Questions/Discussion/Tutorials Thread

Grifter

Do you possess hands of your own? Wouldn't they serve as perfect models? Why buy what you already have?

Millions

Sonic wrote:

Photoshop Text Questions:

1. How would I wrap the text? ie. make it follow a circular path like an arch etc.

You can also use the path tool.

Create a path (use the Pen tool or the circle tool or anything that makes a path).

Once the path is created, click the text icon. With that selected, hover over your path...when the icon changes click on the path and type, type away!

DMAC

In Photoshop?

Millions

DMAC wrote:

In Photoshop?

Yes sir!



Any path you make you can attach some text too.

You can also create like...a box with a circular cut out of it and wrap text around an object like so:

DMAC

Is that CS? I don't think it works in 7.0.

Millions

Yeah it's CS. It doesn't work in 7.0? That blows. Just brings me back to the whole 'Adobe is a mangy dog' thing.

It really worries me that they now own Macromedia. I can't see any good coming out of it. I mean, they've already said they're getting rid of Fireworks. The fact that they're just pitching software out the window frightens me.

Grifter

Yeah, the path thing wasn't introduced until CS. They actually did a lot of cool new things in CS and CS2 that are very handy.

Manga Penguin

That's odd. They even have it in the old Paint Shop Pros.

Arisa

That doesn't seem right -- I know I've used the path/text tools in conjunction before I got CS.

Eartai

I'm sure at some point, if Adobe didn't do it, someone would have made a plugin. It seems like something someone would make a plugin for.

Brafdorf

You guys should check this out, easy slide making website
2.50 per and 1.00 more for copies

https://www.gammatech.com/html/home.htm

TM2 Rampage

Brafdorf wrote:

For some reason I dislike Pratt just for this kid who was at my school last year; he was a horrible artist, didnt work or try, pretty much was an ass, and got accepted to Pratt as a transfer for this fall. It was hard to understand how it even happened
I will look into it as well though

I guess you don't have any examples of his art... I was curious.

NightDragon

As far as I know, Pratt's also lost a lot of it's reputation over the years...it's not what it used to be...(and it's 40k a year...O_o) soooooo...yes.

Jonis

anyone recommend a scanner? i know jack shit about them

is this good?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B0002U40NG/ref=cm_rev_sort/002-4232772-6053634?customer-reviews.sort_by=%2BOverallRating&x=13&y=5&s=electronics

i want no grain, just a nice smooth scan

MaximasXXZ

When inking pencils, is it really necessary to transfer the pencils to another sheet of bristol before inking? Or can you do it directly on the pencils? Some artists don't seem to care, others go through a ridiculous process of getting it scanned and printed on vellum at their local Kinko's for each page.

Any thoughts?

Knob

MaximasXXZ wrote:

When inking pencils, is it really necessary to transfer the pencils to another sheet of bristol before inking? Or can you do it directly on the pencils? Some artists don't seem to care, others go through a ridiculous process of getting it scanned and printed on vellum at their local Kinko's for each page.

Any thoughts?

It just depends on personal preference, really.

Sometimes I lay pencils onto bristol, then ink them and diligently erase, sometimes I print blueline sketches onto the bristol before inking, sometimes pencil on two sheets of printer paper that have been taped together then ink onto bristol over a lightbox.

bombardier

http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/dslr-mag.shtml
http://www.photocamel.com/index.php/topic,355.0.html

Explaining the Digital SLR 'crop factor' hooplah.

bombardier

Also, is there such thing as a negative telephoto converter? I know there's 2.0x and 1.4x ones, but is there such thing as a, say, 0.7x one?

AlyceInWonderland

I have a question. Does anyone know a good pen tool tutorial? Because with out a wacom, and just using the mouse, the lines are shakey and it tends to take twice as long to ink anything. I was hoping to maybe grasp the pen tool for a while while my wacom is on the fritz.
Edit: This is for someone who has NO IDEA how to use it.

Knob

Pen Tool:

You click where you want the line to start, then click and hold where you want the line to end.

While holding, move your mouse about. You'll see the line twist and curl around.

Drag you mouse until the curve looks the way you want it.

That's it.

Brafdorf

TM2 Rampage wrote:

Brafdorf wrote:

For some reason I dislike Pratt just for this kid who was at my school last year; he was a horrible artist, didnt work or try, pretty much was an ass, and got accepted to Pratt as a transfer for this fall. It was hard to understand how it even happened
I will look into it as well though

I guess you don't have any examples of his art... I was curious.

No, I dont
Apparently though while his work/work habit sucked at school, his portfolio had old artwork that all his roommates disbelieved him ever having made himself
40 k a year sounds pretty standard for art schools, they tend to be 20k a semester after housing is included which can be up to half that

Bongo

Bongo wrote:

Hm, anyone know of somewhere I can find some texturing/skinning tutorials?

melting_doll

lexxy's open canvas 1.1 download doesn't work..is there anywhere else i could get it?

Sonic

I gotcha covered:

Open Canvas 1.1

eminkey2003

I think I've found a very useful link. It's a knife store, but the link goes to their encyclopedia of knives, categorized by maker, purpose, size, etc. It has a photo of each knife, sword, axe, and all other weapons listed. It also has lots of information on knives, accesories, and parts. Just wanted to share this with you for reference.
http://www.agrussell.com/knives/index.html

PeterAndCompany

Anyone know of a good font-making program for Mac that lets you import vector/raster-based images into individual letters and export them in Mac/PC compatible formats?

I know of a couple PC programs but unfortunately they're not ported to OSX.

melting_doll

thanks sonic! (:

JAmp5

bombardier wrote:

Also, is there such thing as a negative telephoto converter? I know there's 2.0x and 1.4x ones, but is there such thing as a, say, 0.7x one?

Saw this in the window after reading your question. I had no idea they existed but here are two 0.66x teleconverters. These are for the coolpix 'dslr type' cameras not for an actual slr though, would be usefull to take my 18-70mm back to a 12mm if they did.

bombardier

Damn... Well the reason I ask is that it would seem logical to produce something like that (if physically possible, my light theory is shady* at best) to combat the DSLR cropping effect. I'm guessing not, since someone must have had to of thought of this already.

*totally subconcious pun