- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Some features disabled); $25.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: April 02, 2008
- Total Downloads: 248,945
- Downloads last week: 517
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 105 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If it's time to take your sketchbook digital, check out this freehand-drawing app. ArtRage doesn't use preset shapes; instead, you can adjust the opacity, the width, and the color of each drawing tool. BMP, JPEG, or PNG files can be imported as ghosted images, allowing you to trace shapes and fill them in.
You can hide all the palettes with a right click to get more drawing area, then unhide them to switch brushes or colors. We didn't have a drawing tablet, but the speed of our mouse strokes seemed to affect how thickly the tool applied the medium. ArtRage allows you to send your masterpieces via e-mail or export them to the same BMP, JPEG, or PNG formats.
The interface isn't perfect, as the lack of tool tips made selecting a tool more a matter of guesswork than a choice. But despite this minor flaw, ArtRage provides an enjoyable drawing experience.
Publisher's description
From Ambient Design :ArtRage Starter Edition is a simple, stylish, and easy-to-use painting tool that lets you play with realistic paints on your computer. Using real world painting tools such as oil paints, pencils, felt pens and more you can create your own paintings or load in photographs as Tracing Images to recreate them by hand, letting ArtRage select the colors for you so that you can focus on the brush strokes.
Version 2.5.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.5.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.7 stars out of 105 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: ArtRage 2.5.2
Pros: Nice interface and brushes, this software is really stable and entertained.
Cons: Some function are limited, but it is free.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ArtRage 2.5.2
"very very very nice
very very very nice"Pros: easy to use .. and you can do so much with it
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ArtRage 2.5.2
"Beautiful. The tools are quite life-like."
Pros: I'm having a blast creating art!
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Version: ArtRage 2.5.2
Pros: I like the textures of the canvas, brushes etc... The palette knife is a wonderful tool and, in spite of the limitations it can still create really cool stuff.
Cons: The limtations...
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Version: ArtRage 2.5.2
"Awesome easy to use program * Artists pro to beginner"
Pros: Extremely creative program for all artists. Works well on my mini dell netbook and my pc. No problems with the program. I am an artist and this program brings out the creative blocks when I need it and is a pleasure to use.
Cons: The only negative is that I immediately wanted to buy the full version right away and couldn't at the time.
Summary: I have found it is easy to load and install and has had no problems whatsoever. It has many features to play around with that are virtually trouble free. Expands the imagination and very easy to use for beginners and pros alike...
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