
You dont get the Copic colors, you only get a few brushes and you dont have access to make your own brushes. Express is a very limited version of Pro. As the UI was designed from the ground up to be extremely easy to learn and it is. Artrage will not disappoint and is by far the easiest to learn and work with. Although the custom brush system in Artrage isn't quite as good as the others mentioned. Although it does non realistic very well also (by non realistic I mean photoshop, krita, sketchbook style digital painting). Even Corel painter doesnt come close to it (you can google it). It simulates watercolor better than any painting software period. Its an absolutely killer painting program that is designed from the ground up to be a realistic paint program.

If you want realistic painting feel go with Artrage. And devs please chime in if I'm under selling the current version of Gemini vs the free version. But supporting the devs is always a cool thing to do as it allows them to make a great program even greater. So if your not worried about touch you can buy sketchbook and download krita for free. as of right now the only difference between the paid version and free is the paid version has touch support(could be wrong been a while since I looked into the differences). As far as realistic painting feel they are very similar. Krita is a better program with a lot more features. Does Krita have that realistic painting feel? We'll also be updating the store with more information and a demo of the simpler Sketch interface soon.Originally posted by wburton72:What about brushes? Autodesk says that Sketchbook brushes are made to simulate realistic brushes with your tablet.

You can grab a copy of the free Krita Desktop [to see how you get on before making a decision on the enhanced Gemini version on Steam - we'd love to hear your views :) You may find a workflow which works for you and uses the strengths of each? :)

Krita supports a wide variety of file formats, including OpenRaster (ORA)Īdmittedly this is all still somewhat subjective, and things may have changed with the most recent releases of SAI.Krita has better transformation tools, as well as assistants.Krita has a large selection of filters (you can even assign a filter to a layer to change those underneath).Krita allows more control of layers, letting you nest them, apply filter masks and lock editing.Artists have really enjoyed using Krita for painting, thanks to the variety and number of brushes provided as standard (and you can create or download more!).Krita is more complex and has deeper functionality - admittedly this does mean you might need a little more time to learn all of its functions and get used to different key-bindings etc.We asked some artist friends with experience in both and they suggested the following:
