One of the most intriguing questions about "computer art" centers on whether artists using computers work in a new medium or whether they simply mimic traditional techniques using digital tools. Indeed, most painting software programs make it difficult for artists to go beyond traditional techniques by offering them little more than the digital equivalents of traditional tools such as brushes, pencils, watercolors, charcoal, airbrushes, and so forth. Not that artists have objected. Quite the opposite: Artists have so readily adopted digital painting tools that the market for painting software is changing in two important ways. First, image editing, compositing, and effects programs now incorporate painting tools, and this obviates the need for standalone painting software for many artists.
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