Let it be known though that I am no authority on these programs, nor a great talent with them. My aim is to express to many the uses of these mediums within fantasy art, and help guide you through the basic processes to develop your own style. By all means, use these objects, that's what they were made for, but for the best images you will have as the main focus a totally original design or object, this is how to advance in this area and set your work apart from the rest. Most free objects are easily recognisable by the 3D user community. A general tip for design is to disguise your work as Bryce rendered or 3D Studio rendered or Photoshop drawn.
Professionals avoid easily recognised filters, styles or programs for the reason of originality.
The more powerful the computer you have, the better off you will be. If this is the case, it is easily remedied. From the internet many freeware or shareware paint and raytracing programs can be found. One of these that will be discussed in following chapters will be Paint Shop Pro . Tools discussed and expanded on by myself will be.