Chris Monk
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timwootton said:AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Call out the lifeboat!
timwootton said:AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Is this becoming a bit of a Witch-Hunt? (Now there's something I do know about - good old-fashioned values being upheld, dunking stools ((not that kind of stool!)) - small children up chimneys ((preferably yer'own - children and chimneys)) - diptheria, smallpox . . . ahhh the good old days in Barnsley . . . . .) - wipes a tear away.Chris Monk said:Call out the lifeboat!
timwootton said:Is this becoming a bit of a Witch-Hunt? (Now there's something I do know about - good old-fashioned values being upheld, dunking stools ((not that kind of stool!)) - small children up chimneys ((preferably yer'own - children and chimneys)) - diptheria, smallpox . . . ahhh the good old days in Barnsley . . . . .) - wipes a tear away.
timwootton said:AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Shame we can't just pop off to the pub now . . .
matt green said:Hey Deborah,have you found you missing specticles yet?
Think I know who the culprit is
Matt
nctexasbirder said:testing-Merlin sketch....ya like?
Larry Lade said:I had to try another one.
timwootton said:Hi Des - I used photoshop for this wooden duck! Unlike Ed (who clearly knows a damn site more than me about, well, probably everything) I'm still using a steam-powered pointing device called a MOUSE - I think Ed has a Light-sabre or something. I remember once reading about these new-fangled graphics tools, but put them firmly into the cupboard marked 'Fanciful Thinking, The Round-Earth and Other Things Which Won't Happen!
If you're seriously interested - Photoshop allows one to work in layers - the only way to get believable (by 'believable' I really mean 'photographically believable' as there are, of course, many truths) and it's a good trick to get the hang of useing the smudge and blur tools - soft, out-of-focus effects etc.
Whatever, don't forget to keep your pencil sharp!!!! (Baaa, Humbug!)
ed keeble said:Light sabres available from here: Intuos 3 from Wacom http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/intuos.cfm- simply brilliant (nope- not sponsored by them ). But there will be plenty of others out there as well.
I definitely don't know about system requirements except that the sabre works on MAC or PC. You do need enough speed RAM or whatever to ensure that there is no time lag, i.e. the speed at which paint is displayed on the monitor matches the speed you move your pen over the tablet.
As for smudge and blur in photoshop- those two plus the clone tool and gradient tool would be my top 4 most used- apart from yer brush and eraser. I do have a paint a feather in photoshop tutorial, but that might send Tim over the edge..
Ed K
desgreene said:I've not worked out a good way to deal with reflections yet so I've kept this one simple.
desgreene said:Hi Ed,
are any of the lower priced models worth a look? Wacom do a model called Graphire4 with an A6 tablet area for about £70.
Cheers,
Des.
ed keeble said:My guess is that Graphire 4 is just fine- but I'm always a bit hesitant about recommending something I haven't used.
The smaller tablets should be OK- as you have probably worked out, the size of tablet is unrelated to the size or levle of detail in the image you see on screen- it is just that the smaller the tablet, the less room you have for sweeping hand movements, which is limiting for artistic flourishes, but not so much of an issue for careful and steady drawing.
As for choice of range- I have always used Intuos rather than Graphire, but only because the former is what my graphic design guru uses- it may be that the main difference in functionality is that Intuos has controls on the tablet that you can use rather than on screen. But that's not a major point for a non-pro: I never use them.
I'm happy to add to the above by PM- or on forum if potentially of interest to others.
Ed K
desgreene said:Thanks for the info Ed.
Regards, Des.
Dave B said:Here's an effort with my mouse and Photoshop, plus the benefit of Ed's tutorial!
Dave