Anyone who can paint can draw but not everyone who can draw can paint so I would suggest that you get SBP instead because it allows you to draw and paint. ArtRage is a fine tool but all it does is paint. Let's see you do that with Photoshop! One other reviewer suggested that ArtRage was cheaper so you should buy that. Whether you're a seasoned pro or a digital newbie, the simple-to-use interface will have you up and drawing in 10 minutes. I know there are SketchBook fans here and they'll probably bag this review, but I'm sticking with my opinion. Aside from the administrator's first post in June 2010 (it's the end of August 2010 now) there wasn't a single post. So I went to the SketchBook forums to pose my questions.

I called Autodesk's customer support with a couple questions and they just told me to go to the forums. I thought it took up a lot of real estate for what it was. I also wasn't that impressed with it's 'lagoon' toolbar. If you're expecting any kind of conventional drawing package features such as shapes etc. I suppose this is good provided you are ONLY sketching and don't ever want to change the color (or line thickness etc) after you've lifted the pen and seen what you've got. I also had the desire to drop down some text on my freehand technical drawing sketch but there is no way to enter text! I get that it'll be converted to pixels and not editable afterwards, but still. There is a way to draw ovals, but it's pretty obtuse and no other kind of shape at all is supported. you can't change the color! As previously reported in the MacUpdate reviews, there is no way to draw any kind of rectangle. I drew some random squiggle and then decided I wanted it to be a different color.

However, I'm way frustrated at the lack of some bog-simple features. As far as scribbling and painting is concerned, this is an OK tool.

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