Top 15 Digital Painting Software Ranked 🎨

Can you feel it? The air's getting SPICY!

Here's the official "sequel" to the popular 'What Digital Art Program is Right For You?' video from 2020. A lot changes in 4 years, so I thought it was a perfect time to re-evaluate the list, get some new contenders in there, and YOUTUBE THIS BAD BOY UP, RANK-LIST STYLE

What are your thoughts on the list? Let me know in the comments, and we can figure out the ULTIMATE RANKING together!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro
1:47 - List of Programs
2:28 - Why Make This List?
5:47 - Detailing What Each Rank Means
7:47 - Affinity Photo
9:24 - ArtRage
11:00 - ArtStudio Pro (mobile)
12:21 - CLIP Studio Paint
15:36 - Corel Painter
20:05 - GIMP
22:06 - Infinite Painter (mobile)
23:25 - Krita
26:51 - MS Paint
28:27 - Paintstorm Studio
30:16 - Paint Tool Sai
32:39 - Photoshop
37:10 - Procreate
39:45 - Realistic Paint Studio
42:10 - Rebelle
49:10 - Ranked List
52:08 - Final Thoughts & Outro


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