Re: design software

Gerry Quinn wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Cartmell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eternal Vigilance
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >[Snip]
> >
> >> Unless alot of the artwork is geometric or do alot of repeating
> >> patterns, I find that I can freehand draw so much faster that the
> >> abominable mouse interface. (Its even worse to try to draw with subtlety
> >> -- and dont think Im an artist who has spent years drawing either -- its
> >> just that the conputer interface is still way to clumsy -- eye-hand
> >> feedback would be much better with draw on screen that some of the
> >> computer notepads are sterting to have)
>
> Tip: make the original image about 3 times the width and height you
> want.  Do the drawing at this size and resize it later.  It goes a long
> way to counteract mouse clumsiness.
>
> The downside is similar to freehand (resizing will make some lines too
> weak or strong) but easier to overcome - you can scale your pens etc.
> too.
>
> However, I guess if there's a lot of 'real' art, i.e. images whose
> artistic quality will be the focus (as distinct from art that has to be
> there, on a card or in a computer game, but only as a background to the
> action), you should probably be doing something different from drawing
> in Paint Shop Pro or whatever.
>

Photoshop ...  (I do ALOT of irregular cut and paste of large irregular objects)

Am I missing something or has the latest Photoshop have  line drawing tool yet
(you know like MS Paint has  - rubberband line)  -- or am I blind ????
and its there hidden in plain sight -- If Im not wrong, boy Id like to knock those
designers heads together for the ommission.



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> Gerry Quinn
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