Black Ink vs Open Canvas 6

[Paul]

I was considering buying one of the two, which is a better program; which one do you prefer? If one over the other, what are the pros/cons? Thanks guys, I hope to get some responses soon!

[xyzt]

Originally posted by (HCA)Kristof:

I was considering buying one of the two, which is a better program; which one do you prefer? If one over the other, what are the pros/cons? Thanks guys, I hope to get some responses soon!

Both programs have their strength, neither is a better program.
I prefer OpenCanvas most of the time, as the image editing tools are very helpful.

OpenCanvas has the social network http://www.portalgraphics.net/pg/ that allows in many cases to download the artwork you like and play it back in Open Canvas so you can see how it was made and try to duplicate the art and techniques.

Black Ink has the freedom to create any brush you can wish for. That's the strength of Black Ink, and the reason to purchase it. The UI is smoother in Black Ink than it is in OpenCanvas. These two things are what is better in Black Ink than Open Canvas.

In virtually any and all areas I have not mentioned, Open Canvas is unquestionably stronger for the user.

[Paul]

Okay, thanks for the imformation! I appreciate it greatly. I do like the duplication technique, but I think I'm going to wait to hear from a couple of other responses as well to get an opinion from a couple of different people. But thanks again, this really helped clear up some questions I had.

[57]

I totally agree with southpawami and neither is a better program. In all honesty I have used BlackInk and Open canvas for only a small ammount of time though im not new to digital art. I'm sorry I can't give you a better reply with pro's and con's but I will say both apps are different to a degree. Personaly I found BlackInk awesome for concept work and Open canvas reminded me of Manga Studio. It all boils down to the type of work you wish to create, both apps should suit you well either way but only you can decide. Both have demo versions, I believe Open canvas has a very long lasting demo (or atleast it used too). Download the demo's and paint till they run out and then decide.

[Paul]

Okay thanks! I'll download them right now.

[Gwinda]

Hav you been looking at the open source options?

My Paint
http://mypaint.intilinux.com/

Alchemy
http://al.chemy.org/gallery/

[57]

Dont forget Krita: https://krita.org/download/krita-desktop/

thats free too

[Gwinda]

Originally posted by 5ifty7even:

Dont forget Krita: https://krita.org/download/krita-desktop/

thats free too

Didn't know this one, looks nice...

[Paul]

Wow thanks! I am glad that their are free programs as well!

[Gwinda]

Well, if you are looking for an illustrator replacement, I can recommend InkScape
https://inkscape.org/en/

[Paul]

Cool I will look into all of these!

[404_Not_Found]

Originally posted by southpawami:

Originally posted by (HCA)Kristof:

I was considering buying one of the two, which is a better program; which one do you prefer? If one over the other, what are the pros/cons? Thanks guys, I hope to get some responses soon!

Both programs have their strength, neither is a better program.
I prefer OpenCanvas most of the time, as the image editing tools are very helpful.

OpenCanvas has the social network http://www.portalgraphics.net/pg/ that allows in many cases to download the artwork you like and play it back in Open Canvas so you can see how it was made and try to duplicate the art and techniques.

Black Ink has the freedom to create any brush you can wish for. That's the strength of Black Ink, and the reason to purchase it. The UI is smoother in Black Ink than it is in OpenCanvas. These two things are what is better in Black Ink than Open Canvas.

In virtually any and all areas I have not mentioned, Open Canvas is unquestionably stronger for the user.

the last time I used black ink, I couldn't figure out how to make brushes that blend similar to SAI, and apparently a blending engine is not high on the priority list for implementation so it can't exactly make any brush you could wish for.

[Paul]

Ah okay thanks for the info.

[Dersh]

The one you really want is Corel Painter 2015, althought get ready to dish out a steep license cost of $399ish dollars but well worth it.

[Paul]

Okay I'll look into it

[xyzt]

One thing you should keep in mind is that once you get near that $200 dollar and greater range, your programs are going to expect you to have a $400 dollar wacom tablet of atleast medium size(tilt and especially pen rotation are costly features). Clip Studio Paint EX, Adobe Photoshop, and Corel Painter are examples of this type of mentality... you are simply losing value for the money you spent if you don't have a high end wacom tablet of adequate size.

Gwinda and 5ifty7even are right. There's plenty of OpenSource digital art options out there. krita and alchemy are really nice. MyPaint just kinda makes me long for the perfect GUI of ArtRage. You might consider looking to MangaLabo - http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/cl/ . It's rebranded now, but it's still got a no fluff interface from it's professional yesterdays. It used to be one of a few software in Japan that was used for commercial comic creation. If you're looking to do single page or multiple page illustration, using what professionals used to use to pay their rent isn't a bad way to go.