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Posted by SpaceGirl on 01/01/06 20:22
Clyde wrote:
> 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.
I did read it! :p
> 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'm not a professional photographer (I wish!) and I use PhotoShop mostly
for layout and dicing & slicing of artwork for multimedia projects. When
it comes to photo-editing - well we get a lot of photos shot at gigs
which require editing. Often we use elements of these photos for other
promotional work. A lot of painting-on of quickmasks, or background
removal, is done. With a mouse this would be inaccurate and time
consuming. I used to exclusively use a mouse for editing until someone
persuaded me to try a tablet for a day - I'd ordered my own by the end
of that week and I've never looked back. Also, with my day-time job,
almost all of our 1000 artists use graphics tablets (I work for a big
directory publisher). The two professional photographers I know
personally also use them (it was one of these who introduced me in the
first place). I've also a few books, the newest one of which is "Adobe
PhotoShop CS2 for Photographers", in which the author recommends the use
of tablets for retouching.
I supposed ultimately it's the tools you find easiest to use are the
best for the job - so long as you have tried other tools. I'm no artist
- I'm generally someone who sticks things together produced by other
artists, but I totally swear by wacom tablets and really recommend
anyone who hasn't seriously used one for a couple of days to try one out.
Ultimately it's personal choice! :)
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