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Post by ellietaylorartist on Aug 7, 2014 3:51:00 GMT
Autodesk just released the latest version of SketchBook Pro for the PC today. Most of the changes have to do with adding animation functions. They have also added pespective guides, a new transform function, several more layer modes, and a few more changes. It is $65 for the full version and $45 for the upgrade. I haven't really had time to play around with it yet, but it looks just fine on my Note Pro 12.2 when I'm hooked to my desktop PC via Splashtop. I hope now they will do an update for the android app. I really wish they would add blending brushes to it and a record function.
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Post by HertsJoaTMoN on Aug 8, 2014 10:38:02 GMT
Best part about this release is that you can get the essentials version for free if you register with Autodesk.
Will be trying it out on my Surface over the weekend
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Post by ellietaylorartist on Aug 8, 2014 16:15:18 GMT
Which Surface tablet did you get, 2 or 3? Now you can get Painter X3 and ArtRage 4 too. ArtRage is not very expensive and is a lot of fun! The price of Painter X3 has gone down somewhat. The NVIDIA shield tablet is getting good reviews so it might be a valid replacement for your Note 8. I did like the Tegra 3 chip in the ASUS TF300T and the new one in the Shield is supposed to be even faster. It would probably work fine as a sketching tablet.
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Post by HertsJoaTMoN on Aug 11, 2014 9:26:48 GMT
I have a second hand Pro 2 with 512GB SSD and 8GB RAM. Tried Sketchbook essentials over the weekend (free alternative to Sketchbook Pro 7 with only a few functions missing) and am enjoying the experience with my Wacom Bamboo Feel sylus. The per supplied with the tablet is ok for taking notes but not up to much drawing.
ArtRage is on my short list for the future. Looks great for replicating natural media in an easy to use interface. I'm sticking with the sketchbook and clip studio paint (Manga Studio) for now though.
I've been looking at the NVIDIA shield ever since you posted about it. It's top of my wish list now. I love the size, the power, the screen resolution and the front facing speaker. Its a little heavy and the battery life isnt that impressive but they are small prices to pay for that processing power and performance. Just need a spare £300 to get the 32GB version. It will probably be closer to christmas before I get one then. Still dont have an update from the insurance company about my stolen goods so I have to plan as if I'm not getting any compensation. I could never fully abandon Android. I have too much money investing in the app store for a start! haha. Also the Windows app store is less than impressive. While im sure windows programmes will become more suitable for touch devices at the moment I still prefer my old android apps for my computing on the move.
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Post by ellietaylorartist on Aug 11, 2014 17:27:48 GMT
ArtRage released 4.5 for the PC today. It has 64 bit support, a new grid system, and several improvements. I can't get on the website right now to find out all the improvements because it crashed (probably because everyone is trying to get their update, lol). I used to have trouble with lag for high resolution files, but that seems to be much better now. If you have ArtRage 4, you can get the update for free. The regular price is around $49 ( not sure what it is in England, but it is probably reasonable) or if you have an older version the upgrade is half off the full price. The ArtRage team says they are still working on the android version. They had a big fight on the forum, lol, because some people are getting impatient with them. Being a beta tester for Infinite Painter gives me an idea of what issues they must be facing. I actually seem to make better paintings in Infinite Painter and it has the toothbrush splatter feature that I like better than ArtRage's spatter brushes. However, ArtRage is fun and I look forward to the android release. I have heard a lot of people say that the Windows app store doesn't have much which is why I haven't gotten a windows tablet (and like you, I also have lots of money tied up in android apps, lol). The NVIDIA tablet is also supposed to be great for gaming and you can use it with gaming consoles.
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Post by HertsJoaTMoN on Aug 12, 2014 13:38:33 GMT
I'd never be able to ditch the PC fully for gaming as I like keyboard and mouse input too much for 3rd and 1st person games and cant get the same speed and accuracy with a control pad. The FragFX range of controllers comes close, but its still not the same.
I have Android running on my surface pro 2 now, but it really abuses the CPU and only runs as good as a Galaxy S3. It's better than nothing though.
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Post by ellietaylorartist on Aug 12, 2014 15:31:18 GMT
It's neat that you can run android on your windows tablet. I guess it makes sense cause you can put Linux on your PC and android is based on it. Have you tried any painting apps like Clover Paint? I guess that's not as important since you can use big high powered programs like Painter X3 and SketchBook anyway. ASUS has some hybrid windows/android tablets, but I don't know how good they are and I don't think they have pens.
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Post by HertsJoaTMoN on Aug 13, 2014 7:51:30 GMT
Not tried any art apps on it yet. As you say, I think Windows has more powerful programmes for that kind of thing and running apps through android via a virtual computer is very in efficient and processor intensive.
Quite a few of the apps I tried last night did not work. However I have discovered another way to run Android that would be native to the machine rather than through a virtual machine (that has to emulate a tablet processor).
I'm hoping I can create a bootable USB 3 flash drive with Android x86 4.4.2 on it, but i've yet to purchase the thumb drive or download the files I need yet. To be continued...
I saw lots of articles about hybrid machines during my research and that most of them had been cancelled due to opposition of such devices by both Microsoft and Google, but since there are more android devices coming out "powered by intel", it means the modding community have a better starting point interms of porting it over to more devices.
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