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>> 1. Where the hell did he get a computer screen you can draw on??
>
> Heh, it's a pretty expensive beast he has.
Here you go:
http://www.cad-forums.com/showthread.php?p=2530617
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> 1. Where the hell did he get a computer screen you can draw on??
>
> Heh, it's a pretty expensive beast he has.
>
>> 2. What the hell is the software he's using?! It seems to have almost
>> unlimited capabilities...
>
> Photoshop CS2, like the FAQ says.
>
> Lots of people get pirated Photoshop and never use features much beyond
> what Paint has... But it has way more features.
Well, whuddya know:
Exif IFD0
* Picture Orientation = normal (1)
* X-Resolution = 3000000/10000 = 300
* Y-Resolution = 3000000/10000 = 300
* X/Y-Resolution Unit = inch (2)
* Software/Firmware Version = Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
* Last Modified Date/Time = 2006:12:22 22:16:30
Wow. Surprised he didn't use Adobe Illustrator, which one would think
would be more suited to this kind of work, but then again, I think Scott
Adams mentioned he uses Photoshop with the same type of drawing tablet.
So, apparently it's a "standard" among comic artists.
I'll have to watch the vid at home ...And, yeah .. Wacom makes tablets
with a built-in monitor... Kinda neat, But my Intuos postage stamp (6x4,
I think?) fits my budget better. I've done some line-arty type stuff in
PS before, using paths. Someone mentioned that PS has more features than
people generally use. Very true, I usually only use it for processing
and adjusting photos. CS3 has an even more extensive feature set (I use
this because my camera (40D) is only supported in the new Camera Raw.
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Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> 1. Where the hell did he get a computer screen you can draw on??
>
> There are graphics tablets which can show the image.
Advanced. So, like, it's as expensive as a high-end tablet *and* a
high-end monitor? Must cost a fortune! o_O
>> 2. What the hell is the software he's using?! It seems to have almost
>> unlimited capabilities...
>
> Ever heard of this software called Photoshop?
Yes. [Although obviously I've never seen it, only heard that it exists.
It seems more like a legend than a real commercial product...]
I thought it only does bitmap manipulations though. The software he's
using seems to be vector-based.
(But that's the puzzling thing - some of the things he's doing with it
aren't possible with vector graphics either, so... hmm, I'm confused.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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> I thought it only does bitmap manipulations though. The software he's
> using seems to be vector-based.
Nope, he's just using a ridiculously-high image size.
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Yes. [Although obviously I've never seen it, only heard that it exists.
> It seems more like a legend than a real commercial product...]
Go download a free trial of it. Go to Adobe, now! Download DOWNLOAD
*DOWNLOAD*!!! It'll last 30 days, then you'll be hooked.
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> I thought it only does bitmap manipulations though. The software he's
> using seems to be vector-based.
It does some vector stuff, and some bitmap stuff. Shapes and paths are
the vector bits.
Also, with a pressure sensitive tablet, it can be a lot like painting.
The harder you press, the thicker the line, but all of these can be
changed. My tablet is even tilt sensitive, which with a little skill can
be used for calligraphic strokes.
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Go download a free trial of it. Go to Adobe, now! Download DOWNLOAD
> *DOWNLOAD*!!! It'll last 30 days, then you'll be hooked.
I went online and had a look at the prices of various Adobe and Wacom
products.
And then ran away. And hid. In a dark corner.
Damn, that's some expensive stuff... And I can't even draw! o_O
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>> I thought it only does bitmap manipulations though. The software he's
>> using seems to be vector-based.
>
> Nope, he's just using a ridiculously-high image size.
Woah...! o_O
You mean he managed to scale, rotate, bend and alter *bitmaps* and not
get distortion? That's pretty unbelievable!
But then, the whole clip is pretty unbelievable... Seriously, it looks
like SciFi. I had no idea that technology like this was commercially
available. I mean, DAMN...!
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Having got over just how amazing his hardware and software is, several
other facts strike me:
1. This is speeded up 600 times? And it still takes, like, 20 minutes
for him to draw the whole thing? Wow, that's a long time! (And the
finished image looks so easy...)
[I was actually toying with the idea of making a web comic of my own.
Now I see what an absurd idea that is.]
2. He can do stuff with pencil and paper that I couldn't do in my
wildest daydreams. I mean, if you left me in a room with a pad of paper
for 20 years, I still couldn't produce anything approaching this level
of sophistication.
3. He seems to draw and re-draw and constantly tweak everything way more
than I would have imagined. I assumed he was one of these people who can
just draw a line and do it perfectly every time. But no, actually he
seems to spend quite a lot of time adjusting each part to get it just
so. No wonder the final image looks so damn fine!
4. Woah, that's A LOT of levels of shading!
5. There are quite a few parts where he's not *drawing* anything, just
pressing buttons on the UI. It's hard to see what he's doing. But the
software seems to have some impressive area colouring capabilities!
6. This guy clearly has more talent in his left toenail than I have in
my entire body. Even if I somehow purchased the hardware and software
that he has, I wouldn't know what to do with it. Just... wow. I should
go away and be quiet now...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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> [I was actually toying with the idea of making a web comic of my own.
> Now I see what an absurd idea that is.]
Oh cmon, you don't need to have CAD's artistic quality. Can you draw
comics as good as xkcd?
> 3. He seems to draw and re-draw and constantly tweak everything way more
> than I would have imagined. I assumed he was one of these people who can
> just draw a line and do it perfectly every time. But no, actually he
> seems to spend quite a lot of time adjusting each part to get it just
> so. No wonder the final image looks so damn fine!
Well, that was another comment he got often.
"You're a damned perfectionist you know that...?"
> 4. Woah, that's A LOT of levels of shading!
Lots of people noticed details while watching the video that they had
never noticed on the comics themselves.
> 6. This guy clearly has more talent in his left toenail than I have in
> my entire body. Even if I somehow purchased the hardware and software
> that he has, I wouldn't know what to do with it. Just... wow. I should
> go away and be quiet now...
Challenge him in Haskell programming?
Different people have *different* skills.
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