Article: To Draw and Paint Maps, Revisited [2018]

[J.Edward]

You can view the page at https://www.cartographersguild.com/c...Revisited-2018

[Neyasha]

Thanks for this interesting article!

I have a long love-hate relationship with Gimp and I'm tempted to give Pixelmator and/or Affinity Photo a try. The main reason I still stick to Gimp is not only that it's free, but also that there are loads of tutorials here - and sometimes you can work with Photoshop tutorials as well. Does anyone have experiences with Pixelmator and Affinity Photo in this regard?

[kacey]

This is great J! I've started playing around with some of the apps I hadn't heard of before, thanks for the list.

Neyasha, I used pixelmator on the iPad quite a bit before I had Photoshop, it's pretty good though I'm not sure about the desk top version. The iPad version wasn't great for painting I used it mostly for selecting and they have a nice liquefy tool. I would use procreate for painting which I love (procreate is my absolute favorite painting app) then pixelmator for making adjustments.

I also gave Affinity Photo an honest try and I absolutely hated it, it's good for editing photos and making adjustments and that sort of thing but for painting absolutely not. If I were only editing photos and nothing else I think it's useable but I would never recommend it for painting, it's just not there yet.

[Laomedon]

I've also used Paint Shop Pro for maps; it has many of the same features as Photoshop, at a fraction of the cost. (The list price is $99, but if you're patient, they tend to offer pretty steep discounts just before they release a new version.)

[Neyasha]

Thanks, kacey! When it comes to painting I love Artrage - so mostly I'm looking for layer styles, masks, filter, etc.
As there are free trials for both Affinity Photo and Pixelmator I will perhaps try both of them.

[Azélor]

Very useful article! I used medibang on my phone and it was aweful. The problem is not much the software but also the size of the screen, it is a serious limitation unless you have the big ones that don't fit in the pocket. It is useful to take written notes or to draw concepts but not much else.

[ChickPea]

Thanks for this article. I haven't heard of some of these apps, but it's always nice to have new things to try, especially on Linux.

[J.Edward]

I'm glad people are finding it helpful. I was surprised by some of these apps when I ran across them.
There are some really cool options out there.

[Voolf]

Thank you J.E.

I never heard of some of those. I will check them out

[Ilanthar]

Thanks a lot! It's more than helpful : I would never have heard of Krita without your previous one.
I'm actually very impressed by the number of available softwares... and I almost never heard of those except Corel Painter.