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Posted by SpaceGirl on 01/01/06 20:25
fungusamungus wrote:
> "Clyde" <clyde@world.comedy> wrote in message news:ApidnRxDl5pHzijeRVn-
>> Funny. It looks like you didn't read my message. One thing I said was that
>> I don't do anything that requires pressure sensitivity. That's why I don't
>> need a tablet. So you are right, you can't do pressure without a tablet,
>> but it's irrelivant for me.
>>
>> It does reduce one tool (not massively) in Photoshop. Then again, I'm not
>> using all the tools in Photoshop anyway. There are lots of drawing and
>> painting tools that aren't important to my photo editing.
>>
>> Tracing "when you are editing photos"?!? What are you doing tracing? I
>> don't trace anything when I'm editing photos. It would seem that
>> "retouching of promotional shots, gig photos etc" wouldn't require
>> tracing. The only reason I can think to do tracing is in manually creating
>> masks. However, that is the slowest and most painful way to make masks.
>> There are many better ways to make masks.
>>
>> If you are doing a lot of tracing, a tablet would be a useful tool. I
>> don't do tracing or need pressure sensitivity. Therefore, I have no use
>> for a tablet.
>>
>> Clyde
>
> I mostly avoided this thread, but the change in subject line made me read it
> :)
>
> I'd like to interject here though: I do freelance illustration, which often
> includes comic books. I also covhort (sp?) with a lot of comic book
> artists. I know a couple of guys who *ink* in Photoshop with only a mouse.
> That even blows the "tracing" comment out of the water :] (these people are
> quite good, I might add. And I'm not saying "inkers are tracers", but there
> is a lot of tracing involved in inking).
>
>
On the other hand, I knew the crew at a couple of major UK comics who
pretty much use tablets all the time for inking and editing! Yes I agree
that inking requires a lot of tracing - he asked me to trying inking one
of his panels once and I shamefully gave up. That's a totally different
skill :)
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