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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Roanoke on August 11, 2005, 05:26:05 am

Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: Roanoke on August 11, 2005, 05:26:05 am
What do you fellas use ? Is a mouse sufficent or is investing in one of those electric canvas 'n' pen type things the way to go ?
Time I got off my lazt ass and started movin' away from those ugly-ass :v: textures.

Anyone care to recommend any decent  Photoshopbooks/websites/whatever too ?  

Ta
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: Turnsky on August 11, 2005, 05:33:11 am
depends, a mouse is sufficient, but if you -really- want fine control over things, i'd suggest a tablet..

oh, and get photoshop, it's a much better program compared to PSP, especially in the way it handles layers, but PS is a memory hog, so be warned.
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: Sandwich on August 11, 2005, 05:41:14 am
It depends if you want to generate textures or if you want to draw them. Tablets are to enable any hand-drawing skills ou may have to work with a computer, nothing more.
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: Turnsky on August 11, 2005, 05:46:02 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
It depends if you want to generate textures or if you want to draw them. Tablets are to enable any hand-drawing skills ou may have to work with a computer, nothing more.


that's also quite true
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: Roanoke on August 11, 2005, 07:17:56 am
I've got both Turnsky, though I have tended to stick more with PS

I was a bit of an artist in school circa 7 years ago (:shaking: ) but I am now looking principaly into doing textures. What's the difference betwen generating and drawing textures anyway ? :)
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: aldo_14 on August 11, 2005, 07:43:09 am
I use a mouse.
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: Roanoke on August 11, 2005, 12:59:38 pm
So a mouse-only method is viable ? That's what I was lookin' to find out. Cheers.
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: aldo_14 on August 11, 2005, 01:29:16 pm
Works fine for me.  I'm too stingy (and probably clumsy) to use a tablet......
Title: A Question for all the PS/PSP/ Textureing/Effects Wizards
Post by: MicroPsycho on August 12, 2005, 04:33:58 pm
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Originally posted by Roanoke
I've got both Turnsky, though I have tended to stick more with PS

I was a bit of an artist in school circa 7 years ago (:shaking: ) but I am now looking principaly into doing textures. What's the difference betwen generating and drawing textures anyway ? :)


I'm going to say that drawing is...self explainatory whereas generating is where you use effects/shaders/layers/amalgomation of other textures and what have you to make a new texture, but I could be wrong.