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    Inkscape

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AInkscape is a free and open source vector drawing app for Windows, MacOS & Linux, available for download free under the GPLv3+ license. The tools aims to support illustrators, designers, web designers or anyone wanting to create vector graphics.N/A

    Marmoset Toolbag

    Score10 out of 10
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Open Source
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Adobe PhotoShop
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    InkscapeMarmoset Toolbag
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
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    Usability
    6.0
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    InkscapeMarmoset Toolbag
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    I would 100% recommend Inkscape to anyone starting out with graphic design or illustration, as it isn't that difficult to get the hang of on the first day of using it. I am not recommending Inkscape for beginners alone, even experts in the field can use Inkscape professionally as it cuts of the expense of needing to buy a paid graphic design software which provides almost the same features. Inkscape is also great for beginners because it can be treated like a stepping stone to move onto a paid graphic designing software like Adobe Illustrator, so Inkscape can be used to test the waters before making the leap. Inkscape and Illustrator are almost the same so there wont be any difficulty in switching later on.
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    Marmoset
    Excellent for baking and rendering, the best and im not exaggerating. not so good for texturing itself
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Creating mockups using all kinds of graphic elements together.
    • Creating Video thumbnails and thumbnail templates.
    • Online 'how to' resources help a great deal.
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    Marmoset
    • Baking with custom cages
    • baking by separate meshes
    • controlled skewing and hand painted bake definitions
    • very optimized graphically speaking
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • Can be tricky to get the hang of at first
    • UI is not always naturally intuitive but generally it is good
    • May require reading documentation and watching tutorials to skill up before using it efficiently
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    Marmoset
    • probably when you have an already done baking setup and you change the mesh, the reload takes a lot of time.
    • sometimes its very difficult to find errors in the bake because the beauty render in Marmoset Toolbag hides it very well. In the viewer of our texturing program is very noticeable so I have to go back and forth between them to fix bake errors.
    • I guess the texturing deature of Marmoset Toolbag is not yet something that our studio is willing to jump over to, we have a lot of missing features from currently industry standard programs
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    Usability
    Open Source
    It is very good in general, but there are steps that I wish could be eliminated as they seem to be "duplicative".
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    Marmoset
    I give it an 8 just for the sake that you can do pretty well bakes, pretty good realtime renders and those are like the key features of Marmoset Toolbag. But I dont give it a 10 because they advert a texturing tool while its still very raw on those terms, but overall excellent program for the cost
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    Open Source
    It is free. Easy to install Easy and simple to use and master. I find it as the best solution to do simple things without spending much time loading the API and trying to find the menu necessary to do the job. It produces vector graphics which is very well suited to illustrate research papers.
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    Marmoset
    We use substance mainly for the control over the bakes, none of the programs listed above which are other programs we used that can actually do bakes, are nearly as good as Marmoset Toolbag. I can vouch for Marmoset Toolbag as the best baking program out there till the date, giving you almost complete control of how the bake is gonna end up looking and achieving it really fast
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • fast, efficient illustrations
    • inexpensive (donation based) enough for a tiny business
    • now can make custom labels for test products using our in-house printer
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    Marmoset
    • so the baking process from start to a good finish is about 90% more controlled than any other baking program out there
    • Achieving a good bake is much more easy for our artist meaning less time per asset correcting issues
    • its incredibly easy to learn, in a matter of hours an artist can be doing good work. so less training hours needed
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