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Do I need a pen and tablet?
I have scanned several thousand photos in and am now going to use
Photoshop to touch them up. How helpful would a pen and a tablet be or should I just stick to my mouse? If I should go with the pen and tablet, which one? Thanks for your help -- Paula Sims (Remove NO and SPAM when replying) |
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"Paula Sims" wrote in message l.net... I have scanned several thousand photos in and am now going to use Photoshop to touch them up. How helpful would a pen and a tablet be or should I just stick to my mouse? If I should go with the pen and tablet, which one? Thanks for your help -- Paula Sims (Remove NO and SPAM when replying A pen and tablet would make it much easier. Get a Wacom. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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I find the mouse I have is better than the the tablet on my old computer.
Coupled with keyboard short cuts the mouse should be good enough IMHOP. In article t, Paula Sims wrote: I have scanned several thousand photos in and am now going to use Photoshop to touch them up. How helpful would a pen and a tablet be or should I just stick to my mouse? If I should go with the pen and tablet, which one? Thanks for your help -- Paula Sims (Remove NO and SPAM when replying) -- Check out my website @ http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank Considering eating out?; You may end up spending a fortune in cookies. |
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Paula Sims writes:
How helpful would a pen and a tablet be or should I just stick to my mouse? A pen and tablet is _mandatory_ for any serious work in Photoshop. If I should go with the pen and tablet, which one? Wacom. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Paula Sims wrote:
I have scanned several thousand photos in and am now going to use Photoshop to touch them up. How helpful would a pen and a tablet be or should I just stick to my mouse? If I should go with the pen and tablet, which one? Thanks for your help -- Paula Sims (Remove NO and SPAM when replying) Personally I only use my tablet for art work, not for day to day retouching. As it is pressure sensitive it can be brilliant for manipulating images by hand, but if you're the kind of person who likes to do things by button presses I wouldn't bother. If you DO decide to buy one and are not going to use it for serious artwork then why bother with Wacom when there are cheaper tablets which would suffice. I have a Nisis, it was cheap, it does the job I want and the mouse which came with it was crap, which I understand is the usual case with these mice. So, to recap, buy a tablet if you want to work on pictures by hand, otherwise stick with yer mouse :O) -- Paul. (This machine will, will not communicate) -------------------------------------------------------------- Not what it seems... http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 01:59:34 GMT, Paula Sims
wrote: I have scanned several thousand photos in and am now going to use Photoshop to touch them up. How helpful would a pen and a tablet be or should I just stick to my mouse? If I should go with the pen and tablet, which one? Thanks for your help If you really want to know, try to sign your signature with a mouse, It is like using the heel of a muddy boot compared to that of the pen on a Wacom - however you have to learn and not give up too soon. Borge For your information, my stats a Win 2000, Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz 1 Gb memory,ADSL 80+40 GB of disc space,Oly C2100 & Optio S Borge Pedersen :-) Perth, Australia remove SPAM for email |
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Mxsmanic wrote: Charlie D writes: It may be good for painting from scratch, but for photo touch-up my Kensington trackball does it all. How does your trackball handle opacity and angle? With the "O" and "A" user addressable wheels. Of course it doesn't handle it. I don't "draw" on my photos. I just do the things I did in the darkroom (plus dozens of others). That never included airbrushing or other gross changes. You certainly don't need a tablet for spotting or for the healing brush. -- Charlie Dilks Newark, DE USA |
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Charlie D writes:
I don't "draw" on my photos. I just do the things I did in the darkroom (plus dozens of others). That never included airbrushing or other gross changes. Even dodging and burning requires opacity control for best results. You certainly don't need a tablet for spotting or for the healing brush. You don't need a tablet for anything, strictly speaking. Then again, technically you don't need a mouse, either--you could just do everything with the keyboard. The difference is about the same between keyboard and mouse as it is between mouse and tablet, as anyone who has used all of these will confirm. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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In article , Mxsmanic wrote:
A pen and tablet is _mandatory_ for any serious work in Photoshop. Thats an opinion & you should state it as such,....the Pro Lab I deal with and worked for never use any thing but the computer mouse They; I should add do hundreds of scans a week, for simple spotting the mouse is perfectly fine and alot less expensive its also works well for more in depth retouching. -- Check out my website @ http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank Considering eating out?; You may end up spending a fortune in cookies. |
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