Sijun Forums :: View topic - curious about how most of you people you PS..

dgordon · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 2:04 pm

Most of you folks here use Photoshop as a painting program or better said, most of you people use the "paintbrush" in photoshop. That is a lot different from the way you usually will see photoshop being used, (i.e using masks and the airbrush). Atleast that is how I have learned to PS. Now that have found CM's site again, and seen how he works with more understanding of technique in PS. I have started experimenting with the paintbrush.
My question seems to be stupid but, i'm curious on how once the "block" painting is finished. How is smoothness of the stokes taken out? Smuge tool, airbrush, or something else.
That and how do you build the color selection for images. Do you use a predefined palete of colors you built, do you use the color palete (color picker), or do you have a spot in the image that you blend colors together as though it was a painters' palete?

I have more questions but, all in due time.. The techniques in this forum and from CM really interest me. I have never used a paintbrush. So even painting with a digital one seems foriegn to me , i worked with an airbrush before photoshop. Which means that my comfort is with the airbrush tool but, i do want to try to master the paintbrush in photoshop.

-thanks-

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above · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 2:22 pm

it depends if you're using a mouse or a wacom.

dgordon · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 2:50 pm

using a wacom tablet

AliasMoze · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 3:31 pm

Dgordon, I think you're question is totally valid.
I personally use the paintbrush almost exclusively and mostly with the round brushes. I use a Wacom tablet, but used to use the mouse. I practically never use the smudge tool. It's usually not a bad idea to use layers and mask channels.

In painting make sure you use the the HSB color picker. You can save swatches but I usually don't.

The process from me usally involves
Blocking out the big shapes. This doesn't need a tablet. I've learned to use the lasso, polygonal lasso, or any means neccessary to get the shapes onto the canvas. From here I try to nail down the big values and start with the body tone usually. For me, it's easier to start with the body tone and then pick the value/saturation/hue as needed for the other tones.
Once the block is done, I go to the details and textures. That is, if I don't get bored and quit.

Good luck learning. Hopefully Spooge will jump in here and debunk everything I've said, so I can learn some better ways.

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Transcendence · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 3:47 pm

when I get my wacom, I'll most likely take an Amano-ish approach to it..

dgordon · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 5:04 pm

Thanks AliasMoze,
I'm sure in time between ppl answer the things i brought in this post, and me just being around in this forum. Soon enough I'll get a much clearer idea of the technique most of you folks use here.

I appreciate the response.

dgordon · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 5:10 pm

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Originally posted by dgordon:
Thanks AliasMoze,
I'm sure in time between ppl answer the things i brought in this post, and me just being around in this forum. Soon enough I'll get a much clearer idea of the technique most of you folks use here.

I appreciate the response.

[I went to your site and watched high seas. Good animation with Flash. Did you animate that faster than 12fps. Me and my cousin are talking about trying to put together a short with Flash. We ought to exchange some Flash links. I'm sure we each have some that the other might not have seen.]

AliasMoze · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 5:35 pm

dgordon,
I don't consider myself a "flash" person at all. I started in traditional animation and Flash is the best way to get animation online.

If you want help with animation (or using Flash for animation), go here:

http://www.moserbrothers.com/aspforum

"high seas" was animated at 10 fps. The 10 fps is a little misleading. This is limited animation, so we're not creating 10 poses per second. Good luck on your show

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dgordon · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2000 7:58 pm

I already assumed that you had a handle in the "traditional" anitmation. Your style in the "High Seas" shown the experience.
As for what I was talking of as for giving links to other Flash sites. I didn't mean to come across as asking for help in flash. Just the simple fact of enjoying animation on the net. I'm sure you have searched the web for ppl doing animation on the web. I was just saying that we could kinda through links out. Because of the size of the web. Nobody can know all the little sites or large sites using flash. (i.e. http://www.spumco.com or [url=http://www.goultralightsgo.com/)]http://www.goultralightsgo.com/)[/url]
Nor do I mean by any means on trying to keep this thread going by flash sites. Just trying to get comfortable with the people in the forum.

-thanks-