before Gimp and then i got confused becuz it wont open. i downloaded it form download.com. I'm sad it isnt opening...I guess i'll have to consult the Gimp's FAQ.

This should solve all your gimp installation troubles for now

go here->http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

-you pretty much want to get everything but the animation package (you'll need the help file too just in case)

-I know the gimp site's kinda easy to get lost in so that's why I responded... (try both gtk installations just in case)

[darkreaver]

Originally Posted by dfacto Open Canvas 1.1 - http://home.cwru.edu/~nxl25/downloads/opencanvas.exe

hahaha...that's still linked to my old site =0 ....maybe I should delete those files sometime...the file is also available here:

Open Canvas 1.1 - http://www.darkreaver.com/downloads/opencanvas.exe

also,

Warpaint 1.36b (as of 1/14/06)- http://www.warpaint.se/?s=download

an opencanvas addon, comes with opencanvas 1.1. Allows for increased stability in collaborations, as well as public server features, and other things.

[rishkid]

YAY! gimp finally works on my comp. WOOHOO!!!!!!!!

and sorry, but i dont know any free software. I know all the software thats like, above $100. oh well...

[DN]

http://www.polykarbonbbs.com/pkfiles...iewer11b13.zip

I forgot to mention I put the opencanvas script viewer utility on pk a while back, so here's the link for that. It's a separate app that lets you playback wpe files for the 1.1 version. You kind of have to guess at the buttons since it's supposed to be in Japanese, but it's not too hard to figure out.

[aido179]

i got open canvas a while back, it took too long to figure out so i just deleted it.

pivot is a good program for stick animations, and itrs really easy to use.

[KuroNekoSama]

How is open canvas difficult to figure out, once I set it to english it was easy as pie and i love it to death.

Teriffic thanks for all the links ^_^ greatly helpful

[jdcooke1]

Hello, i just came across this website and found the tutorials very useful....

I just wanted to give a heads-up to a nice little FREE tool for converting raster images to vector images (ie: EPS) works with Linux and Windows. It can be found here: http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/

I love want it does - can improve the look of your line art considerably.

thanks
jdc

[fpg]

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

small Painter-esque program. interface of the current build reflects the programmer's influence

[gmpilot]

I just want to say that pixia is a very good free lineart program, but a horrid coloring program.

[Non Existent IBW]

Hey fellas is there an open canvas for mac?

[hezzart]

'JANUS' I know what you're thinking, very awkward name. Just a smooth simple drawing app.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/ais/

Originally Posted by Non Existent IBW Hey fellas is there an open canvas for mac?

I am wondering the very same thing.

[DN]

Saw these posted over at conceptart. Figured I would share here, but I haven't really tried them yet.

Sai: http://www.systemax.jp/sai/
All in Japanese and the free version may only be a trial, but some of the people at conceptart seemed to like it.

Twisted Brush: http://www.pixarra.com/download.html
The 3.5 version is free, but the newer one is not.

[Valerockz]

Paint.Net

http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/

This is a good program for those of you that can't be bothered spending money on photoshop.
Great Program!!

[Gamerdork]

Google just came out with sketch up http://sketchup.google.com/ its pretty easy to use too.

[hezzart]

I noticed Hamachi wasn't included in this thread yet, for OC.