The way you use this toolbar soon becomes second nature when painting in the app. Sketchbook Pro is far far greater than Sketchbook Express.infact Express isnt even worth mentioning next to Krita, Artrage, or any other good paint program.īut they are all great programs it just depends on you and what you want to do.In fact, you may as well turn the top toolbar off, because everything is accessible from the bottom bar. You dont get the Copic colors, you only get a few brushes and you dont have access to make your own brushes. Express is a very limited version of Pro. As the UI was designed from the ground up to be extremely easy to learn and it is. Artrage will not disappoint and is by far the easiest to learn and work with. Although the custom brush system in Artrage isn't quite as good as the others mentioned. Although it does non realistic very well also (by non realistic I mean photoshop, krita, sketchbook style digital painting). Even Corel painter doesnt come close to it (you can google it).

It simulates watercolor better than any painting software period. Its an absolutely killer painting program that is designed from the ground up to be a realistic paint program. If you want realistic painting feel go with Artrage. And devs please chime in if I'm under selling the current version of Gemini vs the free version. But supporting the devs is always a cool thing to do as it allows them to make a great program even greater. So if your not worried about touch you can buy sketchbook and download krita for free. as of right now the only difference between the paid version and free is the paid version has touch support(could be wrong been a while since I looked into the differences). As far as realistic painting feel they are very similar. Krita is a better program with a lot more features. Does Krita have that realistic painting feel? Originally posted by wburton72:What about brushes? Autodesk says that Sketchbook brushes are made to simulate realistic brushes with your tablet.

Painting with autodesk sketchbook