Painting on the PC: The right accessories and best software

If you haven’t tried your hand at painting yet due to lack of space, you can rest assured: You don’t necessarily need a canvas, brushes, and colors to express your artistic creativity. You can also paint with a (tablet) PC — and you don’t need half as much space. It’s also easier to get over failures and even correct them when painting digitally. In this guide, we tell you everything you need for painting on a PC. The necessary accessories: Tablet, pen, and software If you have a notebook or a PC with a touch display, you can start painting straight away. Simply open any graphics program such as Paint or Paint.net and paint around on the display with your finger. The results will not be particularly artistic. But it’s enough to keep children busy for a while. However, if you want to paint and draw seriously on a PC, you need three things above all: The right software for painting with different types of brushes, colors, and other options A tablet that can be operated with a pen and then serves as a canvas, so to speak A stylus that works with the tablet and with which you can use the different types of brushes in the software Samsung offers different styluses for tablets and smartphones. Be sure to check compatibility when purchasing. With Aircommand, you can customize functions and commands to suit your needs. Samsung The stylus in particular is the crux of the matter here, as not every stylus works with every tablet in such a way that... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2024-02-13 12:30:00 UTC ]

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