

Integration is not built in and I could not drag and drop an image from iPhoto to Flame Painter. First, the program does not integrate with iPhoto. The brushes work much better as special effect tools for a photo, for example. When it comes to being a program for adding effects to an image Flame Painter fairs a little better. Too unpredictable for my taste- especially for painting a picture.

I also found that some brushes painted on a white surface while others showed nothing. Some brushes work great in each mode, while I found others did nothing in flame mode but worked great as a ribbon. They are unpredictable in how they follow your brush tool and how they interact with the image. One reason for this is that they are unpredictable. Many of these brushes are very cool effects, but I don’t see them as brushes that I would be able to paint an image with. It can be used in flame mode, follow mode (more like a traditional brush), and ribbon mode. You can also use each brush in three different modes. These brushes range in all different styles and colors.

There are also customizable settings to make the brush exactly how you want it. The company calls them Flame Brushes and Flame Painter has a bunch of pre made flame brushes ready to go. They are flames, or ribbons, or strokes of color. The brushes are not you ordinary brushes. In simple terms Flame Painter lets you paint with different types of brushes on a blank canvas or a pre made image or photo. Is it a paint program? Is it an effects program? Well, after playing with it for several weeks I’m leaning towards more of an effects program, although there are some fantastic examples of it as a paint program on the company website. When I first saw Flame Painter by Escape Motions I didn’t know what to make of it.
