Publisher's Description
From Smoothdraw:
SmoothDraw is an easy yet powerful freehand drawing tool. It produces the most smooth and expressive stroke through your tablet. It also smoothes mouse input for who don't have a tablet. A quantity of tools are provided for the tasks from basic drawing to image retouching.
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All versions:
3.6 starsout of 16 votes
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Current version:
3.6 starsout of 16 votes
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"Seemingly nice program; froze computer (vista)..."
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
This looked great for a simple project I had, didn't need high end graphics. Nice lines.
Cons
Doesn't work. At least not with Vista. Caused computer problems. Had to uninstall. Bummed, as I would have liked to use. Since unable to save, and with system problems, chose to quit quickly and restore. Hence the low rating.
Summary
I might have found the problems had I researched further initially, as I usually do. Might be good for you. Suggest research first.
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"Amazing how smoothly it works"
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
First i downloaded the beta which crashed by saving, so i looked up for the upgrade and got smoothdraw3. Freeware, runs smoothly SPECIALY with the bamboo wacom drawtablet , I have to say 'wow', fantastic, problem: shall i replace mspaint for this.
Cons
Printscreens are too big for the canvas,
Summary
quick start, lovely drawing with the wacom bamboo tablet, save files as jpg, png, gif, bmp, tiff , you can work with layers, and all for free that smoothdraw3, shall I use this instead of mspaint?
Find the artist in you, use smoothdraw3, eveybody can make drawings and painting now whitout handling difficult software. -
"Not impressed."
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
The installer works. The program starts up.
Cons
It's like a prettied-up version of MS Paint. The only real problem is that it doesn't really do more than MS paint. Tablet functionality did not work on my Gateway M285.
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"Not compatible with Vista"
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
It looks nice but if you have Vista, it's just a tease.
Cons
No workey with Vista. When I try to try to run File functions (save, open, etc.) I get a system error and the program crashes. Sometimes Task Manager cannot even kill the Smoothdraw task.
Summary
I cannot comment on the product as I am unable to use it in Vista.
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"Great Little tool to have to paint"
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
This is a better software to have then the paint that comes with Windows.
Excellent to touch up and great with Kids.
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Cons
Would like to see the colors blend.
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"Grain feature did not work for me."
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
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"Pretty OK except you cannot save anything"
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
I like the layout capabilities and tools and the fact that it is open source
Cons
I wasnt able to save anything that I had done
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"very good"
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
there`s a very good feel about this programme, they`ve made it easy- feeling.
Cons
better crop and resize would be great, but can`t complain- it`s free!
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"ahhh, how sweet it is!!! (zoom at bottom of canvas)"
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
This is another one of those excellent free products that keeps us loving & appreciating C/Net, lol ; ) When downloading I usually play a few rounds of solitarie while waiting, but not w/ SmoothDraw! The download & install was over before my card game pulled up, imagine that! And we all kno that some editing tools in popular programs don't quite do what it's meant too becoming sooo time-consuming, sometimes we end up opening other programs jus to get a simple yet much-needed outcome. Well! all tools & brushes in SmoothDraw give us surprising quality effects! Better yet, b/c it's customizable & so fun, like the energy-bunny we jus keep on going :) It's inspiring & it's simplicity helps newbies tremendously, encouraging everyone to be more creative! While we can't rely on this freebie version alone to create a million-dollar masterpeice, it does help when taking projects to the next level and it is an introduction to SmoothDraw 3.0.7100, which has much more capabilities, editing features, layers, blah blah ; ). I'll be downloading that too!
(note: It has a hard eraser & a soft eraser, nice! more free downloads from "help" page. Also a review states there isn't an ability to "zoom" . Not so. Zoom is at the bottom of canvass w/ a magnifying glass icon clear as day!)
Cons
NOTHING, considering it's already very useful, lite & free! it's all good, again THANK YOU :)
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"it's good, but no zoom or layers."
Version: SmoothDraw NX 3
Pros
i like that it has the save option, and works wonderfully with pressure sensitive tablets.
Cons
it's hard to get in lots of detail because there is no zoom option, you can't zoom in or out, it's frustrating. also you cannot create layers, which is no good. (it may have these features...maybe i just can't find them)
