Whats the difference between Paint Tool Sai and Photoshop?

Question

Just something I'm curious about after an artist I like mentioned switching from one to another. What's the difference between each program when it comes to features and such. Can one draw better with one or the other, or is it just preference?

Answer 1

Photoshop also gives you big disadvantages! if i had to choose between them choose photoshop. Paint tool sai is too cheap so i got sketchbook pro which is better then paint tool sai because i get more brushes. However Photoshop allows you to do more with your drawings and art. You can even make them look professional too

Answer 2

In Paint tool sai, I'd say the tools are geared around anime artists, although you can do different styles of art in SAI. you sound like a beginner, so SAI is probably a better choice for you. It's also preference, because Sai is more blendy, while with photoshop most paintings end up as very painty. You can do anime or realism in both, but I'd have to say that SAI is definitely for anime. Although photoshop is meant for photo- ediitng, you can still draw in it too. Almost everyone in the industry uses photoshop though. Photoshop is hard to learn, but once you get the hang of it you'll be fine. For you I'd suggest SAI.

Arist that uses PS

danluvisiart.deviantart.com

Artist that uses SAI

omocha.deviantart.com



It really doesn't matter what tools you use, it's the artist, but if you want a specific style, I'd say find the tools more geared towards you. Also, using a specific program won't make you automatically good, both of these artists worked very hard to be where they are at now.

Answer 3

Photoshop is an image editor - it's main raison d'etre is for editing photographic images, and for creating raster graphics for web pages, or for print. It's professional image editing software - the industry leader in fact. Although it can be used for drawing and painting very successfully, it is not a dedicated drawing program. In fact, it's total overkill for that purpose (not to mention expensive). Also it's missing some of the functionality that dedicated drawing software has. Therefore, it's definitely not the best software out there for that purpose.



Paint Tool SAI is a raster drawing/painting application - specifically designed for that purpose. It's of little use for editing photographs. It's focus is on digital art only.



Paint Tool SAI does have some issues though - for a start it's not free, and the application is old and hasn't been updated since 2008 - and you have to rely on a fan-made hacked version to get it to run on modern operating systems, and it only works on Windows computers. Even though, it's still very good at what it was designed for.



Krita is an open source drawing/painting application which is still being actively updated, plus it works on Windows, and Linux computers. And even better, it's free http://www.krita.org

Answer 4

Photoshop has image editing capabilities as well as drawing capabilities, but Paint Tool Sai is definitely more geared toward digital painting. You might be able to get the same results with each program as far as digital painting goes, but it can be harder in Photoshop because that's not the program's focus.