The note from the reviewer at Photoshop Creative, who wrote, “Flame Painter is an imaginative piece of software that enables you to create amazing effects and apply them to your Photoshop artwork…”, make me want to take some time with the latest version of an app, now on its version 4, released to celebrate a decade since Peter Blaškovič developed, in 2009, a painting application as part of a project, never imagining it would become a successful paint and particle effects software: Flame Painter. “You owe it to yourself to check out Flame Painter, and unleash your inner creative dragon!” wrote Photoshop User magazine, while the Royal Photography Society Journal comment stated Flame Painter is “one of the world’s top painting application”.Ĭomments like those above, coming not from painting magazines or websites, but from within the world of photography, made me accept the invitation to try the app. I’ve written this before but let me repeat it here, because it’s important. It’s also a key tool if you’re working in areas where extensive editing of images is essential, as it makes your job easier. Unleash your inner creative dragonįlame Painter 4 is not just a fun tool to explore. On the other hand, if you are a photographer or designer using photos as the starting point to fantastic artistic creations, then apps as Flame Painter 4 are important tools to keep in your hard drive.

We all have played with the brushes and other effects present in most photography editing apps, but unless one’s line of work asks for it, we rarely go beyond those experiences. I am not the typical user of paint and particle effects apps, as my photography is essentially documenting the real world, and the few editorial post-production liberties I will take are usually related to a specific need, like placing a Moon on an empty sky, to illustrate content, or cloning out garbage left by previous visitors on a landscape I want to capture. The email I received last May, with information about Flame Painter 4, a new version of the app which was about to be released, made me curious.

If you’ve never used the app, the trial version available will be a complete surprise: it’s special effects for photographers. Launched in June, Flame Painter 4 celebrates a decade with many new features.

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