An extra $25 is a lot of money for some stencils and some videos. They love ArtRage, and the more stencils the better! Also, the videos are great motivators for the students to create, and the tutorials are great projects for the kids! I use ArtRage in my classroom, and the deluxe version would be great for my students. Youâ€™ll learn a lot and really make your paintings betters. If you are an ArtRage power user and want to get the most out of ArtRage, the videos and tutorials would be for you. Additional tracing images are nice, but if you are going to trace an image for a painting youâ€™ll probably want to trace your own photo. So the question is as follows: Is it worth an extra $25 for all of the extras in the deluxe version? Youâ€™ll have to make that decision on your own. You also have a DVD that works on Mac and Windows. In addition to the stencils, you get the following: more stock images to trace (tracing is another cool feature where you trace your photo and it becomes a painting), more tutorials than the standard ArtRage, sample paintings, and videos of painting being created. It is available as a download or in boxed format. ArtRage Deluxe is the same ArtRage I love with a lot more for $49.99. I mention stencils, because additional stencils is one of the features in the new Artrage Deluxe offered by Smith Micro.

You pick a stencil and paint the inside/opening just like a stencil would be used in the â€œreal world.â€ Since that review came out, ArtRage 2.5 has been released, and many new features have been added.

For $25 you get a fantastic Painter like program. A couple of years ago I had the chance to review ArtRage 2 by Ambient Design and it is one of my favorite, low priced, paint programs for the Mac.

Artrage 2