PC World Review of ArtRage – 4 out of 5 Stars! “ArtRage makes creating natural-looking art easy and fun” by Erez Zukerman

 PC World Review of ArtRage – 4 out of 5 Stars! “ArtRage makes creating natural-looking art easy and fun” by Erez Zukerman

by Erez Zukerman, PC World

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2036183/review-artrage-makes-creating-natural-looking-art-easy-and-fun.html

Review: ArtRage makes creating natural-looking art easy and fun At a Glance

ArtRage 4.0 $50.00 ArtRage is easy and pleasant to start working with, especially if you have a pen tablet or a touchscreen computer.
Erez Zukerman  

Painting is fun. Unfortunately, software for painting often gets a bad rep: I don’t mean image-editing (Photoshop), but actual painting (Microsoft Paint). But Microsoft Paint is at the very bottom of the painting totem pole, often associated squiggly-looking Rage Guy memes. More modern tools like SpeedyPainter and Corel Painter Lite show that creating beautiful, natural-looking art using a computer is possible, and doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. ArtRage joins these accessible tools with its own touch-friendly interface and an attractive $50 price tag. The Symmetry feature makes for interesting paintings that sometimes look like koalas.  

Much like Corel Painter Lite and its older sibling, Corel Painter, ArtRage simulates natural media. Paper and brush both have textures; load your brush with paint and draw it across the canvas with one long stroke, and it will gradually fade out. Paint over an area again, and colors will blend, leaving visible brush strokes.
ArtRage’s interface is simple to pick up, with most functions in easy reach. I tested it with a simple stylus and one of the new breed of touchscreen-enabled laptops, the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13. Radial toolbars at the bottom two corners of the screen let me quickly switch tools and adjust colors without fiddling with menus. Other tools show up as floating panels, which are easy to drag and resize using large, comfortable grippers, and automatically wink out of existence as you paint near them. You can pan, zoom, and rotate the canvas with two fingers, making for a very natural workflow. While most of the interface is touch-friendly, it’s not all quite there yet: Adjusting layer opacity still requires the keyboard, for example. Stencils and rulers make it easy to constrain your work.  

Once you get used to the friendly interface and simple tools, it’s time to start playing around with some of the more creative features. Symmetry makes it possible to create interesting, kaleidoscope-like drawings, while stencils and rulers let you constrict your work in interesting ways, for a more accurate, geometric look. Stencils and rulers are made to look like physical objects lying on top of your canvas: You can drag them around and resize them, but they look like pieces of plastic or metal. ArtRage supports layers, too, and you can blur individual layers, adjust their blend modes, change their textures, and more.
When zooming in for detail work, it often helps to keep the big picture in mind. When watching videos made with SpeedyPainter, I noticed just how often artists would zoom in and out, again and again, to get a sense of how the work is progressing. ArtRage helps avoid this by offering a feature called Views. A View works like a little Polaroid snap of your painting that lies on top of your canvas while you zoom in to work on the details. Just like a physical Polaroid, you can drag the View around and rotate it. Unlike its real-world counterpart, you can also change a View’s size, and zoom in or out on its contents. The same concept is used to show pieces of scrap canvas or other files for reference.
Polaroid-like Views of your work keep the big picture in view while zooming in for detail work. ArtRage feels deep and capable, but remains accessible and easy to start with. The attractive price tag doesn’t hurt, either. Like most other painting software, it is usable with a mouse, but shines when used with a pen tablet or a touchscreen. If you’re looking for an affordable and simple way to get into digital painting, try ArtRage out.
ArtRage 4.0 http://www.pcworld.com/product/1253377/artrage-4-0.html At a Glance ArtRage is easy and pleasant to start working with, especially if you have a pen tablet or a touchscreen computer.
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Price when rated: $50 (feature-limited demo)
Pros •Easy-to-use interface •Attractive price

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THOMAS PR TECHIE FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEAS 2013! Father’s Day is June 16, 2013

THOMAS PR TECHIE FATHER’S DAY GIFT IDEAS 2013

Father’s Day is June 16, 2013

Thomas Public Relations www.thomaspr.com announced today Father’s Day Techie Gift Ideas from SensoGlove, PlanOn, Powerocks, Soundmatters, ArtRage, GoSmart, Kidz Gear, and The Great Kat for Father’s Day magazine articles, Internet blogs, newspapers, TV and radio shows.

Please contact Thomas PR if you’d like review copies of any of these products below or need more info:  kthomas@thomaspr.com or eyutani@thomaspr.com.

·        DADS CAN FINALLY IMPROVE THEIR GOLF GAME:  SensoGlove Digital Golf Glove

SensoGlove Father’s Day special:  at www.sensoglove.com from Thurs, March 14 – Mon, June 17, 2013, the new version of SensoGlove is 20% off for $71.20 (normally $89), Coupon Code: “FathersDay13.”  The world’s first digital golf glove, SensoGlove is the perfect sports gift to help dad improve his game for golfers of all levels.  SensoGlove lets dad learn how to correctly swing the club with built-in digital sensors that continuously read grip pressure to ensure a consistently accurate, smooth and powerful golf swing.  Made of the highest quality cabretta leather, dad can quickly learn how to hold the club, avoiding bad habits and improving every part of their game, from backswing, downswing, impact, follow-through, driving, putting, and chipping.

Pricing: 20% off for $71.20 (normally $89) March 14 –June 17 Coupon Code: “FathersDay13.” Website: www.sensoglove.com  Available at: www.sensoglove.com and distributors, sales partners, & golf schools around the world Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/sensosolutions/sensosolutionssensogloveshipsrelease.html    Photos: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/sensosolutionssensogloveclubnew.html http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/sensosolutionssensoglovenew.html  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/sensosolutionssensoglovenew2.html  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/sensosolutionssensoglovealonenew.html  SensoGlove Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/sensosolutionssensoglove.html

FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL: ScanStik Pen-Sized Full Page Color Scanner

Perfect for fathers for business trips, the PlanOn ScanStik is the world’s smallest full page color scanner.  Pen-sized, fitting easily in a bag or briefcase, ScanStik is fast — scanning a full page in 4 seconds — and easy to use with professional quality scans up to 600 dpi.  The most compact full page color scanner available on the market, ScanStik quickly scans documents, photos, receipts, letters, and more for a portable “office in a pocket.”  Unlike other pen-sized scanners that only scan a line at a time, the light-weight ScanStik scans the whole page at once just like a flat-bed scanner, but without the bulk.

Father’s Day Special:  from May 23-June 16, ScanStik will be priced at $99 (regularly $159) at www.planon.com.

Pricing: $99 until June 16 at 12:00 AM EST Website: www.planon.com  Available at: http://planon.com/scanstik.php and leading retailers Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/planon/planonscanstikrelease.html Photos:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/planonscanstik1.html http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/planonscanstik.html Twitter: http://twitter.com/docupen YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/planon/featured

• FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL:  PrintStik – World’s Smallest Portable Bluetooth Printer

Dads will love printing contracts, photos, boarding passes, maps and more from hotel rooms, cars, and restaurants with PrintStik from PlanOn, the world’s smallest full page portable printer that makes business travel a snap.  Now featuring a Mobile Enhanced Application, PrintStik features 20 pages of self-contained paper (no ink needed) and connects to your laptop or other Mac or Windows computer via USB, and Android and Blackberry smartphones via wireless Bluetooth technology (more platforms coming soon).  PrintStik is small, (1” x 2” x 11”), making it easy to carry in a coat pocket, laptop bag, or purse and is rechargeable through the computer’s USB port.

Pricing: $199 from May 28-June 16 (regularly $299)
Website: www.planon.com  http://www.planon.com/products/printstik
Photo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/planonprintstik.html
Available at: http://www.planonstore.com/product-p/(ps905).htm and leading retailers
http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/planonscanstik.html
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/docupen  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/planon/featured

• FOR SMARTPHONE/TABLET CHARGING WHEN AWAY FROM A POWER SOURCE:  Powerocks Super Magicstick Cigar-Shaped Portable Power Banks

Powerocks, the creators of the world’s thinnest power banks, offers dads the new cigar-shaped Super Magicstick high-capacity portable power banks small enough to pop in a pocket.  Powerocks charges energy hungry smartphones, tablets and other devices when away from an outlet.  Designed to fit in a pocket or bag, the Super Magicstick line provides 2800 mAh of power in a compact package for two full emergency charges for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, so you’ll never miss a call, lose power in a meeting, or be in an emergency without your cell phone.

Pricing:  $34.99 Website:  www.powerocksusa.com  Available at:  www.powerocksusa.com , www.powerocks.com, www.amazon.com and other stores.   Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/powerocks/powerockssupermagicstickrelease.html Photos: Classical Texture Super Magicstick: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/powerocksmagicstick.html  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/powerockssupermagicstick.html  Powerocks Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/powerockslogo.html  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Powerocks-USA/496548713712326?fref=ts  Twitter: @powerocksusa

• CHARGE 2 DEVICES AT ONCE WHEN AWAY FROM A POWER SOURCE:  Powerocks Magic Cube With Built-In Cables

The Powerocks Magic Cube is a small, colorful aluminum cube that lets dads charge two devices at once.  Made for power hungry phones and tablets, Magic Cube is available in 6000 mAh, 9000 mAh, and 12000 mAh for up to 6 charges at a time.  Magic Cube includes two built-in cables to connect to most smartphones and devices so fathers don’t have to worry about losing or forgetting cables.  Available in blue, black, rose, red, purple, and silver, Magic Cube’s largest 12000 mAh version lets you charge the iPhone around 6 times on a single charge and can be recharged over 500 times.  Magic Cube’s 4 blue LED power indicators tell you how many charges are available.

Pricing:  $74.99 – $109.99 Website:  www.powerocksusa.com  Available at:  www.powerocksusa.com, www.powerocks.com, www.amazon.com and other stores.     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Powerocks-USA/496548713712326?fref=ts  Twitter: @powerocksusa Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/powerocks/powerocksmagiccubestone3release.html  Photos: Powerocks Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/powerockslogo.html  Powerocks Magic Cube: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/powerocksmagiccube.html  Powerocks Magic Cube Lifestyle Photo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/powerocksmagiccubelifestyle.html

 

• ÜBER-FLAT TRAVEL SOUNDBAR FOR IPAD & MORE:  DASH7 Wireless Pocket-Portable ¾ Inch Soundbar/Speakerphone Doesn’t Block Dad’s View of iPad

Soundmatters’ new DASH7 über-flat ¾ inch-high wireless pocket-portable Bluetooth soundbar speaker system and speakerphone provides a huge sounding wide dynamic range omnidirectional sound in a thin size that doesn’t block the iPad’s view.  Sliding into the slimmest jacket pocket, the DASH7 soundbar/speakerphone features a new 5th generation twoofer and BassBattery for true high-fidelity sound and an angled stand for direct on-axis high resolution music for a great soundstage with better stereo separation for serious music listeners.  Sleek and sexy and available in vibrant red, arctic white, midnight black, and steel silver, DASH7 provides world-class sound for iPads, smartphones, laptops, guitars and more in a pocket-sized package.

Pricing: $249 MSRP, $219 MAP Website: www.soundmatters.com Available at: www.soundmatters.com & online retailers, including Amazon.com, Frontgate.com, Crutchfield, Thinkgeek.com and more Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/soundmatters/soundmattersdash7release.html Photos: foxL DASH 7 (red and white): http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersdash7redwhite.html foxL DASH 7 in Pocket (red): http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersdash7pocketred.html foxL DASH 7 with Hand (red): http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersdash7handred.html foxL DASH7 with Pen: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersdash7pen.html Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Soundmatters/114947155236305  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/foxLspeaker

·        THE PERFECT TRAVEL COMPANION FOR AUDIO PURIST DADS:  foxL PLATINUM Portable Bluetooth Speaker Created by a Rocket Scientist

Audiophile fathers love the portable foxLv2 PLATINUM from Soundmatters, the world’s best sounding tiny hi-fi Bluetooth speaker for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android or other Bluetooth devices that fits in a pocket.  Developed by former NASA engineer/audio legend Dr. Godehard Guenther, foxLv2 PLATINUM is the latest in the award-winning foxL series (TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Gadget of the Year). foxLv2 PLATINUM takes “go anywhere” listening to a new level with new performance features, including advancements in streamed Bluetooth for CD quality music, new audiophile cabling, and extended battery life.  foxL PLATINUM is the only portable speaker capable of taking full advantage of CSR® apt-X’s dramatic improvement in streamed Bluetooth signal from apt-X equipped devices for virtual CD quality, along with improved sound/picture sync for movies and gaming.  The perfect travel companion, you can bring foxL PLATINUM with you wherever you go on the road to listen to high quality music in a hotel room, for presentations, movies, gaming, or to listen to music in rooms without stereos.

Pricing: $249 foxL PLATINUM Special Edition Website: www.soundmatters.com Available at: www.soundmatters.com & online retailers, including Amazon.com, Frontgate.com, Crutchfield, Thinkgeek.com and more Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/soundmatters/soundmattersplatinumrelease.html Photos: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersfoxlv2platinumalonewhite.html  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersfoxlv2platinumhand.html  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersfoxlv2platinumgirl.html  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/soundmattersfoxlv2platinumhand2.html Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Soundmatters/114947155236305  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/foxLspeaker

·        FOR DADS THAT LIKE A PRECISE STYLUS FOR IPADS:  GoSmart Stylus

Dad will love the accuracy of the GoSmart Stylus — the most precise stylus for iPads, touchscreen tablets, smart phones and other devices.  Made of ergonomically designed solid aluminum, the GoSmart Stylus features a flexible patent-pending see-through Teflon coated stainless steel tip with Capacitive Coupling Technology for precision pointing, perfect for painting, drawing, writing, clicking, and selecting on any touchscreen device, even with sticky protective covers.  GoSmart Stylus Father’s Day Special:  Purchase 3 GoSmart Stylus (Magnet or Non-Magnet, priced from $23.95 – $24.95) and 1 is free – you only pay for 2 at Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/XYvu6s Enter code GSFD2013 at checkout.  Valid from June 1 – June 14, 2013.

Pricing: $24.95
Website: www.justgosmart.com
Available at: http://justgosmart.com/store/ or through www.amazon.com
Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/gosmart/gosmartstylusrelease.html
Photos:
GoSmart Stylus 200 Series: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartstylus200.html
GoSmart Stylus 300 Series: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartstylus300.html
GoSmart Stylus for Father’s Day: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartstylusforfathersday.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JustGoSmart 

• FOR ARTISTIC DADS:  ArtRage 4 Award-Winning Art Software

The new ArtRage 4 lets dad become a digital artist using a Mac/Windows computer, iPad or iPhone.  Optimized for pen tablet users, ArtRage 4 offers unique touch-friendly workflow features, which take full advantage of the new Windows 8 multi-touch tablets, laptops, and desktops.  ArtRage 4 not only allows rotation, scale, and movement of the canvas with two fingers, but can even utilize simple multi-touch gestures with layers, selections, rulers, stencils, stickers and reference images.  Whether using a pen, brush, drawing tablet, mouse or even a finger, ArtRage provides the experience of actually “painting” digitally on a computer canvas with oil paints that smear and blend, and watercolors that flow together to create soft, wet gradations, just as they would in a traditional art studio.

Pricing: ArtRage 4 For Mac/Windows $49.90 ArtRage for iPad: $4.99, ArtRage for iPhone: $1.99, Website: www.artrage.com   Available at:  http://www.artrage.com/artrage-store.html & Apple iTunes Store

Photos: ArtRage 4 Screen Shots:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesign4screensymmetry.html http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesign4screentools.html http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesign4screenviews.html http://www.artrage.com/artrage-4-samples.html ArtRage 4 Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignartrage4logo.html Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artrage4release.html Features:  www.artrage.com/artrage-4-features.html  ArtRage Comparison Chart:  http://www.artrage.com/files/artrage_product_comparison.pdf Info:  http://www.artrage.com/artrage4.html  Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/artragetv Facebook: www.facebook.com/artrage  Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/ArtRage_Radar

•           SOFT SHEEPSKIN MOUSE PAD RELIEVES THE PRESSURE:  GoSmart RestPad

The GoSmart RestPad is an innovative mouse pad with a luxurious sheepskin wrist rest designed to give soothing comfort and ultimate pressure relief while using a computer’s mouse.  A perfect gift for fathers that use a computer for hours a day or for those with repetitive wrist injury or Carpal Tunnel, the RestPad provides ultimate pressure relief, validated to relieve over twice as much pressure as other wrist rests, as tested with advanced tactile array sensors that measured the contact pressures underneath the wrist.  The GoSmart RestPad fits your décor, available in tan, brown or pink microfiber. 

 

Pricing:  $24.95 Website:  www.justgosmart.com   Available at:  http://justgosmart.com/store/  or through www.amazon.com    Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/gosmart/gosmartrestpadrelease.html  Photos: GoSmart RestPad 3 Colors: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartrestpad3colors.html  GoSmart RestPad – Brown: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartrestpadbrown.html   

GoSmart RestPad – Beige:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartrestpadbeige.html    Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/JustGoSmart      Twitter:    https://twitter.com/#!/justgosmart

• SMARTPHONE CLIP FOR GOLF CARTS, CAR STEERING WHEELS & CARTS FOR QUICK ACCESS:  GoSmart Clip for SmartPhones

The GoSmart Clip is a great gift for dad to use at the golf course for keeping score of the game, in the car for quick access to GPS directions, or anywhere for video chatting, typing, texting, or for general hands-free access to a smartphone.  The GoSmart Clip is available in black or red and fits most smartphones at 4” to 5” long (100mm – 125mm) tall and less than 0.75” thick (20mm), including iPhones and Androids.

Pricing: $19.95 (in black or red) Website: www.justgosmart.com  Available at: http://www.gosmartclip.com and www.Amazon.com  Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/gosmart/gosmartcliprelease.html Photos:  GoSmart Clip on Golf Cart App: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartclipgolf.html  GoSmart Clip on Golf Cart Screen: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartclipgolfscreen.html  GoSmart Clip on Shopping Cart: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartclipshopping.html  Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/JustGoSmart      

• FOR DADS THAT LIKE TO KEEP KIDS QUIET & BUSY:  Kidz Gear Wired Headphones for Kids

 

Dads appreciate how the KidzControl™ Volume Limit Headphones keep children quiet and busy while playing with their iPod, iPad, DVD player and other devices at home or on the road.   The Kidz Gear Volume Limit Technology ensures the safest listening experience while helping protect a child’s hearing.  Now available in five new colors:  Pink, Orange, Blue, Green and Purple to match a child’s personal color preference and style, the headphones are compatible with all audio devices that use a 3.5mm (1/8”) audio jack, including MP3 players, iPads, iPods, game consoles, and even standard DVD and CD players.

Pricing: $19.99 Website: www.gearforkidz.com   Available at: Target, InMotion Airport Stores, http://www.Amazon.com, http://www.InMotionstores.com  and www.GearForKidz.com   Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/kidzgear/kidzgearcescolorrelease.html Photo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/kidzgearheadphonescolors.html   Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kidz-Gear/117532751631705

• FOR ROCKERS: The Great Kat’s “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD – World’s Fastest Female Guitarist Shreds with Over 1 Million YouTube Views of Shred/Classical Music!

Guitar shred fan dads will love rocking out to The Great Kat’s “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD while letting off steam from work.  Honored by Spin Magazine with a Star in the “GUITAR HERO GALAXY,” The Great Kat is the phenomenal Juilliard graduate Carnegie Recital Hall violin virtuoso/Shred guitar goddess, Guitar One Magazine’s “Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time” and Music Radar’s “20 Of The Fastest Guitarists in The World Today.”  Recently voted #1 in Rankopedia’s “Favourite Celebrity of Multiple Nationalities” and NME’s “Top 8 Female Electric Guitarists Of All Time,” The Great Kat shreds in the highly-acclaimed “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD featuring 7 outrageous Shred/Classical guitar music videos, including:

• “The Flight of The Bumble-Bee” – at the finger-blistering speed of 300 BPM!
• Beethoven’s “5^th Symphony” – metal version of the world’s most famous symphony!
• Paganini’s “Caprice #24” – technical virtuoso showpiece on guitar and violin!
• Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #3”– The Great Kat shreds on 6 guitars & 3 violins!

Pricing: $9.95 Website: www.greatkat.com  Photo: http://www.greatkat.com/beethovensguitarshreddvd.jpg  DVD Trailer: http://www.greatkat.com/BeethovensGuitarShredVideosMenuMED.wmv  Release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/pressreleases/beethovensguitarshredrelease.html  Available at: major retailers and Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Beethovens-Guitar-Shred-The-Great/dp/B001TIQUJW/ref=pd_sim_m_10 The Kat Store: http://greatkat.com/store/page27.html  iTunes Downloads: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-great-kat/id368743108  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greatkatguitarshredder   Twitter : http://twitter.com/greatkatguitar   Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR

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Macworld UK’s 5 Star Rating of ArtRage 4 by Duncan Evans: “Up until recently, the digital painting world was split between those working miracles with Photoshop’s limited tools and those enduring headaches with Painter’s overbearing complexity. When ArtRage arrived it was like a breath of fresh air, and here with version 4 it has stepped up to rival either, more expansive package, for your digital painting needs.”

Macworld UK’s 5 Star Rating of ArtRage 4 by Duncan Evans: “Up until recently, the digital painting world was split between those working miracles with Photoshop’s limited tools and those enduring headaches with Painter’s overbearing complexity. When ArtRage arrived it was like a breath of fresh air, and here with version 4 it has stepped up to rival either, more expansive package, for your digital painting needs.”

by Duncan Evans, Macworld UK

http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac-creative/reviews/?reviewid=3444696

Art Rage 4 review: Bring the power of Corel Painter to your Mac at a fraction of the costAll the creativity of Corel Painter at a fraction of the price Duncan Evans Manufacturer: Ambient Design Manufacturer: Ambient Design Pros: Natural media watercolours and oils react with each other and the canvas, the uncluttered interface is a revelation compared to rivals, lots of pen and tablet support, adjustable and configurable user options, incredibly cheap. Cons: Lacks variety of natural media tools, not much in the way of filters, weak on the lighting front, tools aren’t as sophisticated as Painter, can be slow at times. Min specs: Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 or later, Intel CPU, 512MB RAM. Price: $49.90 (£35) Star rating: We rate this 5 out of 5.Star rating Up until recently, the digital painting world was split between those working miracles with Photoshop’s limited tools and those enduring headaches with Painter’s overbearing complexity. When ArtRage arrived it was like a breath of fresh air, and here with version 4 it has stepped up to rival either, more expansive package, for your digital painting needs. ArtRage is like Painter in that it is a proper, natural-media painting package. That means that paint on the paper has depth and mixes with the underlying colour or watercolour spreads and dries on the paper. In terms of what’s new in this version, it’s all about supporting and making best use of tablets and pens, though most features are supported by mouse control as well. There’s bristle stiffness and head aspect control when using the oil paints, colour and brush sizes can be stored as presets, your own colour swatches can be saved and there are coloured canvas patterns. For direct Wacom stylus support there’s new support for the Stylus Tilt, Airbrush Wheel and Art Pen Barrel Rotation, stylus properties can be defined and tools can be assigned to specific styluses.
There are lots of other enhancements, the most notable of which are the paint symmetry options that will help speed up painting by duplicating brush strokes. These include mirroring, adjustable axes and rotation and symmetrical strokes. Although ArtRage is fairly robust there’s now automatic backing up of files when saving so there’s always another copy on hand. Using a trace layer means that the tool used automatically picks up the colour from underneath, making it easy to create a new image.
If you were hoping for lots of new media brushes then look away, the focus here is on making everything work better. Previously you could pin reference images to the canvas, well now you can pin scraps for colour mixing or making test paintings. There are also independent viewports that can be zoomed and panned and references are easy to drag directly off the canvas when no longer needed. A number of the enhancements are workflow related, so that the workspace can be collapsed to provide a tight, focussed area and there’s a single panel for gathering custom resources. There are some new tools though, with the addition of a cloner, gradient and pattern fills and a noise filter.
If you’ve never used ArtRage before, then the minimalist interface will come as something of a surprise, but it’s all about making the tools easy to use and concentrating on the painting. This release continues that progress making it a compelling, low-cost alternative to the natural media overload of Painter. The oils and watercolours aren’t as sophisticated as Painter, but they are definitely better than Photoshop’s tools, and they do act and react in a natural media fashion. This makes creating those styles of artwork much easier. There’s support for multiple layers and easily using reference images and scraps of images for test purposes.
Macworld Buying Advice Easy to recommend ArtRage, the latest improvements make it more flexible and powerful. While it isn’t on a par with the tools available in Painter, it has a massively shorter learning time and can be producing excellent results in very little time. With a bargain price as well, ArtRage 4 can sit happily alongside your more expensive software, ready to be picked up and used quickly.  

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ARTRAGE AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA

 

ARTRAGE AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA

 

Would you like to meet with ArtRage at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 26-28, 2013, Booth 3C28, MOBA Mobile Barcelona Festival.

ArtRage www.artrage.com, the most realistic painting software, will be showing a special selection from the LA Mobile Arts Festival la-maf.com with live paintings using the new ArtRage 4 on the Microsoft Surface Pro.  ArtRage supports pen pressure and two finger multi-touch gestures for canvas, layers, selections, rulers, stencils, stickers and reference images.

To celebrate mobile creativity, ArtRage for iPhone can be downloaded free (regularly $1.99) during Mobile World Congress, Feb 26-28, from the iTunes store at: Apple iTunes Store.

Stop by Booth 3C28 – ArtRage demo station at MOBA Booth or contact for meetings: Karen Thomas/Eva Yutani Thomas PR (631) 549-7575 kthomas@thomaspr.com eyutani@thomaspr.com

ArtRage 4 offers unique touch-friendly workflow advantages optimized for pen tablet users. The art creation app takes full advantage of the new Windows 8 multi-touch tablets, laptops, and desktops.  ArtRage 4 not only allows rotation, scale, and movement of the canvas with two fingers, but it can even utilize simple multi-touch gestures with layers, selections, rulers, stencils, stickers and reference images.  Whether using a pen, brush, drawing tablet, mouse or even a finger, ArtRage provides the experience of actually “painting” digitally on a computer canvas with oil paints that smear and blend, and watercolors that flow together to create soft, wet gradations, just as they would in a traditional art studio.  ArtRage is also available for iPad and iPhone.

ArtRage 4 press release:  http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artrage4release.html
ArtRage Features overview: http://www.artrage.com/files/artrage_product_comparison.pdf
New Features in ArtRage 4: http://www.artrage.com/files/artrage_product_comparison.pdf
Feature Comparison Chart: http://www.artrage.com/artrage-4-features.html

For more info about MOBA (The Mobile Barcelona Festival):  http://mobileworldcapital.com/festival/

Thanks to the mlove.com crew for making this happen – “Best Event for Mobile” – Wired UK.

ArtRage at Mobile World Congress Photos: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignmobileworldcongress1.html
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AMBIENT DESIGN RELEASES ARTRAGE 4 – Optimized Workflow for Pen Tablets &Touch Screens — New Features Include Symmetry Painting, Clone Tools, & Paint Mixing Scraps

Contact: Karen Thomas/Eva Yutani Thomas PR (631) 549-7575 kthomas@thomaspr.com eyutani@thomaspr.com  www.thomas-pr.com www.thomaspublicrelations.com
Photos: ArtRage 4 Screen Shots: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesign4screensymmetry.html
http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesign4screentools.html
http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesign4screenviews.html
http://www.artrage.com/artrage-4-samples.html

ArtRage 4 Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignartrage4logo.html
Features: www.artrage.com/artrage-4-features.html Info: http://www.artrage.com/artrage4.html Videos:  http://www.youtube.com/user/artragetv

AMBIENT DESIGN RELEASES ARTRAGE 4

Optimized Workflow for Pen Tablets &Touch Screens — New Features Include Symmetry Painting, Clone Tools, & Paint Mixing Scraps

ArtRage 4 for Mac & Windows Adds Numerous Features Requested by Users:  Gradient Fills, Floating Reference Views of Artwork in Progress, and Paint Symmetry

February 13, 2013, San Francisco, CA – Ambient Design www.artrage.com, the award-winning creator of realistic art painting software for Mac, Windows, iPad, and iPhone, released today the new ArtRage 4, a major upgrade of the popular paint software for Mac and Windows, available now for download at http://www.artrage.com/artrage-store.html.

ArtRage 4 offers unique touch-friendly workflow advantages optimized for pen tablet users.  The art creation app takes full advantage of the new Windows 8 multi-touch tablets, laptops, and desktops.  ArtRage 4 not only allows rotation, scale, and movement of the canvas with two fingers, but it can even utilize simple multi-touch gestures with layers, selections, rulers, stencils, stickers and reference images.  Whether using a pen, brush, drawing tablet, mouse or even a finger, ArtRage provides the experience of actually “painting” digitally on a computer canvas with oil paints that smear and blend, and watercolors that flow together to create soft, wet gradations, just as they would in a traditional art studio.

Available immediately for Mac and Windows 8, 7, XP, Vista and earlier computers, tablets, interactive white boards, and touch screens, major improvements in ArtRage 4 include the ability to create “mirrors” that reflect strokes as paint is applied; floating scraps of canvas that can be used like mixing palettes; a Workbench Toolbar; tighter user interface with the essentials for ease of use; improved workflow; better clone and fill tools; optimization for Windows 8, and more.

For a full list of new features, see:  http://www.artrage.com/artrage4.html.

New ArtRage 4 Features Include:

• Paint Symmetry: Automatically mirrors strokes across the canvas as they are made by reflecting or rotating the path of the tool around a customizable center point.
• Toolbox Panel:  Make a single interface panel to gather colors, presets, and other items that are relevant to the current painting.
• Floating Views: Floating windows that display viewports in to part or all of the canvas during painting.
• Scraps:  Paint on independent, floating scraps of canvas that can be used like mixing palettes or test sheets.
• Workbench Toolbar: Collapse the entire interface into a single toolbar with customizable space for tools required for the current painting.
• Front End Redesign: The interface has been restructured and tweaked to improve workflow and clarity.
• Clone Tool: Clone paint tool with all of its properties across the canvas.
• Pattern & Gradient Fills: New Fill Tool allows the creation of gradations and tiled pattern fills.
• Wacom Stylus Property Support: Take advantage of Pressure, Tilt, Barrel Rotation, and the Airbrush Wheel available on some Wacom Styluses. ArtRage also recognizes individual styluses, allowing tools to be assigned to them for quick selection when they are brought back to the tablet.
• Backup File System: Automatically saves backups of previous generations of paintings to prevent destructive edits deleting old work.
• Optimized for Windows 8:  Takes full advantage of the new Windows 8 multi-touch tablets, laptops, and computers.

Availability and Upgrade

ArtRage 4 is available immediately, priced at $49.90 at: http://www.artrage.com/artrage-store.html.  ArtRage.com purchases of ArtRage Studio Pro made since January 7^th, 2013 will be eligible for a free upgrade to ArtRage 4.  Owners of any other desktop version of ArtRage will receive a 50% discount on ArtRage 4 upgrades.  See comparison chart: http://www.artrage.com/files/artrage_product_comparison.pdf.

ArtRage for iPad and ArtRage for iPhone are available, priced at $4.99 and $1.99 from the Apple iTunes Store.  For more information, see www.artrage.com or Facebook:  www.facebook.com/artrage.

About Ambient Design Ltd.

Ambient Design Ltd. is a New Zealand-based global software development and publishing firm, specializing in creative applications and user interfaces for artists of all ages and all levels of competency, including professionals, hobbyists and students. The principals have over 40 years experience in combining complex image processing algorithms with an easily accessible user experience. Ambient Design Ltd. was founded in 2000 by Andy Bearsley and Matt Fox-Wilson, formerly of MetaCreations, the developer of Painter, Bryce and Kai’s Power Tools. Ambient Design’s products are available in 12 languages and have been downloaded over 30 million times.  For more information, see www.artrage.com.

ArtRage, Ambient Design and the BrushMan logo are trademarks of Ambient Design Ltd.

All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

 

12TH ANNUAL NAVGTR VIDEO GAME AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF VIDEO GAME TRADE REVIEWERS

  

Agency Contact:
Karen Thomas/Eva Yutani
Thomas PR (631) 549-7575
kthomas@thomaspr.com eyutani@thomaspr.com www.thomas-pr.com www.thomaspublicrelations.com 
 
Company Contact:
Thomas J. Allen / NAVGTR Corp.
(410) 721-8895 tallen@navgtr.org
 
Photos: 
NAVGTR Awards Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/navgtrawardslogo.html
NAVGTR Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/navgtrlogo.html 

12TH ANNUAL NAVGTR VIDEO GAME AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF VIDEO GAME TRADE REVIEWERS

53 Categories Recognize Interactive Entertainment Industry Achievements in Art, Technology, & Production

NAVGTR Video Game Award Winners to be Announced March 24, 2013 in Boston
 

Baltimore, MD, February 5, 2013 — The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR Corp.) http://navgtr.org, a non-profit corporation devoted to promoting and recognizing developments and achievements of the interactive entertainment industry, announced today the 12^th Annual 2012 NAVGTR Award nominations for the year’s best work in video games.  Each year since 2001, a panel of over 600 trade voters choose the best and brightest in over 50 categories, recognizing interactive entertainment industry achievements in the fields of art, technology, and production, for the most comprehensive gaming awards program in the industry.  For a complete list of categories and nominees, see http://navgtr.org/nominees. 

2012 NAVGTR Award winners will be announced on March 24, 2013, after the PAX East gaming show in Boston.  The awards feature 53 categories, including  “Game of the Year,” “Innovation in Game Technology,” “Animation,” “Art Direction,” “Direction in a Game Cinema,” “Control Precision,” “Game Design,” “Graphics, Technical,” “Dramatic Score,” “Use of Sound,” “Writing in a Drama,” and more.  This year, a panel of 918 video game trade voters determined the nominees through a ranking system.  Heading the nomination totals are games Far Cry 3, Max Payne 3, and Mass Effect 3.  Assassin’s Creed III, The Walking Dead, and Journey round out the top contenders.  Nominees were also chosen for “Innovation in Game Technology” and include Gaikai, Gameglobe, Google Native Client NaCl, Sphero, and Symphony.  

In addition, Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky will receive honorary awards for their gaming industry documentary film, “Indie Game: The Movie,” which chronicles the trials and tribulations and long gestation period of current and previous NAVGTR award nominees Fez (the puzzle/platform game) and Super Meat Boy (the jumping meat cube game).   

NAVGTR Nominations’ Highlights (full list of nominees at: http://navgtr.org/nominees):

Nominations for “Game of the Year”:

●        Borderlands 2

●        Far Cry 3

●        Journey

●        Spec Ops: The Line

●        Torchlight II

●        The Walking Dead 

Nominations for “Lead Performance in a Drama”:

●        Dave Fennoy as “Lee Everett” in The Walking Dead, produced by AMC and Activision.

●        Will Yun Lee as “Wei Shen” in Sleeping Dogs, set in Hong Kong.

●        Michael Mando as “Vaas” in Far Cry 3, the third installment of the island escape game.

●        Mackenzie Mason as “Cortana” in Halo 4, an ancient alien forces game.

●        James McCaffrey as “Max Payne” in Max Payne 3, developed by Rockstar Studios.

●        Matthew Porretta as “Alan Wake” in Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, a psychological horror game. 

Nominations for “Control Design, 3D”:

●        Far Cry 3

●        Halo 4

●        Resident Evil 6

●        Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

●        Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers

●        ZombiU 

NAVGTR 2012 Video Game Award winners will be announced at the PAX East gaming show, held in Boston on Sunday, March 24, 2013.  Visit NAVGTR at the PAX East show, Booth # 1198.  For more information, see the website: http://navgtr.org, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/navgtrawards, http://www.facebook.com/navgtrnominees, and http://www.facebook.com/navgtrwinners and

Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/navgtr. 

Attention Press:  for invites to NAVGTR voting events in Boston, contact Thomas J. Allen, NAVGTR Corp., 410-721-8895 email: tallen@navgtr.org   

About NAVGTR 

NAVGTR Corp.^TM (The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation devoted to promoting and recognizing the developments and achievements of the interactive entertainment industry for public awareness and education.  For more information, see: http://navgtr.org, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/navgtrawards, http://www.facebook.com/navgtrnominees,  and http://www.facebook.com/navgtrwinners and Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/navgtr.

 

 

All titles, characters, likenesses, and indictia are copyrights or trademarks of their respective owners.  All rights reserved.

ARTRAGE AT CES

               

 

ARTRAGE AT CES:

SONY BOOTH:  Artrage will be shown at the Sony Booth: #14200 LVCC Central Hall.

World famous artist, David Kassan will be painting with ArtRage on Sony VAIO touch screens at the booth.  Stop by and ask for Uwe Maurer or David Kassan.

WACOM BOOTH: Artrage will also be at the Wacom Booth #36045 LVCC South Hall. Stephen Burns will show ArtRage together with Bamboo tablets.  Stop by and ask for Stephen’s ArtRage tutorial DV.

ARTRAGE iOS SPECIALS AT CES:

• ArtRage for iPhone will be free for a limited time!
• ArtRage for iPad will be $2.99 instead of $4.99

For more info, see www.artrage.com

ArtRage works great with popular multi-touch screens, including Windows 8, Windows 7, iPad and iPhone touch screens. ArtRage lets you become a true digital artist, providing the experience of actually “painting” digitally on a computer canvas with oil paints that smear and blend, and watercolors that flow together to create soft, wet gradations, just as they would with traditional art tools and materials.

ArtRage Studio Pro 3.5 for Windows and Mac is available immediately, priced at $59.90 at http://www.artrage.com/artrage-store.html. ArtRage for iPad is also available immediately priced at $4.99 from the Apple iTunes Store. To test the creative possibilities on your own multi-touch screens for painting, download the free 30 day trial version of ArtRage Studio Pro (Mac & Win) at http://www.artrage.com/artrage-demos.html.

For press review copies of ArtRage Studio Pro or ArtRage for iPad & iPhone and Stephen Burns ArtRage Studio Pro Training video contact:

kthomas@thomaspr.com or eyutani@thomaspr.com

Videos: ArtRage on Sony VAIO Duo 11 – Learn to Paint like the Masters http://youtu.be/n6JXOkDnxjA?hd=1
ArtRage YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/artragetv
ArtRage on Touch screens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JVfVbJmaeM&feature=youtu.be&hd=1
ArtRage training video by Stephen Burns, PhotoshopCAFE.com: http://www.photoshopcafe.com/video/products/introduction-to-artrage.htm

Photos: ArtRage with David Kassan in Times Square video: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignartragetimessquare.html
Warhol Daisy recreated in ArtRage: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignwarholdaisy.html
Miro Daybreak recreated in ArtRage: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesigndaybreak.html
Hokusai Great Wave recreated in ArtRage: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesigngreatwave.html
Apple Painted in ArtRage Studio: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignapple.html

Releases: Sony Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artragesonyrelease.html
Hot One Award Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artragehotoneawardrelease.html
ArtRage 3.5 Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artragestudioprorelease.html

ArtRage 3.5 Product Comparison: http://www2.ambientdesign.com/files/artrage_product_comparison.pdf
New Features: http://www.artrage.com/artrage-whatsnew.html
Website: www.artrage.com  Facebook: www.facebook.com/artrage
Flickr: www.flickr.com/groups/artrage/pool/
Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artrage/
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artrage/

To schedule meetings at CES, contact: Karen Thomas/Bill Kouwenhoven Thomas PR C: (516) 527-9111 kthomas@thomaspr.com / bkouwen@thomas-pr.com

ARTRAGE ARTISTS PAINT LIVE AT SONY IN-STORE EVENTS NY, CALIFORNIA & TEXAS THROUGH DECEMBER 23rd

      

 

ARTRAGE ARTISTS PAINT LIVE AT SONY IN-STORE EVENTS

NY, CALIFORNIA & TEXAS THROUGH DECEMBER 23^rd –

 

ArtRage Realistic Paint Software is Included with New Sony VAIO Touch Screen PCs –

ArtRage Works with popular Multi-Touch Screens:  Windows 8 & 7, iPad & iPhone

WHAT: Sony featuring ArtRage Artists at in-store events painting with new VAIO touch screens.

WHEN:  Now until Dec 23^rd

WHERE:  Select Sony stores in NY, Texas and California – details below

ARTISTS:  David Kassan,Raheem Nelson, Chris Carrasco, Richard Weinstein, Janice Cummings, Richard Shulman, Henry Kaufmann, Lucy Limon, Stephen Suarez, Sean McWilliams, Stephen Suarez, Dalton Grant Jr., Adrian Martinez, Mark Ramirez, Haven Herrera, Howard Simpson, David Navas, Jordan Monsell, Angelo Divino, Francesca Andrews, Sal Navarro, Eric Rogerson, Soraya Penido, Diana Roberts, Tom Durham, John Colasante, Mia Robinson

Times and Locations of ArtRage Artists in Residence at Sony VAIO Touch Events

Sony Plaza NYC Tue-Fri 4-8 PM, Sat-Sun 11 AM-7 PM

550 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 833-8800

Sony Long Island Tue-Fri 6-10 PM, Sat-Sun Noon-8 PM

630 Old Country Road #1120, Garden City, NY 11530 Phone: (516) 248-2901

Datavision, NYC Tue- Fri 4-8 PM, Sat-Sun 11 AM-5 PM

445 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 689-1111

Sony Houston Tue-Fri 5-9 PM, Sat-Sun 11 AM-7 PM

630 Old Country Road #1120, Garden City, NY 11530 Phone: (516) 248-2901

Sony Costa Mesa Tue-Fri 5-9 PM, Sat-Sun 11 AM-7 PM

3333 Bristol Street #22, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone: (714) 754-6302

Sony Century City Tue-Fri 5-9 PM, Sat-Sun 1-9 PM

10250 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90067 Phone: (310) 282-8092

Sony Palo Alto Tue-Fri 4-8 PM, Sat-Sun 11 AM-7 PM

359 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Phone: (650) 322-6170

Also in Times Square, NY City:  See a video of David Kassan painting with ArtRage on the Sony Times Square Billboard during the promotion through Dec 23! 

See video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os4PRk90G1o&feature=youtu.be

Photo:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151433567621461&set=a.212611621460.141145.563766460&type=1&theater

Artist will paint live with ArtRage Studio Pro at Sony in-store events on new VAIO touch screens from now until December 23.  Stop by the stores to get your portrait painted and try out ArtRage on the VAIO tablets.  ArtRage Studio Pro 3.5 www.artrage.com, the winner of Professional Photographer magazine’s prestigious “Hot One” Award for Best New Gear, was selected by Sony to be included with selected VAIO Windows 8 PCs to show the creative  capabilities of touch screens.

ArtRage works great with popularmulti-touch screens, including Windows 8, Windows 7, iPad and iPhone touch screens.  ArtRage lets you become a true digital artist, providing the experience of actually “painting” digitally on a computer canvas with oil paints that smear and blend, and watercolors that flow together to create soft, wet gradations, just as they would with traditional art tools and materials.

ArtRage Studio Pro 3.5 for Windows and Mac is available immediately, priced at $59.90 at http://www.artrage.com/artrage-store.html. ArtRage for iPad is also available immediately priced at $4.99 from the Apple iTunes Store. To test the creative possibilities on your own multi-touch screens for painting, download the free 30 day trial version of ArtRage Studio Pro (Mac & Win) at http://www.artrage.com/artrage-demos.html.

For press review copies of ArtRage Studio Pro or ArtRage for iPad & iPhone and Stephen Burns ArtRage Studio Pro Training video contact: kthomas@thomaspr.com or eyutani@thomaspr.com

Videos: ArtRage on Sony VAIO Duo 11 – Learn to Paint like the Masters http://youtu.be/n6JXOkDnxjA?hd=1 ArtRage YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/artragetv ArtRage on Touch screens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JVfVbJmaeM&feature=youtu.be&hd=1
ArtRage training video by Stephen Burns, PhotoshopCAFE.com: http://www.photoshopcafe.com/video/products/introduction-to-artrage.htm.

Photos: ArtRage with David Kassan in Times Square video: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignartragetimessquare.html
Warhol Daisy recreated in ArtRage: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignwarholdaisy.html
Miro Daybreak recreated in ArtRage: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesigndaybreak.html
Hokusai Great Wave recreated in ArtRage: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesigngreatwave.html
Apple Painted in ArtRage Studio: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/ambientdesignapple.html
Releases: Sony Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artragesonyrelease.html
Hot One Award Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artragehotoneawardrelease.html
ArtRage 3.5 Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/ambientdesign/artragestudioprorelease.html
ArtRage 3.5 Product Comparison: http://www2.ambientdesign.com/files/artrage_product_comparison.pdf
New Features: http://www.artrage.com/artrage-whatsnew.html

Website:   www.artrage.com Facebook:  www.facebook.com/artrage Flickr:        www.flickr.com/groups/artrage/pool/ Gallery:     https://www.facebook.com/groups/artrage/ Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artrage/

THOMAS PR CLIENTS AT CES 2013 – POWEROCKS, DIVOOM, IMPECCA, SOUNDMATTERS, KIDZ GEAR, ARTRAGE, GOSMART, EASY-DOKS

 

THOMAS PR CLIENTS AT CES 2013 

 

POWEROCKS – BOOTH #5438 – NORTH HALL: Introducing its line of Powerocks fashionable wireless mobile power packs for iPhones, iPads, iPods and other mobile devices www.powerocks.com.
DIVOOM – BOOTH #6616 – NORTH HALL:Launching new Divoom fashionable lifestyle mobile speakers for music anytime, anywhere www.divoom.com.
IMPECCA – BOOTH #30935 – SOUTH HALL: Announcing Fruit Ninja line of phone and tablet cases, headphones, earbuds, character speakers, and USB drives — Zoo Tunes portable speakers — and new Bamboo keyboards www.impeccausa.com.
SOUNDMATTERS – BOOTH #5829 iLOUNGE – NORTH HALL: Introducing a new amazing sounding portable sound bar for tablets and launching the world’s first desktop/portable aptX Hi-Fi Satellite and Subwoofer System www.soundmatters.com.
KIDZ GEAR – SUITE MANDALAY BAY: Announcing new kids consumer electronics products: KidzControl Volume Limit Headphones for Kids – now available in new colors – pink, orange, blue, green, purple and limited edition white www.gearforkidz.com.
ARTRAGE – Location to be determined: ArtRage most realistic paint software now works with all touch screens – Windows 8 & 7, iPad and iPhone – selected for new Sony VAIO Touch Screen PCs www.artrage.com.
GOSMART – Location to be determined: GoSmart www.justgosmart.com, will be showing the GoSmart Stylus – the smoothest and most precise stylus for iPads, touchscreen tablets, smartphones and other devices made of ergonomically designed patent-pending see-through Teflon coated stainless steel tip with Capacitive Coupling Technology.  Also showing, GoSmart Smartphone Clip – the essential tool for busy travelers for safer GPS phone use in cars and GoSmart Restpad – 100% natural sheepskin wrist rest relieves 2X as much pressure as other wrist rests – great for carpal tunnel relief.

EASY-DOKS – BOOTH #8639 – CENTRAL HALL: Announcing Easy-Doks CR Line of essential smart quick charger to charge and dock up to 8 devices simultaneously, neatly and elegantly displaying your devices in one place at all times. Unlike other chargers, Easy-Doks will never be obsoleted by future cable changes www.easy-doks.com .  

To schedule meetings at CES, contact:

Karen Thomas/Bill Kouwenhoven/Eva Yutani

Thomas PR (631) 549-7575

Karen Thomas kthomas@thomaspr.com  cell: (516) 527-9111

Bill Kouwenhoven bkouwen@thomas-pr.com

Eva Yutani: eyutani@thomaspr.com

www.thomas-pr.com

GOSMART LAUNCHES NEW “GOSMART FREEDOM STYLUS” WITHOUT MAGNETS FOR CLEANER PURE DESIGN

 

Photos: 
GoSmart  Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartlogo.html 
GoSmart Stylus No Magnets: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartstyluscaps.html
GoSmart Stylus No Magnets Tips Up: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/gosmartstylustips.html
 
YouTube Videos:
Writing as an Lefty on iPad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnVs00_DGU&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE3iWMHn8ME&feature=plcp 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjgPZPXGs8&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ4fK4yyPnE&feature=plcp 
 
Contact:
Karen Thomas/Eva Yutani
Thomas PR (631) 549-7575
kthomas@thomaspr.com eyutani@thomaspr.com www.thomas-pr.com www.thomaspublicrelations.com           
 

GOSMART LAUNCHES NEW “GOSMART FREEDOM STYLUS”
WITHOUT MAGNETS FOR CLEANER PURE DESIGN
 
WORLD’S MOST ACCURATE STYLUS FOR IPAD AND OTHER TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES
 
Stylus & iPad Replace Pen & Paper
 
Patent-Pending See-Through Tip for Ultimate in Accuracy
Draw, Paint, Write, or Select on Your iPad Just Like Pen & Paper

December 12, 2012, Los Angeles, CA – GoSmart, Inc. www.justgosmart.com announced today the “GoSmart Freedom Stylus” (without magnets), the world’s smoothest, most precise stylus for iPads, touchscreen tablets, smart phones and other devices.  The GoSmart Freedom Stylus (without magnets) is based on the original GoSmart Stylus, which features rare earth magnets to attach the GoSmart Stylus to the iPad smart cover, keeping them together when traveling to meetings, classes, or for other uses – a extremely useful feature.  If you don’t have the smart cover or use an older iPad or non-Apple tablet, then the stylus’ magnets are not needed, which is why GoSmart is today launching the new GoSmart Freedom Stylus (without magnets).  

The new streamlined GoSmart Freedom Stylus (without magnets) is perfect for customers who use the Stylus all day (such as professional artists and students), and don’t travel often with their stylus and iPad.  The new GoSmart Freedom Stylus is priced slightly less than the original Stylus, at $23.95, and isavailable immediately.  

Like the original GoSmart Stylus, the GoSmart Freedom Stylus comes in two versions:  

• Series 300 “Rocketship” Stylus – looks and feels cool (like a rocket) and stands up with a silicone rubber tip that grabs the smooth curved stylus body.  It comes in red, white, blue and black.
• GoSmart Series 200 “Pen” Stylus – shaped like a pen, it is more practical for professionals, like doctors, lawyers and business people who want to use the Stylus in a professional setting or for people who are always on the go and need a rigid cap to protect the tip inside backpacks, purses and briefcases.  The cap is made from the same material as bullet-proof glass (polycarbonate) and has a clip so it can go inside a shirt pocket.
   

No Tapping Noise When Taking Notes – No Clunky Foam or Discs 

The GoSmart Freedom Stylus’ Teflon-coated metal tip quietly glides on the iPad or other touchscreen for clear and accurate visibility for a precise touch unimpeded by clunky foam or plastic discs which encumber most other styluses.  Strong and flexible at the same time, the stylus easily pivots to accommodate various hold angles, never scratching your device’s touchscreen display.  And unlike plastic styluses, you won’t hear tapping noises when using the GoSmart Stylus — a key feature for silently taking notes during lectures and meetings. 

Patent-Pending Tip with Capacitive Coupling Technology 

The GoSmart Stylus provides unique clarity and precision via its patent-pending tip, which employs Capacitive Coupling Technology, the principle that a conductive wire has electric fields extending well beyond the wire itself.  By combining several wire rings, the GoSmart Stylus acts like a solid conductive surface with minimal material, providing a clearer view of the touchscreen display. 

The GoSmart Freedom Stylus (withoutmagnets) is available immediately, priced at $23.95 and the original GoSmart Stylus (with magnets) is priced at $24.95.  Both styles areavailable in two ergonomic designs:  300 Series (rocket-shape style) and 200 Series (pen-shaped style) throughthe GoSmart site at: http://justgosmart.com/store/ or through Amazon.com.  For more information, see the GoSmart website:  www.justgosmart.com YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/JustGoSmart?feature=watch Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/JustGoSmart  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/#!/justgosmart.

About GoSmart 

GoSmart, Inc. www.justgosmart.com is a privately held company headquartered in Los Angeles, California.  GoSmart develops and markets exceptionally useful travel aids and consumer accessories for smart mobile devices.  Their current product line includes the GoSmart Stylus with precise touchscreen pointing with an unobstructed view through a patent-pending capacitive wire tip; the GoSmart Restpad; and GoSmart Clip for iPhone for safer GPS viewing in the car.  For more information, see www.justgosmart.com.