They felt painterly, with nice pressure sensitivity and blending capabilities. My immediate impression while carelessly testing the brushes was how good they felt right from the start. It's like opening new art supplies and just making random strokes with them to feel that first sparkle of newness, before you get serious and analytical. It's just such a joy to open a program for the first time and have a feel for it. The first thing I always do is to just play with the brushes. It's so nice to see developers actually thinking about this stuff!

I love this! When you're painting in a small pen display, like the 13' Cintiq Pro I have, you need this kind of function. One other thing I have to mention is the fact that if you have a panel open over your canvas when you're painting, it disappears temporarily while you make your stroke. Also, for dark themed UI fans, there's the 'Lights Out' option, to turn UI elements dark. But if by now you're too familiar with docking panels to try something different, there's the Docking mode as well. It's nice looking, straight-forward, and feels artsy but current at the same time. Well, let me put it simply: it feels great! Their 'classic' mode is their original one, and it's very comfortable and unobtrusive, with convenient toggle buttons for panels and their signature tool palette and color palette corners. And since I haven't tried it before, I didn't know how the experience would be.

ArtRage has been unique in its UI since it first came out and I've always been intrigued by it. It's not just a way to get around tools, I can actually 'feel' the difference between programs, just as much as if I was using different grips on a pen, or hairs in a brush. I always insist in the importance of the UI/UX of a program.

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