About This Software Available on Steam for the first time, PD Howler 9.6 is THE ultimate graphics and animation tool for all micro indie development studios.Developing games has never been easier, but developing visually stunning games can be extremely expensive and out reach for all but the most fortunate studios. With PD Howler 9.6, even the smallest one-man development studios can now add a layer of visual polish normally associated with major studios.PD Howler allows you to create not just amazing graphical designs, but also stunning animations. It comes with both a huge array of templates to allow the first time user get up and running quickly and customizing options for the expert designer.Whether you run your own micro indie studio or are looking to take your first steps into development, PD Howler 9.6 is for you!Key FeaturesEasy enough to pick up and use – powerful enough to amaze you!Entry level pricing. Top end results.A must have graphics and animation tool for all development studios, small & large.Massive array of features useful for both the beginner and the professional designer.3 key tool sets, each delivering hundreds for specific features – Digital Painting; Animation and Filters & Special FX.For more information on what PD Howler has to offer please check out the website: http://www.thebest3d.com/howler/the-dogwaffle-main-feature-list.html 7aa9394dea Title: PD Howler 9.6 Digital Painter and Visual FX boxGenre: Animation & Modeling, Design & Illustration, Photo Editing, Software Training, Utilities, Video ProductionDeveloper:Daniel Ritchie - Squirreldome.com, Philip Staiger - TheBest3D.comPublisher:KISS ltdRelease Date: 11 Mar, 2015 PD Howler 9.6 Digital Painter And Visual FX Box Download] [cheat] I really love this program. I think I never got so much concentrated creative power per invested dollar from any other program.I managed to produce this in my first day and I can assure you that uses like 1% of the potential of the program. Like with any other tool of worth, you have also to put your own imagination into the "How to use this feature". So i don't promise you that you will be a pro PD Howler artist after 10 days. but every hour you put into learning PD Howler will be awarded with new ways to express your art.http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=691560746Also ... do you hate programs without documentation ? Me too. Many promising programs out there die fast due to lack of documentation. But not this one. The creators have a solid performance record over years of dedicated creation of videos.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/pdhowler\/videosOk I worked some more with PD Howler. I saw many bad reviews. What is true, is that you really need to put time in this program. But I don't remember the devs claimed it is easy to use. If you have experience with Photoshop and 3rd party tools you will agree that the brushes of PD Howler alone, are possibly worth the 70 dollars. And the program has much more to offer.Also I don't see why everyone always thinks that every program has to be a total jack-of-all-trades. Why I understand that not all can afford a Photoshop, there is the free Gimp. To produce good art is not something you do in 2 days. You have to put time into your applications.I think this tool is a MUST in the program portfolio of a pro. However, be prepared to put months until you realyl master it. But then be fair ... how much time did you have to put with Photoshop and Gimp ? Especially Gimp is a bit like PD Howler, very unusual approaches. But can you live without Gimp ? Me not, I need it next to Photoshop. Same with PD Howler, I am now working with it since a week seriously, and already I can't miss it anymore in my toolset. Here my latest work after a week with PD Howler:http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=692785160. This is a fantastic art studio, animation creator and more! The interface takes a bit of getting used to as does remembering where everything is located. There are extensive short cut keys but again they need to be learned. I am used to programs like Paintshop Pro 13 and the menu systems employed by them. PD Howler does have menus and a RIGHT CLICK system for accessing the properties of the menu item if available.The results that you can get even in a few minuets are astounding even for a poor computer artist like myself. There are so many options, tools and effects at your disposal that you don't know when to stop editing your work and just finish it! Add to this the fact that you can even create your own brushes and effects and you really do have a powerful art media toolbox!Overall for around \u00a350 you can't go wrong with this product.....If I had one critism its that this program is really only going to be be any good for the more experienced art program user. Novice users may find the interface and menu system a little overwhelming... So in version 9.6 I am left a little flustered with the transparency, its a difficult adjustment than what I am used to. Other than that I think its really great, I just use transparency ALOT and I didnt really figure it out in the 96 minutes I used it even after watching some of the tutorials. I do not have a wacom tablet so alot of things are beyond me and are always a huge task, though I did enjoy using PD Howler I did not use it as my main go to for image editing and creation, I feel that there are other alternatives out there that are comparably better than this iteration of the software... perhaps the newer versions will prove much easier to use.Honestly the software overwhelmed me as I required a huge change to adjust to it.I think the adjustment period will take weeks of in program use and lots of tutorials and reading up on how to use the software, that said I will probably not touch this version again.. I wish there was a 'maybe' option, but for now I'll have to change this to a no (find my original review below).The reason I changed this to a no, is I personally feel the program is just too held back by its lack of opaque layers. There are a couple of workarounds one can do, but it gets exremely fiddly, saving all different kinds of alpha's, cutting out different parts of images, rubbing them through the swap image. While they are all possible, making a nice landscape scenery, and afterwards trying to correct mistakes becomes an exercise in futility. The developers say 'they like it that way', but I personally don't, and that's why I personally wouldnt recommend it anymore.The program has a lot of awesome features though, and one of the devs made a lot of tutorials and is active answering questions on the forums, but I just feel it's being held back by a lot when compared to programs such as photoshop. Furthermore the undo function is often very 'hard to use', and its easy to lose many hours of work because the undo stack works in weirrd ways.Really hoping they'll take the plunge and spend the time and resources on making this program support opaque layers etc., and I'll be sure to change my review when they do. As I said, you can do almost everything with the program, but many things just require too much fiddlyness for my taste.See my original review below:This software is very interesting, and my thumbs up comes with some reservations, but not enough to give it a thumbs down.In a sense it works a bit like photoshop\/GIMP etc., but it's got its own style. It's very fun for people like me who just want to muck about. It has a ton of pre-set filters and brushes, and the 3d terrain rendering is great. That said, it takes a very weird approach regarding layers, and it can be very hard to get the results you want. I'm not entirely sure if there would be any disadvantage to just implementing normal layer alpha channels like other programs, but at least this one doesn't have it.That means it can be hard to add layers on top of each other without things messing up. There's some tricks you can do to try and circumvent it, but it's not perfect, and it's the #1 thing holding back this program. If it were implemented, I'm sure it would be an extremely successful product.That said, it is a powerful software that's lots of fun to use. There's also a ton of tutorials available on youtube, so I definitely don't regret spending the money.. Best 50$ dollars I've spent on software all year!. 1st impresions are good. It recognised my tablet and is pretty painless to get going. witthout a single referance to a tutorial or manaul. So for a straight 2d paint software it's good, though a little unintuative with erase being .. odd and the undo function soon hits the limet.The manaul seems out of date with dead links e.g http:\/\/www.gertrud.com.ar\/Brousing though the youtube channel for tutorials is confusing, with what seem more like demo vids, than something to learn by.A good one to start with is https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=18g0S0zkOVk&index=2&list=PLBqbdhU5umbcAiteIeILgE0xzVh5afOnfI'd rather have this unprofesional approach than a huge price hike though, so it's nothing I'm too concerned about.
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