Paint Shop Pro, now a Corel product (why did they ruin a good product by selling out to a lousy company) is very good and comes with most of the tools Photoshop has. Also Corel Painter might be a good fit they can both be found at http://www.corel.com. Microsoft is releasing a new graphic package called Expression (I've played with the beta, but not enough to offer any opinion) can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.asp

If true 3-d painting is needed then either Deep Paint 3D (http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/dp3d/Deep3D_UV/index.htm) or Body Paint (http://www.bodypaint3d.com/) are your choices (Exprensive and steeper learning curve)

Hope this helps!

Message edited on: 11/07/2005 10:18

Message edited on: 11/07/2005 10:20