Wacom Tablet Tutorials

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Oct 19, 2005
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I have been "using" (as opposed to knowing) PS for several versions now. Got a Wacom Intuos 2 last year for my birthday but never had the time to really learn to use it.
Are there any online tutorials that I could start with? (Basic tips on Wacom site and the install CD were only slightly helpful.)
Thanks

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Voivod
Oct 19, 2005
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:54:43 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

I have been "using" (as opposed to knowing) PS for several versions now. Got a Wacom Intuos 2 last year for my birthday but never had the time to really learn to use it.
Are there any online tutorials that I could start with? (Basic tips on Wacom site and the install CD were only slightly helpful.)

Did you even bother to look?

Results 1 – 100 of about 135,000 for wacom photoshop tutorial http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wacom+photoshop+tut orial
SW
Steven Wandy
Oct 19, 2005
Did you even bother to look?
Thanks for you helpful reply. (Did you mother ever teach you that if you have nothing
helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???)

I was hoping for some suggestions for tutorials that people had actually made use of.
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Mark
Oct 19, 2005
"Steven Wandy" wrote in message
Did you even bother to look?
Thanks for you helpful reply. (Did you mother ever teach you that if you have nothing
helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???)

Just go ahead and killfile Voivod……never contributes ANYTHING worthwhile, just sarcasm and negativity and a smart mouth.

Not sure anyone would get "legitimate" advice from this person any way…so probably best to ignore.

I was hoping for some suggestions for tutorials that people had actually made use of.

Good luck with the firsthand information….I don’t use the product so I’m not of much help, but others here are very good, very talented and very helpful.

Mark
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Voivod
Oct 19, 2005
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:38:42 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

Did you even bother to look?
Thanks for you helpful reply. (Did you mother ever teach you that if you have nothing
helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???)

I did a Google search for you, you ungrateful shit, probably more than you’ve done for yourself.

I was hoping for some suggestions for tutorials that people had actually made use of.

Because you’re too fucking lazy or stupid to go look on your own?
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Voivod
Oct 19, 2005
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:56:43 GMT, "Mark"
scribbled:

"Steven Wandy" wrote in message
Did you even bother to look?
Thanks for you helpful reply. (Did you mother ever teach you that if you have nothing
helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???)

Just go ahead and killfile Voivod……never contributes ANYTHING worthwhile, just sarcasm and negativity and a smart mouth.

Just ignore that guy who thanked me for my advice not 24 hours ago….

Not sure anyone would get "legitimate" advice from this person any way…so probably best to ignore.

Always hide your head in the sand.

I was hoping for some suggestions for tutorials that people had actually made use of.

Good luck with the firsthand information….I don’t use the product so I’m not of much help, but others here are very good, very talented and very helpful.

"Did you mother ever teach you that if you have nothing helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???"
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Mark
Oct 19, 2005
"Voivod" wrote in message
"Did you mother ever teach you that if you have nothing helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???"

And since you added nothing helpful other then I assume your hollow "instructions," apply to YOU as well.

Telling someone to "google" is hardly an answer, particularly after he has clarified that he would like ‘personal’ experience as to tutorials…..Maybe you ought to keep your "keyboard shut" if you have nothing of substance to contribute (which is 99% of your posts—–giving you "benefit of the doubt" choosing 99% as a figure).

If you don’t care to contribute in a meaningful way don’t post–there are too many others willing to help without the snideness or foul language that you normally employ in your posts..why do you bother posting? (Just curious)

;^)
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Kingdom
Oct 20, 2005
Voivod wrote in
news::

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:38:42 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

Did you even bother to look?
Thanks for you helpful reply. (Did you mother ever teach you that if
you
have nothing
helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???)

I did a Google search for you, you ungrateful shit, probably more than you’ve done for yourself.

I was hoping for some suggestions for tutorials that people had
actually
made use of.

Because you’re too fucking lazy or stupid to go look on your own?

Now, now, temper, temper. The child is just asking how to use a pencil, google is way out of his reach.


Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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noone
Oct 20, 2005
In article <nTu5f.8334$ says…
I have been "using" (as opposed to knowing) PS for several versions now. Got a Wacom Intuos 2 last year for my birthday but never had the time to really learn to use it.
Are there any online tutorials that I could start with? (Basic tips on Wacom site and the install CD were only slightly helpful.)
Thanks

Steven,

Not to demean your quest, but once you have set up your Wacom, there really isn’t all that much more, other than to use it. Yes, there are F-keys, and brush-tips, but it is basically a way to take a stylus (pencil) and apply its movement to PS, and other programs.

The setup is fairly intuitive with the Wacom Control Panel, and the Wacom brushes, etc. are best explored, as are most Brushes in PS.

I’m sure that there are many tutorials out there, but I cannot imagine that one would get much more than they would by using the stylus for a few hours. Maybe I am wrong here, as I’ve been using PS for many years, and still learn something new all the time.

I’d say to just play with it, and observe how the various Tools in PS react to it. If you can snag a copy of Painter, you will find even more use for the tablet.

Hunt
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Cyli
Oct 20, 2005
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:38:42 GMT, "Steven Wandy" wrote:

Did you even bother to look?
Thanks for you helpful reply. (Did you mother ever teach you that if you have nothing
helpful to say then to keep your mouth – excuse me keyboard – shut???)
I was hoping for some suggestions for tutorials that people had actually made use of.

Um, a suggestion or two about newsgroups. Always ask the question you hope to have answered and explain why. Always mention where you’ve already looked and why what you’ve found isn’t what you wanted / needed. I once spent 15 minutes looking up something for someone and got trashed because what I’d found him was the wrong colour and he’d already looked there. Well, duh. Guess how eager I was to help the next 20 or so people who didn’t state precisely what they wanted and where they’d bothered to look before asking?

If you’d specified the personal experience part and stated that you’d already done Google or some other search engine, then the responder’s post, instead of yours, would have looked very rude or simple minded.

Don’t blame the person who responds, however simply and (possibly rudely) for not answering a part of the question you didn’t ask.

Not that I can answer your question. I found the Wacom to be so simple and intuitive that I never looked at anything past the included tutorial.

Cyli
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Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

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email: (strip the .invalid to email)
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noone
Oct 20, 2005
In article ,
invalid says…

[SNIP]
Um, a suggestion or two about newsgroups. Always ask the question you hope to have answered and explain why. Always mention where you’ve already looked and why what you’ve found isn’t what you wanted / needed. I once spent 15 minutes looking up something for someone and got trashed because what I’d found him was the wrong colour and he’d already looked there. Well, duh. Guess how eager I was to help the next 20 or so people who didn’t state precisely what they wanted and where they’d bothered to look before asking?

If you’d specified the personal experience part and stated that you’d already done Google or some other search engine, then the responder’s post, instead of yours, would have looked very rude or simple minded.
Don’t blame the person who responds, however simply and (possibly rudely) for not answering a part of the question you didn’t ask.
Not that I can answer your question. I found the Wacom to be so simple and intuitive that I never looked at anything past the included tutorial.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli
email: (strip the .invalid to email)

Very well stated, and good instruction for posting questions here, or elsewhere on the Usenet.

Hunt
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James Douglas
Oct 20, 2005
Are there really this many assholes in the world, are is there just one and he really gets around, at my office, other newsgroups, etc…..

"Voivod" wrote in message
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:54:43 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

I have been "using" (as opposed to knowing) PS for several versions now. Got a Wacom Intuos 2 last year for my birthday but never had the time to really learn to use it.
Are there any online tutorials that I could start with? (Basic tips on
Wacom
site and the install CD were only slightly helpful.)

Did you even bother to look?

Results 1 – 100 of about 135,000 for wacom photoshop tutorial http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wacom+photoshop+tut orial
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Voivod
Oct 20, 2005
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:15:38 -0500, "Jim Douglas" scribbled:

Are there really this many assholes in the world, are is there just one and he really gets around, at my office, other newsgroups, etc…..

I am Legion.
SW
Steven Wandy
Oct 20, 2005
Are there really this many assholes in the world, are is there just one and
he really gets around, at my office, other newsgroups, etc…..

I am Legion.
And you are proud of that??????????????????????
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Voivod
Oct 20, 2005
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:05:24 GMT, "Steven Wandy" scribbled:

Are there really this many assholes in the world, are is there just one and
he really gets around, at my office, other newsgroups, etc…..

I am Legion.
And you are proud of that??????????????????????

I am.
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anotherway
Oct 22, 2005
How about:

– Are there PS operations that can ONLY be done by using a Wacom, and cannot be done with a regular mouse+keyboard? If yes, what are they?

– Are there PS operations that are much easier or more efficient to do with a Wacom than with a regular mouse+keyboard? If yes, what are they?
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Jim Hargan
Oct 22, 2005
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:25:47 GMT, wrote:

– Are there PS operations that can ONLY be done by using a Wacom, and cannot be done with a regular mouse+keyboard? If yes, what are they?
There are ways of interactively altering the width of the drawn line by varying the pressure on the stylus.

– Are there PS operations that are much easier or more efficient to do with a Wacom than with a regular mouse+keyboard? If yes, what are they?
You can program regions of the tablet to run shortcuts or actions when you hit them.

This is the absolute outside limit of my knowledge. I looked into Wacom tablets once, and was impressed by these two capabilities — but not enough to pay hundreds of bucks for a glorified mouse that hogged up acres of desk space.

But then, I use PS to adjust digital photos, not create original art.


Jim Hargan
Freelance Photographer and Writer
www.harganonline.com
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tony cooper
Oct 22, 2005
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:09:37 GMT, Jim Hargan
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:25:47 GMT, wrote:

– Are there PS operations that can ONLY be done by using a Wacom, and cannot be done with a regular mouse+keyboard? If yes, what are they?
There are ways of interactively altering the width of the drawn line by varying the pressure on the stylus.

– Are there PS operations that are much easier or more efficient to do with a Wacom than with a regular mouse+keyboard? If yes, what are they?
You can program regions of the tablet to run shortcuts or actions when you hit them.

This is the absolute outside limit of my knowledge. I looked into Wacom tablets once, and was impressed by these two capabilities — but not enough to pay hundreds of bucks for a glorified mouse that hogged up acres of desk space.

But then, I use PS to adjust digital photos, not create original art.

I have a small Wacom tablet that I purchased on impulse, and also find that it is limited in application for what I do the most: photographic image manipulation.

It’s not bad for tracing. A side project of mine is working on some animations of cartoon figures that combine with some photographs. I can trace over a basic figure, change the position of an arm or leg, and create a series for animation. I’m not sure if it’s the best way to do this, but it’s just a little fun project.



Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

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