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PSA: I picked a free tablet app over a paid one for my webcomic and the line quality surprise got me
For the past two months I've been drawing a short webcomic about my cat's war against the mail lady, and I hit a wall picking my main drawing app. The paid one everyone raves about runs about $10 a month, and the free one has ads but no sub. I went with the free one mostly because I'm cheap, and honestly the brush engine on it feels smoother to me. The catch is the free version exports at a lower size, so my line art goes a little soft when I zoom in. I found a workaround by drawing at 3000px and scaling down when I export, and that pretty much fixed it. I posted page 4 to my little group chat last night and two people asked what program I used, which never happens. Now I'm wondering if the paid app is worth it just for the cleaner export, or if I should stay put and keep doing the scale down trick. Anyone here switch apps mid project and regret it, or did it work out?
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gavina7319d ago
So you're drawing your cat at 3000px just to beat an ad-supported app's export limit, that's a level of commitment the mail lady never asked for. Ten bucks a month versus a scale-down trick you already nailed, feels like the paid app is mostly selling you peace of mind you don't seem to need.
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