OT: Art Proggie for kids?

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Mike_Wells
Jun 4, 2004
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Hello all,
A little off topic here, but I figured some people in the business might have some suggestions for a decent art program for an 8-year old. I think he’s past the point of MSPaint being useful, but he definitely isn’t to the PS or Illustrator phase, I am thinking about something in between, but don’t want to just close my eyes and randomly pick one.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Mike Wells

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dave_milbut
Jun 4, 2004
Photoshop Elements <http://www.adobe.com/products/pselementsalbum/main.html> has most of the power and more friendly features than the full program, and is much cheaper.
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Nona_Pearson
Jun 5, 2004
Free program mentioned here
Jim Coe "A new free tool for your toolbox" 3/24/04 10:25am </cgi-bin/webx?13/0> is pretty cool.
MW
Mike_Wells
Jun 5, 2004
Thanks for the suggestions guys… Artrage looks simple enough for him to get the hang of it, and I’ll check out Elements too! If anyone else has any other suggestions, feel free to add them, but these two might just do the trick!!

Thanks again for the help, that’s why I love these boards, there’s a ton of answers out there, no matter how difficult(Or simple) my question!
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Gary_Hummell
Jun 5, 2004
Mike, I am a stay-at-home dad who has reared two kids and my suggestion is to involve your kids in traditional media like ink and paint. As much as I respect the digital medium, working with traditional materials is unique. It is much easier for a traditional artist to embrace digital skills than the other way around.

Gary
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Mike_Wells
Jun 5, 2004
That’s always an option, but I have no skill myself at traditional art. When I use a ruler, my straight lines lookk like spirals!! I CAN use digital art programs, though, so at least there I can give tips…

I DO have a friend who is a painter(We have one of his paintings in our house), and I take the kids every time he has a new gallery opening, so maybe he can help… I’m just happy that I can pry both of them away from Spongebob and that other garbage they call kids’ programming long enough to expose them to stuff like this.
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Susan_S.
Jun 5, 2004
My seven year old daughter liked the free copy of Painter classic that came with my Wacom tablet. Now I’ve got CS she wants my copy of Elements too..
Susan S
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Bart_Tieman
Jun 9, 2004
Ulead Photo Express 2.0 . It’s a nice and simple program, but it’s purdy good.
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Bill_Lamp
Jun 9, 2004
Gary,

I agree with learning traditional methods and then moving on to digital. All you have to see just how true that is is to see the results people, with no knowledge of photography, crank out with digital cameras. Many have no idea of what depth of field, proper exposure, shutter speed, and ASA/ISO are OR are for. I doubt most of them know what a tripod is used for other than as something to rest a camera on while you walk away from it.

In photography, I have always recommended a basic first course and a film SLR. While I now use both a Nikon N-90 and Fuji-S2, I sure wouldn’t be where I am now without having put MANY rolls of film over many years through the old Nikormat-FTN.

As for just where I am in photography… Unless directly asked lets just leave it as accepted, by the people in this part of the state who are professionals, as being good at what I do and still learning.

Bill

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