crumpled paper, smooth paper, wrinkled tin foil, etc.), as well as special effects, custom brushes and basic digital editing tools.Īn example of the painting tools in ArtRage 4: Gloop Pen, Airbrush, Glitter, Ink Pen, Pencil, Oil Brush, Watercolor, Paint Tube, Paint Roller, Pastel/Chalk, Pencil, Felt PenĪrtRage is designed to be as realistic as possible. Other tools include tracing, smearing, blurring, mixing, symmetry, different types of paper for the "canvas" (i.e.
Its mediums include tools such as oil paint, spray paint, pencil, acrylic, and others, using relatively realistic physics to simulate actual painting. It is designed to be used with a tablet PC or graphics tablet, but it can be used with a regular mouse as well. ArtRage 5 was announced for January 2017 and finally released in February 2017. It caters to all ages and skill levels, from children to professional artists. It is currently in version 6, and supports Windows, macOS and mobile Apple and Android devices and is available in multiple languages. Ink Pen: Taper Bias (direction), Square Head.ArtRage is a bitmap graphics editor for digital painting created by Ambient Design Ltd.They should work exactly the same way as they do in ArtRage 5, with the exception of the ‘Traditional Inking Marker’ Felt Pen Preset, which uses a custom stylus property.ĪrtRage Lite does not support the following settings used in the ArtRage 5 presets: The Airbrush presets also heavily rely on custom stylus properties to use stylus pressure to control size, hardness, and drip spread, so very few of them will work in ArtRage Lite, and the presets will look no different from the default Airbrush.ĪrtRage Lite fully supports the presets for the Gloop Pen, Watercolor Brush and Felt Pen. ArtRage Lite does support live tilt, but does not allow custom stylus properties, so it cannot be disabled. Many of these will not work properly in ArtRage Lite because it does not support Taper Bias or disabling live stylus tilt.įor example, the Ink Pen does not support Live Tilt in ArtRage 4, so the rotation angle is always fixed. They will mostly work in ArtRage 4, but not all options are available for all tools. Unsupported Features: Custom Stylus PropertiesĬustom stylus settings will not work in ArtRage Lite. These presets are fully compatible with the free ArtRage 5 demo, so if you are not sure a preset is behaving as intended, you can always download the demo and test it there. If you are using ArtRage 4, you will be able to use almost all presets in the full ArtRage 5 brush pack without problems. If you are using ArtRage Lite, download ArtRage Lite brush pack, which contains only supported presets. Note: Toolboxes are only supported in ArtRage 4 and 5. Open the menu in the Toolbox and choose ‘Load Toolbox’.
After installing the package file, go to View > Toolbox Panel.You can customize the toolbox to add or remove resources and save your own version. The Toolbox lets you collect all the presets in one menu, instead of having to search through different tools. All presets installed in versions 5.0 onwards (both Lite and the full ArtRage 5), will be available in any other version 5 installation automatically (so you can switch between Lite, the demo, and ArtRage 5, without needing to reinstall any presets). Once installed, you can browse to the custom resources folders and copy individual presets for use in other editions of ArtRage (e.g. Your computer should automatically open ArtRage. Go to File > Install Package File and browse to the.Open ArtRage (Lite, 4, 5, or the ArtRage 5 demo).A Toolbox lets you collect shortcuts to different tool presets and other resources in a single menu.Installing Package File (‘Inking Presets.arpack’)Ī package file lets you collect various resources into a single file and then install them automatically into ArtRage.