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::: What is PD Artist?
PD Artist is an entry-level digital drawing and paint software program for PC running Windows, powered by Project Dogwaffle. The current version is based on a subset of PD Pro 3 (roughly at the stage of v3.2 with a bunch of features removed to make it simpler and easier to download).
It's a great companion to your existing other, popular paint shop or photo editing tools and image editors, free image viewers, and of course also for 3D tools. It is also an excellent way to try something new without going broke: For just about the cost of a good meal, you can get and try PD Artist.
Note that PD ARtst was not designed for WIndows Vista, but there's a good chance it will work fine as long as you install it and run it as Administrator. Give it a try, and if it doesn't work and we can't help you fix it, you have our 30-days moneyback guarantee.
Is this is your very first real digital painting program? If you like it, you might later want to move up to PD Pro 3.5 or 4 and beyond. We offer great discount coupons so you don't spend the money again you already did. Just contact us if you have questions.
While PD Artist isn't as full-featured as PD Pro (and in some ways even than the earlier version 2.1b of Project Dogwaffle), it still has a tremendous number of features and tools, as you can see in this screenshot with many of its floating palettes and tools open:
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The interface is fully
customizeable. The above display is a bit unusual and not meant to
imply a particular way of using PD Artist. More likely, you'll open
floating tool palettes only as you need them, to maximize the available
screen and image size.
There's also a little bit of animation capability, but the main focus is on digital painting and making it fun and as fast as realtime. But you can certainly combine the two uses: matte painting on image sequences, for example.
There's also a little bit of animation capability, but the main focus is on digital painting and making it fun and as fast as realtime. But you can certainly combine the two uses: matte painting on image sequences, for example.
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::: PD Artist vs. PD Pro - What's Different?
PD Pro is where you really, eventually will want to be, once you've come to realize what fun already lies in PD Artist and yet how much more can be done with PD Pro (which is also ready for use under Vista). It's not that much more expensive to go Pro, but it can still be a stretch for some starving artists, students and retirees/hobbyists. Therefore we made PD Artist as a first way into the wonderful world of digital painting with Project Dogwaffle.
You can find a demo/trial version for free downloading of PD Pro in the Demozone
Note: After we receive your order, you will see an email containing a discount coupon which you can use in case you wish to upgrade to PD Pro thereafter. The coupon can be used to recoup most of your original cost from PD Artist.
The table below is a brief summary, and of course there's more to it. PD Pro continues to evolve at a faster pace, with more tools and speed enhancements coming regularly, even from 3rd-party developers making plugins.
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Layers |
Swap mixing |
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Image browser |
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Batch processing |
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Twain |
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Filters |
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Scan frames |
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Stroke player |
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Exposure sheet |
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Brush keyframer |
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Cut/copy/paste frames |
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Time stretch |
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Video fields support |
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Realtime playback |
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Particle painting |
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Particles w/shrinking lines |
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Particles w/Alpha |
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Particles w/Forcefields |
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Post process brush fx |
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Alpha Channel |
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Animation |
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Animation Light table (onion skins) |
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Timeline editor with Animated Filters |
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Load/Save animation as AVI |
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Load/Save animation as image sequence |
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Free LUA scripting Plugin |
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Penny Plugin for enhanced Cartooning & Line art |
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::: Recommended System Configuration:
- Operating System:
Windows XP recommended. Earlier versions may also work, such as Windows
98 or
2000, but have not been tested as much. Still, they should work ok. If
you are on a Mac/Intel you should be able to run your Windows CD under Parallels for Mac
- System Memory:
at least 128 MB RAM available, preferably 256 MB or more
recommended.
- Disk Space: 20 MB
- Graphics: a video card set to 1024x768 or higher resolution, and 24-bit or better (truecolor) depth. No 3D acceleration needed, all display rendering is done in software and with MMX and through GDI.
- Processor Type: MMX-enabled Intel Pentium 2/3/4 type or AMD equivalent, 1 GHz speed recommended, although it has been seen to work satisfactorily on slower processors too. One of our tests was successfully done on a Windows 95 SR2 based K6 MMX system at 200 MHz with just 64 MB RAM ! but as you can guess, it was no fun....
::: How to Order
To purchase PD Artist, go to the sales page
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Got a Mac? Want to Paint and Draw with PD Artist on a Mac? If you have one of those new Macs based on Intel processors (also known as the Mac/Intel), then you can run Windows and Linux on it too. There are several solutions for this, such as:
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