Paint Software

In addition to the commercial-grade, relatively expensive image editing and paint programs like Adobe® Photoshop® and Corel® Painter™ X, there are a number of free or low cost alternatives that have suitable functionality for drawing your storyboards.

While the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program, www.gimp.org) is the current open source option for image editing, my personal favorite is a program called ArtRage, a natural media painting application from Ambient Design, a New Zealand-based graphics software company. The full edition of the software is available for Windows and Macintosh computers from http://www.ambientdesign.com for only $25.

If you have ever worked with real media (pastels, oil paints, etc.), you will find that ...

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