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Jim Henderson escreveu:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:20:44 -0200, nemesis wrote:
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>> BTW, in that first drawing I didn't have pressure set in the Gimp. Only
>> later I realized how to set it up. With the paintbrush and a dissolve
>> layer, it's truly friggin' astounding...
>
> I'm wondering what you did to set it up
I followed this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom#Gimp
Just putting "Mode: Screen" to the stylus (called Wacom Cursor in mine)
suffices.
> - for me, I get pressure controls
> inside various tools, but if there's another place to set it up (I also
> get tilt with my tablet, don't know if the bamboo has that or not - but
> it's pretty cool to use the caligraphic tools with tilt enabled on the
> stylus).
I don't know exactly what effect tilt is supposed to give. Given
pressure, lines get thicker or slimmer so I'm not sure what to expect
from tilt more than that.
Notice you can get nice caligraphic countours with the ink tool and
mouse alone, just by adjusting the "brush" format.
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nemesis wrote:
> Fun and joy! Just got me one of these
>
> http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_fun.php
>
> this last sunday. Truly worth it! Mouse no more!
>
> It's like drawing with the real thing, be it chalk, guache, pencil or ink...
>
> some sketches of mine:
>
> http://i38.tinypic.com/9sf4o2.jpg
> http://i34.tinypic.com/rhtsur.gif
> http://i35.tinypic.com/351z801.gif
>
Makes me sick LOL ;)
> I'm yet to learn more painting technique to truly put the Gimp to fire... but oh
> man, love it! Was it Stephen who was advocating for tablets? You nailed it,
> man!
>
>
Yes but it was Lance from Oz who convinced me to buy one.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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Jim Henderson escreveu:
> Yeah, I got the 6x8 (the Intuos4 medium tablet). I wanted the lit OLED
> buttons, and a patch just was submitted for the Linux driver to allow me
> to use them. I'll be testing that on Friday probably. :-)
That's great!
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:47:11 -0200, nemesis wrote:
> I don't know exactly what effect tilt is supposed to give. Given
> pressure, lines get thicker or slimmer so I'm not sure what to expect
> from tilt more than that.
>
> Notice you can get nice caligraphic countours with the ink tool and
> mouse alone, just by adjusting the "brush" format.
The tilt functionality with the calligraphy tool lets you hold the pen at
a specific angle and as you move the brush (without changing the tilt),
the width changes. It's different than pressure because the angle
determines the size of the stroke. Much more natural for doing, say,
Kanji calligraphy (which is what I tried it out with - no, I don't know
it, but I did learn to write "Japan" in order to see what it would look
like - and my sister-in-law would probably laugh at that, just as she did
at my attempts to say rather complex things in Japanese <g>).
If I get a few minutes, I'll create something and post it so you can see
the difference.
Jim
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stbenge wrote:
> I'm seriously thinking about buying this!
>
I bought my first one on ebay just to try it without spending too much.
Then I bought another small one to use with my laptop, then another
cheep one to use as a mouse at work.
They're ok <yawn> LOL
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Stephen
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stbenge escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
> Thanks! Yeah, I've not bought a tablet yet because it seemed like a
> frivolous purchase. But since I have some money to spend, and I know
> I'll be using a tablet all the time, I think I can afford to buy one ;)
Not frivolous at all, dude! Now I believe it's a huge step forward in
man-computer interface (at least for people which like to draw). My
daughter is hooked as well, she's already drew and sent several
paintings to the grandparents... :)
>> I had to draw a few bezier curves to help me limit the drawings to a
>> certain region...
>
> I usually make a freehand polygonal selection and round out the corners
> with the smudge tool. It's faster than using bezier curves. There's
> nothing like technical difficulties to quench inspiration :P
Specially from technically creative minds like yourself! That's a great
tip! though I'll probably have no use for it anymore... :D
> You probably already know this, but Blender now has support for
> projection painting. This makes painting directly onto objects much
> easier, although the tool set is very limited.
Yeah, I'm yet to try it out with Blender (and the sculpt tool). I've
been obsessively sketching and plain mud painting around in Gimp
alone... one of the best things is that there's no paper waste. :)
> I hope I can buy one with paypal. I live very far away from any
> electronic stores. On the plus side, we get several feet of snow each
> year :)
Uh, I don't think I would be able to stand to the anxiety of waiting for
it... :P
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:47:11 -0200, nemesis wrote:
> I followed this:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom#Gimp
>
> Just putting "Mode: Screen" to the stylus (called Wacom Cursor in mine)
> suffices.
OK, yeah, I did that as well, had forgotten that I did that. :-)
Jim
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Jim Henderson escreveu:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:47:11 -0200, nemesis wrote:
>
>> I don't know exactly what effect tilt is supposed to give. Given
>> pressure, lines get thicker or slimmer so I'm not sure what to expect
>> from tilt more than that.
>>
>> Notice you can get nice caligraphic countours with the ink tool and
>> mouse alone, just by adjusting the "brush" format.
>
> The tilt functionality with the calligraphy tool lets you hold the pen at
> a specific angle and as you move the brush (without changing the tilt),
> the width changes. It's different than pressure because the angle
> determines the size of the stroke. Much more natural for doing, say,
> Kanji calligraphy (which is what I tried it out with - no, I don't know
> it, but I did learn to write "Japan" in order to see what it would look
> like - and my sister-in-law would probably laugh at that, just as she did
> at my attempts to say rather complex things in Japanese <g>).
>
> If I get a few minutes, I'll create something and post it so you can see
> the difference.
I think I understand now. Perhaps it changes the brush format on the
fly depending on the angle? Gotta try it when getting home...
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:50:12 -0200, nemesis wrote:
> Jim Henderson escreveu:
>> Yeah, I got the 6x8 (the Intuos4 medium tablet). I wanted the lit OLED
>> buttons, and a patch just was submitted for the Linux driver to allow
>> me to use them. I'll be testing that on Friday probably. :-)
>
> That's great!
Yeah, the one feature I really wanted (I have the various keys programmed
to launch different apps) but I can't actually remember what I mapped to
which button. :-)
Jim
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:17:24 -0200, nemesis wrote:
> I think I understand now. Perhaps it changes the brush format on the
> fly depending on the angle? Gotta try it when getting home...
Not really the brush format, but just how it's applied.
The easiest way to see it (if your tablet supports it - I don't know if
the bamboo does or not) is to select the calligraphy tool and set the
size and speed sensitivities to 0, set the tilt sensitivity to 1 (that
way the tilt is the only thing affecting the brush stroke). Set the size
adjustment to the default and the angle to 90 (which I think is also the
default).
Then hold the stylus at about a 45 degree angle to the X or Y axis and
draw a square without changing the tilt. Then hold the stylus to a 45
degree angle along the other axis and draw another square.
What you'll see is that in the first case, the lines on the left/right of
the square are thin, and on the top/bottom are fat.
The second square will have fat lines on the left/right and thin on the
top/bottom.
The opacity will be consistent (so this is different than using the brush
tool with pressure set to opacity, which I think is the default).
Jim
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