Posted by SpaceGirl on 12/29/05 18:58

Clyde wrote:
> SpaceGirl wrote:
> <snip>
>>> Here, let me try explaining to you the S..L..O..W way:
>>>
>>> Photoshop - select a box area, hold down CTRL, then move your mouse
>>> slightly and hope to fuck you don't accidentally move the selection
>>> out of place in the process.
>>
>>
>> Pretty much sums it up. What professional uses Photoshop with a
>> mouse!? Really ends the discussion right there ;) Buy yourself a
>> graphics tablet for gods sake :P
>>
> <snip>
>
> Professional what? I'm a professional photographer and I use a mouse
> with Photoshop. I used to have a Wacom tablet and used it for years.
> Everyone said that was the way to go. "All the pros do it that way."
> Well, not necessarily.
>
> Years ago in college, I took a class in drawing. The mutual conclusion
> that my teacher and I came to was "stick to photography". i.e. I have
> the eye and the creativity, but not the hand for art.
>
> Guess what, tablets take that same hand skill. I kept frustrating
> myself. For example, I would hit a spot using the Healing Brush or
> Rubber Stamp and get a different result every time. That had to do with
> the pressure sensitive feature of tablets. My hand couldn't get just
> exactly the right amount of pressure consistently.
>
> With a mouse I automatically got the same hit every time. I just keep my
> left hand on the [ & ] keys to quickly adjust the size of the brush.
>
> Since I only edit photographs and never "draw" or "paint" in Photoshop,
> I don't need the pressure sensitive feature of a tablet. As this is the
> big reason to use a tablet, I have found that a mouse works better for
> me. So, I sold my tablet and lived happily ever after.
>
> I'm sure that most professional Photoshop users have artistic hands and
> would find that tablets work better for them, not all of us. Once again,
> broad, sweeping statements that declare universitality are proven wrong.
>
> Clyde

Okay. Well the ones *I* know - but that's not representative of the
entire industry for sure. You dont need artistic skills to use a tablet
- all you are doing is tracing (mostly) when you are editing photos.
Once you have spent a day with a tablet you never look back - it's so
much faster and more accurate. How can you do things like pressure
without one? Well you cant, so right away you're massively reducing the
tools available in PhotoShop to help you do your job.

On the other hand I know lots of webby people who dont use a tablet, but
they tend not to use PhotoShop quite so much.

We dont do artworking here beyond graphics for web sites, or to be
incorporated into multimedia - essentially most of what we do is
retouching of promotional shots, gig photos etc - and for that I cannot
imagine not using a tablet. I'm no artist!

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